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
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
War, law, and state fray together. A Pentagon insider on where the seams gave way.
Politics
War
History
Law
Technology
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
War, law, and state fray together. A Pentagon insider on where the seams gave way.
Politics
War
History
Law
Technology
Heir
A trail of children's missing hearts draws three outcasts toward a hunger older than the empire.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Heir
A trail of children's missing hearts draws three outcasts toward a hunger older than the empire.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Moon Over Manifest
Sent to her father's Kansas town, a girl follows old letters into an unsolved spy mystery.
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Mystery
Historical
Young Adult
Moon Over Manifest
Sent to her father's Kansas town, a girl follows old letters into an unsolved spy mystery.
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Mystery
Historical
Young Adult
Lies of Silence
IRA gunmen hold his wife. Her ransom: a car bomb delivered to his own hotel.
Literary Fiction
Thriller
Historical Fiction
20th Century
Suspense
Lies of Silence
IRA gunmen hold his wife. Her ransom: a car bomb delivered to his own hotel.
Literary Fiction
Thriller
Historical Fiction
20th Century
Suspense
The Gates of Gaza
Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.
Israel
History
Middle East
Memoir
Politics
The Gates of Gaza
Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.
Israel
History
Middle East
Memoir
Politics
Our Vicious Oaths
A princess general's night with a disguised enemy king leaves her captive after a wedding massacre.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
War
Our Vicious Oaths
A princess general's night with a disguised enemy king leaves her captive after a wedding massacre.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
War
Hitler's Cross
Hitler seduced the German church. The cross flew beside the swastika; only a handful refused.
History
Christian
Religion
Christianity
Theology
Hitler's Cross
Hitler seduced the German church. The cross flew beside the swastika; only a handful refused.
History
Christian
Religion
Christianity
Theology
The Queen of Attolia
Maimed by the queen he once robbed, a legendary thief returns to a kingdom preparing for war.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
Adventure
Epic Fantasy
The Queen of Attolia
Maimed by the queen he once robbed, a legendary thief returns to a kingdom preparing for war.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
Adventure
Epic Fantasy
Samurai Wisdom
The samurai way balances culture and combat: rules for self-mastery, leadership, and reading people.
History
Philosophy
Military
Japan
Leadership
Samurai Wisdom
The samurai way balances culture and combat: rules for self-mastery, leadership, and reading people.
History
Philosophy
Military
Japan
Leadership
Blood and Thunder
To conquer the Southwest, America sent an illiterate tracker who became both a hero and a butcher.
History
19th Century
American
Biography
War
Blood and Thunder
To conquer the Southwest, America sent an illiterate tracker who became both a hero and a butcher.
History
19th Century
American
Biography
War
A History of the Crusades, Vol. II
The crusaders won Jerusalem. They spent the next 87 years proving they couldn't keep it.
History
Medieval
Middle East
Religion
War
A History of the Crusades, Vol. II
The crusaders won Jerusalem. They spent the next 87 years proving they couldn't keep it.
History
Medieval
Middle East
Religion
War
Forrest Gump
An Alabama innocent with a low IQ runs from bullies into football, war, and an unrequited love.
Historical Fiction
Humor
Classics
Adventure
Satire
Forrest Gump
An Alabama innocent with a low IQ runs from bullies into football, war, and an unrequited love.
Historical Fiction
Humor
Classics
Adventure
Satire
The Fires of Heaven
To reclaim a stolen kingdom, a prophesied champion leads desert warriors into an immortal's trap.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic
Magic
The Fires of Heaven
To reclaim a stolen kingdom, a prophesied champion leads desert warriors into an immortal's trap.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic
Magic
Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs
The mad monk wasn't a fraud: his powers were real, and they brought down a dynasty.
History
Biography
Russia
Russian
Politics
Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs
The mad monk wasn't a fraud: his powers were real, and they brought down a dynasty.
History
Biography
Russia
Russian
Politics
In the Country of Others
A French bride follows her Moroccan husband to his farm. He is already married to the land.
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Africa
France
Adult
In the Country of Others
A French bride follows her Moroccan husband to his farm. He is already married to the land.
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Africa
France
Adult
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
Seven pastors warned they would die tomorrow. The world read their letter and did nothing.
History
Africa
War
Journalism
Politics
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
Seven pastors warned they would die tomorrow. The world read their letter and did nothing.
History
Africa
War
Journalism
Politics
Circe / The Song of Achilles
A banished prince gives his heart to the golden Achilles. The Trojan War will take everything else.
Mythology
Romance
Gay
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Circe / The Song of Achilles
A banished prince gives his heart to the golden Achilles. The Trojan War will take everything else.
