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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Arras 1914-1918
Cover of Arras 1914-1918

Arras 1914-1918

Jim Smithson, Tim Wright

Published 2025

224 pages

Wheat at War
Cover of Wheat at War

Wheat at War

Paul Poast, Rosella Cappella Zielinski

Published 2025

224 pages

The Choral
Cover of The Choral

The Choral

Alan Bennett

Published 2025

112 pages