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30 Best Historical War Novels

War fiction examines combat and its wider effects on soldiers, civilians, families and institutions. These novels range from battlefield narratives to resistance, occupation, captivity and the long consequences of violence.

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Ancient World 2,200 BCE–628 CE 288 books American History 1607–1912 CE 74 books Asia & the Islamic World 221 BCE–2,015 CE 81 books Medieval Period 330–1,816 CE 442 books Renaissance & Early Modern Europe c. 1300–1789 CE 16 books Russian Empire & Revolution 1721–1922 CE 8 books Tudor & Stuart Britain 1485–1714 CE 35 books Georgian & Regency Britain 1714–1837 CE 16 books War of the Spanish Succession 1701–1714 CE 6 books Dahir al-Umar and Autonomous Galilee c. 1730–1775 CE 1 book Age of Revolutions 1763–1848 CE 85 books Nineteenth-Century Europe 1815–1900 CE 57 books World War I & Interwar Era 1914–1939 CE 102 books World War II 1939–1945 CE 196 books Cold War and Post-war Era 1945–1991 CE 27 books

40 books are not yet assigned to a historical period.

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