Mythology
Romance
Gay
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Clausewitz on Strategy
Your real competition is the fog, friction, and chaos Clausewitz mapped two centuries ago.
Business
Leadership
Management
History
War
Clausewitz on Strategy
Your real competition is the fog, friction, and chaos Clausewitz mapped two centuries ago.
Business
Leadership
Management
History
War
The Fall of Gondolin
A sea god's warning sends a mortal to Gondolin, a hidden city too proud to listen.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
The Fall of Gondolin
A sea god's warning sends a mortal to Gondolin, a hidden city too proud to listen.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
The Empire of Gold
A healer and a disgraced prince gather outcasts to reclaim their magical city from a blood tyrant.
Fantasy
Adult
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Magic
The Empire of Gold
A healer and a disgraced prince gather outcasts to reclaim their magical city from a blood tyrant.
Fantasy
Adult
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Magic
The Fiery Cross
On the Carolina frontier, a governor's decree forces a Highland time-crossed family to take up arms.
Historical Fiction
Romance
Fantasy
Time Travel
Historical Romance
The Fiery Cross
On the Carolina frontier, a governor's decree forces a Highland time-crossed family to take up arms.
Historical Fiction
Romance
Fantasy
Time Travel
Historical Romance
Certain to Win
Speed of decision, not budget, wins: a fighter pilot's framework for outmaneuvering larger rivals.
Business
Leadership
Management
War
Psychology
Certain to Win
Speed of decision, not budget, wins: a fighter pilot's framework for outmaneuvering larger rivals.
Business
Leadership
Management
War
Psychology
Operation Mincemeat
How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.
History
War
20th Century
Europe
British
Operation Mincemeat
How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.
History
War
20th Century
Europe
British
The White Company
A sheltered novice joins a legendary company of archers and follows an eccentric knight into war.
Historical Fiction
Classics
Adventure
Historical
Medieval
The White Company
A sheltered novice joins a legendary company of archers and follows an eccentric knight into war.
Historical Fiction
Classics
Adventure
Historical
Medieval
The Apache Wars
A boy's kidnapping, a chief's brutal murder, and a shaman's vengeance ignited America's longest war.
History
Native American
War
Military
19th Century
The Apache Wars
A boy's kidnapping, a chief's brutal murder, and a shaman's vengeance ignited America's longest war.
History
Native American
War
Military
19th Century
What Is the What
Robbed in Atlanta, a Sudanese refugee escapes into the war-torn villages and camps of his past.
Historical Fiction
Africa
War
Literary Fiction
Survival
What Is the What
Robbed in Atlanta, a Sudanese refugee escapes into the war-torn villages and camps of his past.
Historical Fiction
Africa
War
Literary Fiction
Survival
The Burning Bridge
A young Ranger apprentice finds a hidden bridge and must destroy it before the kingdom is overrun.
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Young Adult
High Fantasy
Adventure
The Burning Bridge
A young Ranger apprentice finds a hidden bridge and must destroy it before the kingdom is overrun.
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Young Adult
High Fantasy
Adventure
The Age of Entitlement
Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.
History
Politics
American
Sociology
Culture
The Age of Entitlement
Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.
History
Politics
American
Sociology
Culture
The Great Influenza
Modern medicine was just being born. Then the deadliest pandemic hit and killed the young first.
History
Science
Medicine
Medical
20th Century
The Great Influenza
Modern medicine was just being born. Then the deadliest pandemic hit and killed the young first.
History
Science
Medicine
Medical
20th Century
The Widow of the South
A grieving widow buries 1,500 fallen soldiers in her garden, seeking purpose among the dead.
Historical Fiction
Civil War
Historical
War
Southern
The Widow of the South
A grieving widow buries 1,500 fallen soldiers in her garden, seeking purpose among the dead.
Historical Fiction
Civil War
Historical
War
Southern
The Heart and the Fist
A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.
Memoir
Biography
War
Leadership
History
The Heart and the Fist
A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.
Memoir
Biography
War
Leadership
History
Front Lines
1942: women are drafted into combat. Three soldiers face the brutality of the North African front.
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
War
Speculative Fiction
Military
Front Lines
1942: women are drafted into combat. Three soldiers face the brutality of the North African front.
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
War
Speculative Fiction
Military
Dark Shores
Blackmailed into guiding an invasion, a Maarin sailor can't resist the legatus commanding it.
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
High Fantasy
Dark Shores
Blackmailed into guiding an invasion, a Maarin sailor can't resist the legatus commanding it.
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
High Fantasy
