13 Top war books like 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War by Frederick Taylor

Cover of 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War by Frederick Taylor

1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

By: Frederick Taylor

3.91

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In the autumn of 1938, Europe believed in the promise of peace. But only a year later, the fateful …

If you liked the war plot in 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War by Frederick Taylor , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Suspended Sentences: Three Novellas (The Margellos World Republic of Letters) by Patrick Modiano, None

1. Suspended Sentences: Three Novellas (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)

By: Patrick Modiano , None

3.68

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

Although originally published separately, Patrick Modiano’s three novellas form a single, compellin… read more

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"When daylight lasts until 10pm because of the time change, and the traffic noise has died down, I have the illusion that all I’d need to do is return to those faraway neighborhoods to find the people…"

-Patrick Modiano, Suspended Sentences: Three Novellas (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)

Cover of The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government by David Talbot

2. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

By: David Talbot

4.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more

Similar categories in David Talbot's The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. The Plot Against America

By: Philip Roth

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

This may be alternative history, but it is chillingly and convincingly realistic in its portrayal. … read more

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4. Sam Walton: Made In America

By: Sam Walton , John Huey

3.82

Format: 295 pages,

Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, w… read more

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5. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

By: Giles Milton

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secre… read more

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6. Berlin: Portrait of a City Through the Centuries

By: Rory MacLean

3.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Why are we drawn to certain cities? Perhaps because of a story read in childhood. Or a chance teena… read more

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7. The 7th Month (Detective D.D. Warren, #5.5)

By: Lisa Gardner

3.60

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In her seventh month of pregnancy, D.D. should be taking it easy. Instead, she accepts a small cons… read more

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8. In at the Death (Settling Accounts, #4)

By: Harry Turtledove

3.00

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Franklin Roosevelt is the assistant secretary of defense. Thomas Dewey is running for president wit… read more

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9. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

By: Peter Frankopan

3.77

Format: None pages,

From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more

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10. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

By: James Holland

4.33

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more

Similar categories in James Holland's The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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11. For a Lifetime (Timeless, #3)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.55

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Grace and Hope are identical twin sisters born with the ability to time-cross together between 1692… read more

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12. Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

By: James Holland

4.47

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated military historian James Holland chronicles the experiences in World War II of the legen… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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13. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

By: Jon Meacham

4.46

Format: 676 pages, Hardcover

The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more

Similar categories in Jon Meacham's And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Leadership in War: Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History by Andrew Roberts

14. Leadership in War: Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History

By: Andrew Roberts

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Taking us from the French Revolution to the Cold War, Andrew Roberts presents a bracingly honest an… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Roberts's Leadership in War: Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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15. Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands

By: Dan Jones

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Dan Jones, best-selling chronicler of the Middle Ages, turns his attention to the history of the Cr… read more

Similar categories in Dan Jones's Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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16. How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

By: Frank Dikötter

3.70

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Samuel Johnson prize-winning author of Mao's Great Famine, a timely and compelling explora… read more

Similar categories in Frank Dikötter's How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Case White: The Invasion of Poland 1939 by Robert Forczyk

17. Case White: The Invasion of Poland 1939

By: Robert Forczyk

4.02

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, Robert Forczyk tells … read more

Similar categories in Robert Forczyk's Case White: The Invasion of Poland 1939 book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • history
  • germany
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
Cover of Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World by Richard Snow

18. Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World

By: Richard Snow

3.97

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive history chronicling the conception and creation of Disneyland, the masterpiece Califor… read more

Similar categories in Richard Snow's Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • nonfiction
  • history
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19. Children of the Night: The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania

By: Paul Kenyon

4.43

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The only country in Eastern Europe to speak a Latin language, Romania has always felt itself differ… read more

Similar categories in Paul Kenyon's Children of the Night: The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • 20th century
Cover of American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy by David Corn

20. American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy

By: David Corn

4.33

Format: 18 pages, Audiobook

#1 New York Times bestselling author and investigative reporter David Corn tells the wild and harro… read more

Similar categories in David Corn's American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • nonfiction
  • history
"We can have an American president who does not govern with negativism and fear of the future."

-David Corn, American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy

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21. M. Gli ultimi giorni dell'Europa

By: Antonio Scurati

4.28

Format: 848 pages, Kindle Edition

Il 3 maggio 1938, nella nuova stazione Ostiense, Mussolini insieme a Vittorio Emanuele III e al min… read more

Similar categories in Antonio Scurati's M. Gli ultimi giorni dell'Europa book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War by Frederick Taylor

22. 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

By: Frederick Taylor

3.91

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In the autumn of 1938, Europe believed in the promise of peace. But only a year later, the fateful … read more

Similar categories in Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • history
  • germany
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • 20th century
Cover of The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War by Giles Tremlett

23. The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War

By: Giles Tremlett

4.23

Format: 720 pages, Hardcover

The Spanish Civil War was the first armed battle in the fight against fascism, and a rallying cry f… read more

Similar categories in Giles Tremlett's The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • 20th century
Cover of Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941 by Susan Ronald

24. Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941

By: Susan Ronald

3.97

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Susan Ronald, acclaimed author of Hitler's Art Thief takes readers into the shadowy world of the ar… read more

Similar categories in Susan Ronald's Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941 book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • history
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
Cover of The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light by Jean Edward Smith

25. The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light

By: Jean Edward Smith

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the “rousing” (Jay Winik, author of… read more

Similar categories in Jean Edward Smith's The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
Cover of Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937-May 1942 by Richard B. Frank

26. Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937-May 1942

By: Richard B. Frank

4.43

Format: 751 pages, Hardcover

In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the Pacific Ocean enclosed half the world’s popu… read more

Similar categories in Richard B. Frank's Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937-May 1942 book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of 1945: Victory in the West by Peter Caddick-Adams

27. 1945: Victory in the West

By: Peter Caddick-Adams

4.55

Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition

'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to … read more

Similar categories in Peter Caddick-Adams's 1945: Victory in the West book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • history
  • war
Cover of Move: The Forces Uprooting Us by Parag Khanna

28. Move: The Forces Uprooting Us

By: Parag Khanna

3.55

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

*A Financial Times Best Book of the Year* A “provocative” ( Booklist ) and compelling look at the … read more

Similar categories in Parag Khanna's Move: The Forces Uprooting Us book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, and the Presidential Election That Transformed a Nation by John Bicknell

29. America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, and the Presidential Election That Transformed a Nation

By: John Bicknell

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The presidential election of 1844 was one of the two or three most momentous elections in American … read more

Similar categories in John Bicknell's America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, and the Presidential Election That Transformed a Nation book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans

30. Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich

By: Richard J. Evans

4.27

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

Through a connected set of biographical portraits of key Nazi figures that follows power as it radi… read more

Similar categories in Richard J. Evans's Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich book and Frederick Taylor's 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

  • history
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Pitch in Time by Robert A. Lytle

31. A Pitch in Time

By: Robert A. Lytle

4.35

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

The tale of a modern day boy who tumbles from his bike and wakes up to find he has traveled back in… read more

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Transform Your Habits

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David Talbot

4.43

Transform Your Habits

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James Holland

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

James Holland

4.47

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Jon Meacham

4.46

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The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

Brad Meltzer

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice

Tom Clavin

3.63

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Burkhard Bilger

4.09

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