War
War shapes both battlefields and human hearts, leaving indelible marks on soldiers and civilians alike through combat, strategy, and profound moral choices. These powerful accounts and analyses explore humanity's greatest conflicts - from ancient warfare to modern cyberthreats, from frontline combat to home front struggles - revealing their lasting impact on individuals, nations, and the course of history.
War Book Summaries
The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts
Victory without combat: how ancient Chinese deception tactics let you win before the fight starts.
Philosophy
Self Help
Business
War
Leadership
The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts
Victory without combat: how ancient Chinese deception tactics let you win before the fight starts.
Philosophy
Self Help
Business
War
Leadership
Path of Destruction
Cast out and broken, a Sith apprentice studies forbidden secrets to destroy his own order.
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
Dark Fantasy
Villains
Path of Destruction
Cast out and broken, a Sith apprentice studies forbidden secrets to destroy his own order.
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
Dark Fantasy
Villains
We Are Bellingcat
A jobless blogger proved that public data can expose war crimes, hit squads, and missile launchers.
Journalism
Politics
True Crime
Technology
Memoir
We Are Bellingcat
A jobless blogger proved that public data can expose war crimes, hit squads, and missile launchers.
Journalism
Politics
True Crime
Technology
Memoir
Why the Germans Do it Better
Germany caused history's worst war. Seventy years on, it may be the West's best-run country.
History
Politics
Germany
Economics
Sociology
Why the Germans Do it Better
Germany caused history's worst war. Seventy years on, it may be the West's best-run country.
History
Politics
Germany
Economics
Sociology
The Devil's Hand
To stop a bioweapon, a former SEAL must hunt its architects before the president erases two cities.
Thriller
Military
Action
Suspense
Mystery
The Devil's Hand
To stop a bioweapon, a former SEAL must hunt its architects before the president erases two cities.
Thriller
Military
Action
Suspense
Mystery
A Torch Against the Night
His mother's poison. Her brother in chains. A soldier's desperate bargain with death for love.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Dystopia
High Fantasy
A Torch Against the Night
His mother's poison. Her brother in chains. A soldier's desperate bargain with death for love.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Dystopia
High Fantasy
War with the Newts
Intelligent newts, found for pearls, become a global workforce that demands the planet for itself.
Science Fiction
Classics
Satire
Dystopia
Humor
War with the Newts
Intelligent newts, found for pearls, become a global workforce that demands the planet for itself.
Science Fiction
Classics
Satire
Dystopia
Humor
Master and Commander
A new captain, a misfit crew, one aging sloop: glory or ruin in the Mediterranean.
Historical Fiction
Historical
Adventure
Classics
War
Master and Commander
A new captain, a misfit crew, one aging sloop: glory or ruin in the Mediterranean.
Historical Fiction
Historical
Adventure
Classics
War
Men Without Women
Bereft of women, men face war and mortality in Hemingway's classic short stories.
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Literary Fiction
Modernism
Men Without Women
Bereft of women, men face war and mortality in Hemingway's classic short stories.
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Literary Fiction
Modernism
All Our Yesterdays
In Mussolini's Italy, a teenager's escape marriage strands her in a village the war invades.
Historical Fiction
Italy
Literary Fiction
Classics
War
All Our Yesterdays
In Mussolini's Italy, a teenager's escape marriage strands her in a village the war invades.
Historical Fiction
Italy
Literary Fiction
Classics
War
Snow Falling on Cedars
Amid snow and prejudice, a Japanese American's murder trial hinges on his wife's first love.
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Literary Fiction
Classics
Book Club
Snow Falling on Cedars
Amid snow and prejudice, a Japanese American's murder trial hinges on his wife's first love.
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Literary Fiction
Classics
Book Club
Mexico
An American journalist returns to Mexico for a bullfight and must reckon with his divided heritage.
