Works of historical fiction I have read or plan on reading that take place during one (or both) of the world wars, sorted in alphabetical order by author.

• Boyne, John — The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
• Brockmole, Jessica — Letters from Skye
• de Rosnay, Tatiana — Sarah's ​Key
• Doerr, Anthony — All the Light We Cannot See
• Dueñas, María — The ​Time in Between
• Escobar, Mario —
  • Auschwitz Lullaby
  • Children of the Stars
  • The Librarian of Saint-Malo
• Fábián, Janka — Emma
  • Emma szerelme
  • Emma fiai
• Faulks, Sebastian — Birdsong
• Fehér, Klára — Bezzeg ​az én időmben
• Fein, Louise — Daughter of the Reich
• Follett, Ken — Century Trilogy
  • Fall of Giants
  • Winter ​of the World
  • Edge of Eternity
• Ford, Ford Madox — Parade's End
  • Some ​Do Not…
  • No ​More Parades
  • A ​Man Could Stand Up
  • Last ​Post
• Gárdos, Péter — Hajnali láz
• Golden, Arthur — Memoirs of a Geisha
• Gregson, Jessica — The ​Angel Makers
• Hannah, Kristin — The ​Nightingale
• Heller, Joseph — Catch-22
• Hemingway, Ernest — A ​Farewell to Arms
• Iturbe, Antonio — The Librarian of Auschwitz
• Japrisot, Sébastien — A Very Long Engagement
• Kelly, Martha Hall — Lilac Girls
• Lowry, Lois — Number ​the Stars
• McEwan, Ian — Atonement
• Midwood, Ellie — The Violinist of Auschwitz
• Montgomery, Lucy Maud — Rilla ​of Ingleside
• Morpurgo, Michael — War Horse
• Ondaatje, Michael — The English Patient
• Örkény, István — Tóték
• Quinn, Kate — The Alice Network
• Remarque, Erich Maria —
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Arch of Triumph
  • Flotsam
  • Spark of Life
  • The Night in Lisbon
  • The Road Back
• Shaffer, Mary Ann — The ​Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
• Sholokhov, Mikhail — Fate of a Man
• Simons, Paullina — The ​Bronze Horseman
  • The Bronze Horseman
  • The Bridge to Holy Cross
• Szabó, Magda — Abigél
• Tan, Twan Eng — The Gift of Rain
• Tomcsik, Nóra — A változások kora
  • Az elveszett ifjúság
  • Az új idők hősei
  • A hazatérés
• Voorhoeve, Anne Charlotte — Liverpool Street
• Winters, Cat — In ​the Shadow of Blackbirds
• Zusak, Markus — The Book Thief