Best World War One Novels - April 2024

World War One: 1914-1918 (Campfire Graphic Novels)

"The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our time."-Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign SecretaryThe First World War, also known as the Great War, involved over thirty nations and resulted in the deaths of millions of young men.  This stunning new book brings history to life as we see the war through the eyes of the young conscripted servicemen on all sides of the conflict. Introducing the advent of tanks, airplanes, air raids, submarines and gas attacks, we take a close look at the first modern war of the 20th Century. From the assassination of Archduke Franz... [Read More]

• ASIN: 9380741855
• UPC: 009380741855
• ASIN: 9380741855
• ISBN: 9789380741857
• Brand: Alan Cowsill
• Manufacturer: Campfire

The One: A Novel

A Wall Street Journal Best Science Fiction Book of 2018“Just try to put this gripping thriller down once you pick it up.” —AARP“A shock on every other page.” —Wall Street JournalHow far would you go to find The One?A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab and soon you’ll be matched with your perfect partner—the one you’re genetically made for.That’s the promise made by Match Your DNA. A decade ago, the company announced that they had found the gene that pairs each of us with our soul mate. Since then, millions of people around the world have been matched. ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B075CQSTGT
• ASIN: B075CQSTGT
• Manufacturer: Hanover Square Press

We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERInspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite—We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.    “Love in the face of global adversity? It couldn't be more timely.” —Glamour   It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399563091
• ASIN: 0399563091
• ISBN: 0399563091
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Of Windmills and War (The War Trilogy - Book 1)

An Amazon Top 100 Bestseller with 50,000 copies sold and over 1,200 "Five Star" reviews.The rumblings of war in distant countries mattered little to Danny McClain. Growing up in Chicago, his world revolved around after-school jobs, a rescued beagle, his pen pal in Holland, and the Cubs' chance to go to the World Series. Then, in December of 1941, during his first year at Northwestern University, news of the attack on Pearl Harbor hit much too close to home. After a series of unexpected events over the next couple of years, Danny found himself in the co-pilot seat of a B-17, stationed with th... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00AB859WK
• ASIN: B00AB859WK
• Manufacturer: OBT Bookz

The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau

The untold story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War. Written with Alex Kershaw's trademark narrative drive and vivid immediacy, The Liberator traces the remarkable battlefield journey of maverick U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks through the Allied liberation of Europe—from the first landing in Italy to the final death throes of the Third Reich.Over five hundred bloody days, Sparks and his infantry unit battled from the beaches of Sicily through the mountains of Italy and France, ultimately enduring bitter and desperate winter combat against the die-... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307888002
• ASIN: 0307888002
• ISBN: 9780307888006
• Brand: Kershaw Alex
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

The Victory Garden: A Novel

A Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Charts bestseller.From the bestselling author of The Tuscan Child comes a beautiful and heart-rending novel of a woman’s love and sacrifice during the First World War.As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a cheeky and handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is not long before she falls in love with him and accepts his proposal of marriage.When he is sent back to the front, Emily volunteers as a “land girl,” tendin... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07FDDPFPN
• ASIN: B07FDDPFPN
• Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

Shoulder the Sky : A Novel

In the firmament of great historical novelists, Anne Perry is a star of the greatest magnitude. First there were her acclaimed Victorian mysteries, sparkling with passion and suspense. Now readers have embraced this bestselling new series of World War I novels–which juxtapose the tranquil life of the English countryside with the horrors of war.By April of 1915, as chaplain Joseph Reavley tends to the soldiers in his care, the nightmare of trench warfare is impartially cutting down England’s youth. On one of his rescue forays into no-man’s-land, Joseph finds the body of an arrogant war co... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345456548
• ASIN: 0345456548
• ISBN: 0345456548
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

The Overstory: A Novel

• ASIN: B073VX7HT4
• ASIN: B073VX7HT4
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

"Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find."—Booklist, starred review Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives. Yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years. But now Joseph Bruchac brings the... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0142405965
• ASIN: 0142405965
• ISBN: 0142405965
• Brand: Speak
• Manufacturer: Speak

