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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The Field Girls
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The Field Girls

Rosie Archer

2025 · 2026 edition

320 pages

Brid
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Brid

DAVID ALAN. WOODS

Published 2025

400 pages

Emergence
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Emergence

Michael Simon

Published 2025

430 pages

Lost in Terror
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Lost in Terror

Naʻīmah Aḥmad Mahjūr

Published 2025

305 pages

SgtMaj Smith
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SgtMaj Smith

Craig Martelle, Ira Heinichen

Published 2025

180 pages

Gotrek and Maleneth
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Gotrek and Maleneth

Darius Hinks, Robbie MacNiven, David Guymer

Published 2025

784 pages

Spy's Mate
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Spy's Mate

Brad Buchanan

Published 2025

425 pages

Run Wild
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Run Wild

Wu Zhe, Ding Yue Rong, Tayue Jin

Published 2025

396 pages