War is such a sadly inherent part of human nature, and battles of some sort or other are prevalent across literature. But there are some tales which focus on war far more heavily.

Series

• Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden (Tomorrow #1)
• First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung (Daughter of Cambodia #1)
• Lucky Child by Loung Ung (Daughter of Cambodia #2)

Standalones – Novels

• The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
• Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipovic
• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• A Gift from Darkness by Patience Ibrahim & Andrea C. Hoffman
• Human Acts by Han Kang
• Anna: A Teenager on the Run by Anna Podgajecki
• White Rose by Kip Wilson

Standalones – Short stories

• Another One in From the Cold by Marion Arnott
• Down Among the Dead Men by Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois
• Breadcrumbs and Stones by Lisa Goldstein
• The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
• Vast Wings Across Felonious Skies by E. Catherine Tobler
• Steel Dragons of a Luminous Sky by Brian Trent
• Don Quixote by Carrie Vaughn