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
Lady of the Lake
Ciri flees through worlds while wizards and emperors hunt her for the power in her blood.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Adventure
Magic
Lady of the Lake
Ciri flees through worlds while wizards and emperors hunt her for the power in her blood.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Adventure
Magic
A Rose for the Crown
A peasant girl becomes the secret mistress of Richard III, hiding their children from the crown.
Historical Fiction
Historical Romance
Historical
Medieval
Romance
A Rose for the Crown
A peasant girl becomes the secret mistress of Richard III, hiding their children from the crown.
Historical Fiction
Historical Romance
Historical
Medieval
Romance
Blackbeard
An educated gentleman builds a radical pirate democracy, daring the British Empire to crush it.
Historical Fiction
Pirates
Adventure
Historical
Adult
Blackbeard
An educated gentleman builds a radical pirate democracy, daring the British Empire to crush it.
Historical Fiction
Pirates
Adventure
Historical
Adult
Arjun
Fire-born and fierce, she weds five brothers, loves one, and watches an ancient kingdom burn.
Mythology
Retellings
Historical Fiction
Indian
Fantasy
Arjun
Fire-born and fierce, she weds five brothers, loves one, and watches an ancient kingdom burn.
Mythology
Retellings
Historical Fiction
Indian
Fantasy
International Law
International law: no sovereign, no police. How it works, and the imperial logic it still carries.
History
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Economics
International Law
International law: no sovereign, no police. How it works, and the imperial logic it still carries.
History
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Economics
33 Place Brugmann
Thin walls in a Brussels apartment building conceal art and refugees from the Nazi occupation.
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
Adult Fiction
Holocaust
33 Place Brugmann
Thin walls in a Brussels apartment building conceal art and refugees from the Nazi occupation.
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
Adult Fiction
Holocaust
The Drone Eats with Me
War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.
Memoir
War
Middle East
History
Politics
The Drone Eats with Me
War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.
Memoir
War
Middle East
History
Politics
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Time-crossed lovers and their kin defend a ridge-top home as the Revolution and treachery close in.
Historical Fiction
Romance
Fantasy
Historical Romance
Time Travel
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Time-crossed lovers and their kin defend a ridge-top home as the Revolution and treachery close in.
Historical Fiction
Romance
Fantasy
Historical Romance
Time Travel
Towers of Midnight
Rand al'Thor will break the ancient seals imprisoning evil, and Egwene al'Vere must stop him.
Fantasy
Epic
High Fantasy
Magic
Adventure
Towers of Midnight
Rand al'Thor will break the ancient seals imprisoning evil, and Egwene al'Vere must stop him.
Fantasy
Epic
High Fantasy
Magic
Adventure
Disaster Nationalism
The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.
Politics
History
Sociology
Philosophy
Economics
Disaster Nationalism
The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.
Politics
History
Sociology
Philosophy
Economics
The Salon of Exiled Artists in California
Santa Monica living room: Garbo, Mann, Einstein sheltered from war. McCarthyism ended it.
Biography
History
20th Century
Film
Europe
The Salon of Exiled Artists in California
Santa Monica living room: Garbo, Mann, Einstein sheltered from war. McCarthyism ended it.
Biography
History
20th Century
Film
Europe
A Dawn of Gods & Fury
A thief-turned-queen must unite her enemies when old gods return and the realms begin to burn.
Fantasy
Fantasy Romance
Romance
Fae
Dragons
A Dawn of Gods & Fury
A thief-turned-queen must unite her enemies when old gods return and the realms begin to burn.
Fantasy
Fantasy Romance
Romance
Fae
Dragons
The Quiet American
A cynical journalist watches his naive American friend's good intentions turn Saigon's streets red.
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Literature
Political
The Quiet American
A cynical journalist watches his naive American friend's good intentions turn Saigon's streets red.
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Literature
Political
Segu
A Segu noble family is scattered by faith, slavery, and war after the son embraces Islam.
Historical Fiction
Africa
Literary Fiction
Historical
19th Century
Segu
A Segu noble family is scattered by faith, slavery, and war after the son embraces Islam.
Historical Fiction
Africa
Literary Fiction
Historical
19th Century
The Cursed King
A powerless phoenix proposes a mating alliance to a feral dragon king too scarred to accept.
Fantasy
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Dragons
Paranormal
The Cursed King
A powerless phoenix proposes a mating alliance to a feral dragon king too scarred to accept.
