The most popular war fiction books of 2025

War fiction takes you into armed conflict through invented characters. Soldiers in the trenches, pilots, nurses, resistance fighters and families waiting at home live through the great wars and the forgotten ones. These novels show courage, fear and loss in a way history books cannot. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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One Wrong Step
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One Wrong Step

Jennifer A. Nielsen

Published 2025

336 pages

Wild Rum
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Wild Rum

Tripp Ellis

Published 2025

276 pages

Wild Torque
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Wild Torque

Tripp Ellis

Published 2025

320 pages

The Riveter
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The Riveter

Jack Wang

Published 2025

368 pages

Gunner
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Gunner

Alan Parks

Published 2025

288 pages

Scattergood
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Scattergood

H. M. Bouwman

Published 2025

320 pages

A Bitter Wind
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A Bitter Wind

James R. Benn

Published 2025

384 pages

Born to Be Killed
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Born to Be Killed

William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

Published 2025

288 pages

Combat Monsters
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Combat Monsters

Tanya Huff, Peter Clines, Jonathan Maberry, David Mack, Jeremy Robinson, Scott Sigler, Catherine Stine, Harry Turtledove, Jane Yolen

Published 2025

384 pages