The most popular war fiction books of 2026

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 2026.

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Agricola
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Agricola

Simon Turney

Published 2026

400 pages

Weapons Free
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Weapons Free

David Bruns, J. R. Olson

Published 2026

314 pages

The Lions' Run
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The Lions' Run

Sara Pennypacker

Published 2026

288 pages

Vanished
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Vanished

David Jeremiah

Published 2026

336 pages

Fury Bound
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Fury Bound

Sable Sorensen

Published 2026

624 pages

Anti-State
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Anti-State

Allen Stroud

Published 2026

416 pages

The Defector
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The Defector

Chris Hadfield

Published 2026

368 pages

Critical Role
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Critical Role

Rin Chupeco, Nadia El-Fassi, Critical Role, Mike Chen, Dani Carr, Kiri Callaghan, Mae Catt, Nino Cipri, Betsy Aoki, K. Chase

Published 2026

304 pages

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