Have you read an informative, engaging book on German history? If so, what is it? [more inside]
posted by bluishorange on Nov 10, 2009 - 18 answers

Book identification filter: Help me find a WWII history book with a bright orange cover. [more inside]
posted by snowleopard on Aug 26, 2009 - 5 answers

I've always been fascinated by war, and recently I've been on one of those kicks that seems ephemeral at first but just won't go away. I am particularly fascinated by WWII. I want reading suggestions. [more inside]
posted by Autarky on Jun 14, 2009 - 39 answers

What are the best books on World War II? [more inside]
posted by lullaby on Jun 9, 2009 - 40 answers

Help me identity this 1910s/20s/30s British poet (from precious little information). [more inside]
posted by taramosalata on Feb 14, 2009 - 3 answers

Book-filter (again)! I just read Markus Zuzak's "The Book Thief" and loved it and loved being moved by it. Give me more books that do the same. [more inside]
posted by robotot on Oct 9, 2008 - 15 answers

Please recommend me some great books about the home front during WWI or WWII. [more inside]
posted by booksandlibretti on Jul 21, 2008 - 26 answers

ID-That-Book-Filter: I read this novel in the mid-90s, and my recollection of it is very vague, but I'd love to find and read it again. I read it in the school library so it was probably written well before then; I'd guess maybe in the 80s. It was [more inside]
posted by evariste on Jun 29, 2006 - 11 answers

What's a good book (or more) for a general historical overview of World War II? [more inside]
posted by almostcool on Jun 14, 2006 - 19 answers