Fantasy
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Dragons
Paranormal
Days of Blood & Starlight
A resurrectionist trades pain for dead soldiers. The angel who betrayed her people wants her back.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Paranormal
Angels
Days of Blood & Starlight
A resurrectionist trades pain for dead soldiers. The angel who betrayed her people wants her back.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Paranormal
Angels
50 Battles That Changed the World
From Marathon to Stalingrad, fifty clashes that decided who rules and what we believe.
History
War
Reference
World
International
50 Battles That Changed the World
From Marathon to Stalingrad, fifty clashes that decided who rules and what we believe.
History
War
Reference
World
International
Ptolemy's Gate
Demon-possessed magicians burn London. A fading djinni, a haunted minister, and a rebel fight back.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Urban Fantasy
Magic
Demons
Ptolemy's Gate
Demon-possessed magicians burn London. A fading djinni, a haunted minister, and a rebel fight back.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Urban Fantasy
Magic
Demons
The Goddess of Warsaw
A Hollywood icon's darkest secret: she survived the Warsaw Ghetto by becoming its deadliest avenger.
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
War
Survival
Historical
The Goddess of Warsaw
A Hollywood icon's darkest secret: she survived the Warsaw Ghetto by becoming its deadliest avenger.
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
War
Survival
Historical
When We Cease to Understand the World
From the trenches of WWI to the edge of mathematics, genius opens doors it cannot close.
Science
History
Philosophy
Literary Fiction
Short Stories
When We Cease to Understand the World
From the trenches of WWI to the edge of mathematics, genius opens doors it cannot close.
Science
History
Philosophy
Literary Fiction
Short Stories
The Scramble for Africa
Livingstone begged to save Africa. Within a generation, it was carved up for rubber and gold.
History
Africa
Colonialism
19th Century
Politics
The Scramble for Africa
Livingstone begged to save Africa. Within a generation, it was carved up for rubber and gold.
History
Africa
Colonialism
19th Century
Politics
Human, Animal
A genderqueer child's coming out fractures a dairy farming family under siege from activists.
Literary Fiction
Queer
Contemporary
Historical Fiction
Family
Human, Animal
A genderqueer child's coming out fractures a dairy farming family under siege from activists.
Literary Fiction
Queer
Contemporary
Historical Fiction
Family
A Girl Called Samson
A servant disguises herself as a man to join the Revolution, then falls for her commander.
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical Romance
Historical
War
A Girl Called Samson
A servant disguises herself as a man to join the Revolution, then falls for her commander.
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical Romance
Historical
War
The Forsaken Throne
A champion framed for poisoning a princess must unmask the true traitor before her kingdom drowns.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Magic
The Forsaken Throne
A champion framed for poisoning a princess must unmask the true traitor before her kingdom drowns.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Magic
A Curse of Blood & Stone
A thief in a princess's body flees with a fallen king to find a hidden nymph city.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Vampires
Magic
A Curse of Blood & Stone
A thief in a princess's body flees with a fallen king to find a hidden nymph city.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Vampires
Magic
Speaking Bones
An exiled princess builds bone beasts to end an empire. The harder war comes after victory.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Adult
Science Fiction
Speaking Bones
An exiled princess builds bone beasts to end an empire. The harder war comes after victory.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Adult
Science Fiction
The Enemies of My Country
A covert operator's botched mission in Syria is only the beginning: the real target is home.
Thriller
Adult Fiction
Action
Suspense
War
The Enemies of My Country
A covert operator's botched mission in Syria is only the beginning: the real target is home.
Thriller
Adult Fiction
Action
Suspense
War
Ask Me Again
An Army surgeon returns from war. Her mind doesn't. Her girlfriend is caught in the crossfire.
Romance
Contemporary
Lgbt
Lesbian
Contemporary Romance
Ask Me Again
An Army surgeon returns from war. Her mind doesn't. Her girlfriend is caught in the crossfire.
Romance
Contemporary
Lgbt
Lesbian
Contemporary Romance
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Two men, one violent frontier, and a bullet in the dark that made them both immortal.
History
Biography
True Crime
Crime
19th Century
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Two men, one violent frontier, and a bullet in the dark that made them both immortal.
History
Biography
True Crime
Crime
19th Century
In the Claws of the Raven Prince
A mortal conscripted into a fae war discovers her soulmate is the enemy's winged monster prince.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Adult
In the Claws of the Raven Prince
A mortal conscripted into a fae war discovers her soulmate is the enemy's winged monster prince.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Adult
The Gathering Storm
To prepare for the Last Battle, the Dragon Reborn must first win the war inside himself.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Adult
Magic
The Gathering Storm
To prepare for the Last Battle, the Dragon Reborn must first win the war inside himself.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Adult
Magic
