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
- Human Acts by Han Kang
- Anna: A Teenager on the Run by Anna Podgajecki
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
