The most popular world War I books of 2025

Books about the First World War return to the trenches and the world they destroyed. Novels, poetry, letters and histories tell of mud, comradeship, loss and a generation changed for ever, from the outbreak in 1914 to the armistice in 1918 and the uneasy peace after. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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Midnight
Cover of Midnight

Midnight

Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Elizabeth Drumm

Published 2025

90 pages

The Jam Maker
Cover of The Jam Maker

The Jam Maker

Mary-Lou Stephens

Published 2025

432 pages

Ring of Fire
Cover of Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire

Alexandra Churchill, Nicolai Eberholst

Published 2025

528 pages