 | War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $0.93 The story Herman Wouk was born to tell. War & Rembrance may be one of the most important novels about WW2, with unforgettable characters and the brutality of war forever burned in our memories.
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 | Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II by Douglas W. Jacobson
Buy used from: $7.50 Through the long night of Nazi occupation, college professor, Anna, and her cavalry officer husband, Jan, fight a covert war of sabotage and resistance against the overwhelming might of the German war machine. NIGHT OF FLAMES is a sweeping saga of courage, perseverance and love. Jacobson's debut is a smashing success.
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 | Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Buy new: $11.19 / Used from: $2.30 Published quite some time ago, this outstanding story positioned Follett as one of the best authors of historical fiction in our time. Few novels are as compelling, interesting and flat out exciting as Eye of the Needle
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 | The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II by Jeff Shaara
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.00 We have come to expect the best from Jeff Shaara and we are not let down . This is an epic work set on the biggest stage of all time as we see the war through the eyes of generals and ordinary soldiers.
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 | The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $3.25 Herman Wouk referred to this epic work as the "prolouge" to War & Remenbrance. That may have been his ultimate intent, but make no mistake, Winds of War is an important work in its own right. A compelling story of the origins of this massive conflict.
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 | Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.01 Faulks follows up his epic WW1 saga, Birdsong, with a riveting tale of a young woman caught up in the shadowy world of behind the scenes espionage. This may be one of the best tales of a woman's courage in war until Jacobson's NIGHT OF FLAMES came out this year.
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 | Mila 18 by Leon Uris
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Leon Uris takes us deep into the gruesome world of the Warsaw ghetto during WW2. Right up to the inevitable finish, we are spellbound by the courage of people caught in the jaws of the vice of tyranny.
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 | The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $4.54 Key to Rebecca drops us smack into the desert war with Rommel's Afrika Corps and the shadowy back alleys of Cairo. Hang on for a lightning ride that barrels toward a dynamite ending.
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 | Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $2.43 While not fiction, I included Pegasus Bridge in this list because Ambrose's writing is so easy and personal, the book reads like a novel with characters we care about...all the more because they are real.
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 | A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.44 A compelling tale of courage and intrigue behind enemy lines in the mountains of Italy. Beautifully written, you will laugh, cry and cheer.
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