Troubled Sleep

Jean-Paul Sartre

Classic Fiction

Powerfully depicts the fall of France in 1940, and the anguished response of the French people to the German oc

existentialism, france, french, ww2

The Rising Sun

The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

John Toland

History

This Pulitzer Prize–winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanes

japan, military, pulitzer, war, ww2

The English Patient

Michael Ondaatje

Contemporary Fiction

With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatjes Booker Prize-winning novel traces the inte

booker, film, popular, ww2

House of Dolls

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Contemporary Fiction

The novel describes Joy Divisions, which were allegedly groups of Jewish women in the concentration camps durin

hebrew, holocaust, ww2

Babi Yar

A Documentary Novel

Anatoly Kuznetsov

Contemporary Fiction

Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel is an internationally acclaimed documentary novel by Anatoly Kuznet

history, holocaust, russian, ukraine, ww2

Slaughterhouse-Five

or The Children’s Crusade

Kurt Vonnegut

Contemporary Fiction

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time, Slaughterhouse-Five, an American clas

bestseller, didactic, film, postmodern, ptsd, satire, ww2

Empire of the Sun

J G Ballard

Contemporary Fiction

Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a deep strength greater than all

film, japan, newwave, ww2

Children of the Ashes

The People of Hiroshima

Robert Jungk

History

This sombre report on Hiroshima since 1945 is the outcome of nearly three years of investigation by Robert Jung

japan, nuclear, ww2

Hitler: A Study in Tyranny

Alan Bullock

Biography

The classic biography of Hitler that remains, years after its publication, one of the most authoritative and re

fascism, germany, ww2

The Zone of Interest

Martin Amis

Contemporary Fiction

Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This

english, holocaust, ww2

The Yamato Dynasty

The Secret History of Japans Imperial Family

Peggy Seagrave

History

In The Yamato Dynasty, Sterling Seagrave, who divulged the secrets of Mao Tse-tung and the ruthlessness of Chia

empire, japan, ww2

House of Meetings

Martin Amis

Contemporary Fiction

An extraordinary novel that ratifies Martin Amis standing as a force unto himself, as The Washington Post has a

russia, ww2