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literature
Literary Fiction
Family
Mexico
An American journalist returns to Mexico for a bullfight and must reckon with his divided heritage.
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literature
Literary Fiction
Family
The War That Ended Peace
Europe in 1914 was prosperous and connected. How alliances, pride, and rigid plans broke the peace.
History
War
Politics
Military
Europe
The War That Ended Peace
Europe in 1914 was prosperous and connected. How alliances, pride, and rigid plans broke the peace.
History
War
Politics
Military
Europe
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam
He rushed to build the bomb. Decades later, he named black holes and chased quantum foam.
Science
Physics
Biography
History
Memoir
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam
He rushed to build the bomb. Decades later, he named black holes and chased quantum foam.
Science
Physics
Biography
History
Memoir
In the Likely Event
In the wreckage of a plane crash, she finds the soldier she'll spend a decade missing.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Military
Adult
Romantic Suspense
In the Likely Event
In the wreckage of a plane crash, she finds the soldier she'll spend a decade missing.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Military
Adult
Romantic Suspense
It IS About Islam
Islamic terrorism isn't a misreading. The text commands, the history records, and the polls confirm.
Islam
Politics
Religion
History
War
It IS About Islam
Islamic terrorism isn't a misreading. The text commands, the history records, and the polls confirm.
Islam
Politics
Religion
History
War
The Time of Contempt
Thanedd's mage council ends in blood, leaving a prophesied girl alone in a world at war.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
War
The Time of Contempt
Thanedd's mage council ends in blood, leaving a prophesied girl alone in a world at war.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
War
This Strange Eventful History
Exiled from Algeria, a pied-noir family chases home across four continents for seventy years.
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Family
France
Africa
This Strange Eventful History
Exiled from Algeria, a pied-noir family chases home across four continents for seventy years.
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Family
France
Africa
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
History never stops, and silence is a political act: a memoir of war, racism, and radicalization.
History
Memoir
Politics
Social Justice
War
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
History never stops, and silence is a political act: a memoir of war, racism, and radicalization.
History
Memoir
Politics
Social Justice
War
Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
A giant warrior defends his fortress from an empire while his closest friend plots to destroy him.
Manga
Dark Fantasy
Fantasy
Horror
Graphic Novels
Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
A giant warrior defends his fortress from an empire while his closest friend plots to destroy him.
Manga
Dark Fantasy
Fantasy
Horror
Graphic Novels
The Kitchen Front
A WWII cooking contest brings four women together, each hiding a private hunger behind her recipes.
Historical Fiction
Wwii
Historical
Women
Cooking
The Kitchen Front
A WWII cooking contest brings four women together, each hiding a private hunger behind her recipes.
Historical Fiction
Wwii
Historical
Women
Cooking
Stories Are Weapons
Culture wars are not chaos. They are a century-long psyop that America has been running on itself.
History
Politics
Psychology
War
Sociology
Stories Are Weapons
Culture wars are not chaos. They are a century-long psyop that America has been running on itself.
History
Politics
Psychology
War
Sociology
Uncle Tungsten
A boy, a bar of tungsten, a brutal wartime school: how chemistry became Oliver Sacks's sanctuary.
Memoir
Science
Chemistry
Biography
History
Uncle Tungsten
A boy, a bar of tungsten, a brutal wartime school: how chemistry became Oliver Sacks's sanctuary.
Memoir
Science
Chemistry
Biography
History
Coercion, Capital, and European States, A.D. 990-1992
The state that best combined armies and taxation won Europe. That formula is now failing.
History
Politics
Sociology
War
Economics
Coercion, Capital, and European States, A.D. 990-1992
The state that best combined armies and taxation won Europe. That formula is now failing.
History
Politics
Sociology
War
Economics
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
A dead war photographer has seven days to solve his murder and the crimes he photographed.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Literary Fiction
Lgbt
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
A dead war photographer has seven days to solve his murder and the crimes he photographed.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Literary Fiction
Lgbt
