The Shock of the Light A Novel
Lori Inglis Hall
Published 2026
416 pages
The most popular world War II books of 2026
Books about the Second World War cover the largest conflict in history, from 1939 to 1945. Battles, resistance, occupation, the home front and the camps are told in novels, memoirs and histories from every side. No war has been written about more, or is more widely read. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
See also World War II fiction
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The Murder of Heinrich Himmler How New Evidence Suggests Foul Play
Krzysztof Drozdowski
Published 2026
224 pages
Defeat at the Dnepr The XLVIII. Panzerkorps' Counterattack at Kiev, November 1943
Simon Waring
Published 2026
336 pages
Lessons from a Lifetime Ninety Years of Inspiration and Activism
David Suzuki, Ian Hanington
Published 2026
192 pages
Marine Defense Battalions in World War II From Wake Island to Guadalcanal
Marshall K. Snyder
Published 2026
324 pages
Goering's Ground Troops The Luftwaffe Field Divisions of World War II
Michael John Stout
Published 2026
248 pages
Rain of Ruin
Richard Overy Ph.D.
Published 2026
224 pages
Journey to the Western Front Twenty Years After
R. H. Mottram
Published 2026
304 pages
Good-bye to the Mermaids
Karin Finell
Published 2026
368 pages
The Air Defence System in Scotland 1938-46
Ian Brown
Published 2026
236 pages
French Wings No. 5
Patrick Laureau
Published 2026
80 pages
Spitfire The Iconic Fighter in Unique Photographs
Dilip Sarkar, Dilip Sarkar MBE FRHistS FRAeS
Published 2026
224 pages
Swinging Against the Axis
Bill Tortolano
Published 2026
160 pages
German Aircraft Weaponry Machine Guns, Cannon and Aerial Artillery in Luftwaffe Service, 1939-1945
Tim Heath
Published 2026
256 pages
The American School of Spies The Archaeologists Who Fought the Nazis and Saved the Treasures of Ancient Greece
Stephan Talty
Published 2026
320 pages
G.I. G-Men The Untold Story of the FBI’s Search for American Traitors, Collaborators, and Spies in World War II Europe
Stephen Harding
Published 2026
416 pages
The Palgrave Handbook of Australia and the Holocaust
Avril Alba, Jan Lánícek
Published 2026
576 pages
Partisan Song A Holocaust Story of Resilience, Resistance, and Revenge
James A. Grymes
Published 2026
336 pages
Voices Beyond the Grave Japanese Internment in the French Pacific
Benjamin Hiramatsu Ireland, Associate Professor of French Studies Director of Asian Studies Benjamin Hiramatsu Ireland
Published 2026
264 pages
The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram The Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love
Ethelene Whitmire
Published 2026
320 pages
Old Northland Warriors Accounts of Northern Michigan Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam
John Gagnon
Published 2026
139 pages
Tojo The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General
Peter Mauch
Published 2026
496 pages
Through the Eyes of Jewish Child Survivors from Poland Family, War, Identity, and Nationhood
Joanna Beata Michlic
Published 2026
330 pages
Hitler's Fallschirmjäger's Daring Attack on the Italian Army Headquarters In 1943 One of the Last Airborne Operations by German Paratroopers in WW2
Guido Ronconi
Published 2026
320 pages