The most popular war books

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 afterwards are told in novels, memoirs and histories.

See also War fiction, Military science fiction, Military adventure and War poetry

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The Hunger Games
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The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

2008 · 2025 edition

384 pages

1984
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1984

George Orwell

1971 · 2026 edition

290 pages

Animal Farm
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Animal Farm

George Orwell

1971 · 2025 edition

96 pages

Catching Fire
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Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins

1983 · 2025 edition

391 pages

Fourth Wing
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Fourth Wing

Rebecca Yarros

2022 · 2025 edition

528 pages

Mockingjay
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Mockingjay

Suzanne Collins

2010 · 2025 edition

400 pages

The Book Thief
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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

1998 · 2019 edition

600 pages

A Game of Thrones
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A Game of Thrones

George R. R. Martin

1985 · 2025 edition

835 pages

Little Women
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Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

1884 · 2024 edition

536 pages

Jane Eyre
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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

1895 · 2025 edition

544 pages

The Nightingale
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The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

2013 · 2027 edition

608 pages

Eragon
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Eragon

Christopher Paolini

1998 · 2023 edition

503 pages

The Women
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The Women

Kristin Hannah

2024 · 2026 edition

512 pages

The Glass Castle
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The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

1973 · 2017 edition

320 pages