List of literary works inspired by the Second World War Books

← All books Science Fiction 390 Historical fiction 310 Fantasy 306 Crime fiction 238 Horror fiction 237 Thriller 232 Comedy 177 Adventure fiction 170 Children's 157 Detective fiction 135 Children's fiction 124 Crime 118 Mystery fiction 110 Romantic fiction 101 Non-fiction 97 Romance 90 Young adult fiction 90 Autobiography 84 Bildungsroman 66 Drama 59 Fairy Tale 59 Spy fiction 56 Dystopian fiction 55 Memoir 53 Young Adult 52 Classic 51 LGBT-related 50 Action anime and manga 49 Adventure 47 Biography 46 Adventure anime and manga 42 Fiction 42 Romance anime and manga 42 Tragedy 42 Drama anime and manga 40 Psychological fiction 40 School anime and manga 40 Autobiographical 39 Comedy anime and manga 39 Gothic fiction 39 Comic 38 Fantasy anime and manga 37 Vampire fiction 36 Philosophical fiction 35 Literary Fiction 34 Epistolary 31 War 31 Science fiction anime and manga 30 Drama fiction 29 Satire 29 Post-apocalyptic fiction 27 Political fiction 26 Romantic comedy anime and manga 26 Satirical fiction 26 Gothic 25 Action 24 Dark fantasy 24 Essay 24 Historical 24 Military fiction 24 Slice of life anime and manga 24 Western 24 Supernatural anime and manga 23 Serialized fiction 22 Black comedy 21 High fantasy 21 Psychological thriller 20 Horror 19 Comedy drama anime and manga 18 Short 18 Children's and young adult 17 Family saga 17 Noir fiction 17 Opera 17 Social fiction 17 Weird fiction 17 Children 16 Epic poem 16 Humor 16 Humorous fiction 16 Literary fairy tale 16 Pop music 16 Speculative fiction 16 Techno-thriller 16 Alternate history 15 Children's book 15 Erotic 15 Erotica 15 Harem 15 Picaresque 15 Coming-of-age fiction 14 Horror anime and manga 14 Cyberpunk 13 Comedy drama 12 Coming-of-age anime and manga 12 Crossover fiction 12 Developmental 12 Pirate fiction 12 Police procedural 12 Roman à clef 12 Tragicomedy 12 Wuxia 12 Greek tragedy 11 Historical anime and manga 11 Historical play 11 Isekai 11 Magic realist fiction 11 Metafiction 11 Mystery 11 Nautical fiction 11 Post-Apocalyptic 11 Realist 11 Role-playing video game 11 Science fantasy 11 Suspense in 11 War fiction 11 Western fiction 11 Biographical 10 Christmas fiction 10 Cloak and dagger 10 Epic 10 Epistolary fiction 10 Graphic 10 Mecha 10 Mystery anime and manga 10 Nonfiction 10 True crime 10 Action fiction 9 Coming of Age 9 Narrative poetry 9 Philosophical 9 Social 9 Supernatural fiction 9 Body horror 8 Farce 8 Ghost story 8 Hard science fiction 8 Legal thriller 8 Melodrama 8 Slapstick 8 Superhero comics 8 Travel 8 Xiaoshuo 8 Dystopia 7 Historical fantasy 7 Lost world fiction 7 Naturalism 7 Slice of life 7 Superhero television program 7 Time-travel fiction 7 Urban fantasy 7 Alternate history comics 6 Animated sitcom 6 Biopunk 6 Chivalric romance 6 History 6 Juvenile fantasy 6 Love triangle romance 6 Modernist 6 Musical 6 Musical play 6 Neo-noir 6 Postmodern fiction 6 Social science fiction 6 Southern Gothic 6 Steampunk 6 Suspense anime and manga 6 True crime podcast 6 Absurdist 5 Christian fiction 5 Comedy horror 5 