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

• ASIN: B00V37BC4C
• ASIN: B00V37BC4C
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

An Orphan's War: One of the best historical fiction books you will read this year

War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool’s Dr Barnardo’s Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan’s War is a gripping saga about love and loss on the Home Front.LIVERPOOL, 1940When her childhood sweetheart Johnny is killed in action, Maxine Grey loses more than her husband – she loses her best friend. Desperate to make a difference in this awful war, Maxine takes a nursing job at London’s St Thomas’s Hospital.A BROKEN HEARTMaxine takes comfort in the attentions of a handsome surgeon, but Edwin Blake might not be all he seems. And as the Blitz descends on the capital, Maxine re... [Read More]

• ASIN: B076KFQTQD
• ASIN: B076KFQTQD
• Manufacturer: Avon

The Alice Network: A Novel

Featuring an exclusive excerpt from Kate Quinn's next incredible historical novel, THE HUNTRESS NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER#1 GLOBE AND MAIL HISTORICAL FICTION BESTSELLEROne of NPR's Best Books of the Year!One of Bookbub's Biggest Historical Fiction Books of the Year!Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick!The 2017 Girly Book Club Book of the Year!A Summer Book Pick from Good Housekeeping, Parade, Library Journal, Goodreads, Liz and Lisa, and BookBub In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Al... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062654195
• ASIN: 0062654195
• ISBN: 0062654195
• Brand: MORROW
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

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• ASIN: B003JTHWKU
• ASIN: B003JTHWKU
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII.His name wasn’t Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished for speaking his native language, as the teachers sought to rid him of his culture and traditions. But discrimination didn’t stop Chester from answering the call to defend his country after Pearl Harbor, for the Navajo have always been warriors, and his upbringing on a New Mexico reservation gave him the strength—both physical and mental—to excel as a marine.During Wo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0425247856
• ASIN: 0425247856
• ISBN: 0425247856
• Manufacturer: Dutton Caliber

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• ASIN: B074M5TLLJ
• ASIN: B074M5TLLJ
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II (Hardcover)

It is 1943, and thirteen-year-old Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany in Berlin, is also a spy for the British Secret Service, so he has joined the Hitler Youth, and pretending

• UPC: 52705326
• Rating: 5.0

Ghost Fleet : A Novel of the Next World War

Two authorities on future warfare join forces to create a taut, convincing novel—set in 2026—about a besieged America battling for its very

• UPC: 48587051
• Rating: 3.25

Last Christmas in Paris : A Novel of World War I

New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor has joined with Heather Webb to create this unforgettably romantic novel of the Great War.August 1914. England is at war. As Evie Elliott watches her brother, Will, and

• UPC: 55863322
• Rating: 4.333

The Steel Wave : A Novel of World War II

The second volume in "New York Times"-bestselling author Shaara's acclaimed World War II trilogy takes readers to the most famous chapter in the war--D-Day and the battle for

• UPC: 10742887
• Rating: 3.647

The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds : Two Novels in One Volume

9780449300435

• UPC: 25673625
• Rating: 3.667

The Caine Mutiny : A Novel of World War II

Developments on board an American naval destroyer during World War II compel the crew members to relieve the captain of his

• UPC: 471262
• Rating: 4.158

World of Reading Star Wars Boxed Set : Level 1

Learn to read with the help of Luke, Leia, Rey, Finn and the rest of your favorite Star Wars

• UPC: 52894450

No Less Than Victory : A Novel of World War II

The conclusion to Shaara's World War II trilogy vividly portrays the European war's last act, from the Battle of the Bulge to Germany's unconditional surrender--told through the viewpoints of the men at the top. Available

• UPC: 15227306
• Rating: 4.0

Catalyst (Star Wars) : A Rogue One Novel

Reveals the previously untold story of the rebel effort to steal the plans to the Death

• UPC: 52289359
• Rating: 4.25

The Steel Wave : A Novel of World War II

The second volume in "New York Times"-bestselling author Shaara's acclaimed World War II trilogy takes readers to the most famous chapter in the war--D-Day and the battle for Normandy. Available in a tall Premium

• UPC: 10711183
• Rating: 3.563