Stalked at Sea The USS Indianapolis Disaster
Aaron Sautter
Published 2026
32 pages
The most popular war books of 2026
Books about war show what armed conflict does to those who live through it. Soldiers at the front, families at home, and the long shadow afterward are told in novels, memoirs and histories. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
See also War fiction, Military science fiction, Military adventure, and War poetry
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The First Step
Tao Wong
Published 2026
352 pages
Athens and Sparta
Adrian Goldsworthy
Published 2026
672 pages
Power Lines
Peter Keating
Published 2026
296 pages
US Heavy Tanks of World War II
Steven J. Zaloga
Published 2026
48 pages
Russian Heavy Tanks
Mortons Books
Published 2026
200 pages
This Is a True War Story My Improbable History With Vietnam
Robert Kendall Brigham
Published 2026
264 pages
Crossing the Rhine
Lee Jackson
Published 2026
300 pages
Korean Messiah Kim Il Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea's Personality Cult
Jonathan Cheng
Published 2026
768 pages
Wartime Letters London and Moscow 1941-1945
Kathleen Harriman
Published 2026
512 pages
Red Empire A Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International Novel
Jonathan Maberry
Published 2026
528 pages
The Taifa of Seville, 1023-1091 Creation and Destruction of a Hispanic-Muslim Kingdom in the 11th Century
Eduardo Manuel Gil Martínez
Published 2026
240 pages
Annihilation A Colonial Fleet Novel
Rick Campbell
Published 2026
300 pages
Warship
Joshua Dalzelle
Published 2026
320 pages
The Synthec War A Colonial Fleet Novel
Rick Campbell
Published 2026
248 pages
Operation Praying Mantis 1988 The US Navy Takes on Iran's Fleet
Si Sheppard
Published 2026
80 pages
Untitled EB
To Be Confirmed Atria
Published 2026
352 pages
The Mission at Home Navigating Military Assignments, TRICARE, Education, Benefits, and Everyday Life with Your Child on the Autism Spectrum
Jaime B. Parent
Published 2026
288 pages
Desert Empire The 1862 New Mexico Campaign
Phillip S. Greenwalt, Patrick Kelly-Fischer
Published 2026
192 pages
Redeem a Nation The Case for Reparations
Damario Solomon-Simmons
Published 2026
320 pages
Scalp Hunter Major Robert Rogers and His Rogue Rangers, 1755 - 1760
Alan D. Gaff
Published 2026
344 pages
Red Cloud Military Leader
Katrina M. Phillips
Published 2026
32 pages
Red Arrows
Caroline "Blaze" Jensen
Published 2026
32 pages
Nothing to Lose A Reacher Novel
Lee Child
Published 2026
432 pages