Contemporary fantasy 5 Diary 5 Dystopian 5 Fable 5 Fantasy comedy 5 Hardboiled 5 Horror comics 5 Humorous comics 5 Künstlerroman 5 Magical girl 5 Monograph 5 Novel of manners 5 Poetry 5 Popular music 5 Psychological anime and manga 5 Sitcom 5 Social criticism 5 Society and culture podcast 5 Spokon 5 Tale 5 Theatre 5 Yuri 5 Autobiographical fiction 4 BDSM-themed 4 Chick lit 4 Comic opera 4 Contemporary R&B 4 Documentary 4 Ecchi 4 Educational television 4 Family 4 Feminist 4 Folk horror 4 Found manuscript 4 Gospel 4 High 4 Historical romance 4 Investigative Journalism 4 J-pop 4 Literary realism 4 Magic realism 4 Noir 4 Novella 4 Parody 4 Political thriller 4 Post-apocalyptic anime and manga 4 Religious text 4 Rock music 4 Shakespearean comedy 4 Space Opera 4 Sports manga 4 Superhero fiction 4 Survival anime and manga 4 Tabletop role-playing game 4 Thriller anime and manga 4 Transgressive fiction 4 Xianxia 4 Acting 3 Adventure comic 3 Anthology 3 Apocalyptic fiction 3 Boys Love 3 Brazilian 3 Campus 3 Cautionary tale 3 Chronicle 3 Comedy of manners 3 Comedy television program 3 Dark fantasy anime and manga 3 Education 3 Erotic romance 3 Fantasy comics 3 Folk rock 3 Folk tale 3 Future history 3 Historical drama 3 Historical mystery 3 Holocaust 3 Humorous 3 LGBTQ+ 3 Locked room mystery 3 Medical drama 3 Medical thriller 3 Novela naturalista 3 Opéra comique 3 Parallel 3 Paranormal fiction 3 Paranormal romance 3 Period 3 Planetary romance 3 Pop rock 3 Popular science 3 Postmodern 3 Reality television 3 Religious 3 Religious Fiction 3 Robinsonade 3 Rock musical 3 Romantic comedy 3 Science fiction comedy 3 Science fiction comics 3 Science fiction play 3 Scientific romance 3 Sensation fiction 3 Short Stories 3 Socialist realism 3 Speculative fiction comedy 3 Spoken drama 3 Vampire anime and manga 3 Web fiction 3 Yaoi 3 Zombie fiction 3 Adventure manga 2 African American 2 Arts podcast 2 Autofiction 2 Bonkbuster 2 Children's story 2 Chuanyue 2 Comedy podcast 2 Comedy thriller 2 Comics of the United States 2 Coming-of-age drama 2 Confessional fiction 2 Conspiracy fiction 2 Contemporary 2 Country music 2 Danmei 2 Daomu Xiaoshuo 2 Dictator 2 Dystopian anime and manga 2 Epic anime and manga 2 Erotic comic 2 Existentialist 2 Expressionism 2 Fairy tale play 2 Family drama 2 Fantastique 2 Féerie 2 Fiction podcast 2 Fictional diary 2 Folk play 2 Funk 2 Gaucho 2 Gay drama 2 Gods and demons fiction 2 Hagiography 2 Historical non-fiction work 2 Historiographic metafiction 2 History book 2 History podcast 2 Intersex fiction 2 Iyashikei 2 Jazz 2 Jidaigeki 2 Jukebox musical 2 Kaidan 2 Legal drama 2 Lesbian 2 LGBT 2 LGBT fiction 2 LGBTQ-related 2 Libertine 2 Literary nonsense 2 Literature 2 Love comedy 2 Lustspiel 2 Lyric poetry 2 Magic realist play 2 Magical negro 2 Martial arts anime and manga 2 Menippean satire 2 Metatheatre 2 Military science fiction 2 New-adult fiction 2 News commentary podcast 2 Nordic noir 2 Nursery rhyme 2 Opinion journalism 2 Philosophical fable 2 Political 2 Raunchy comedy television program 2 Realism 2 Rhythm and blues 2 Rock opera 2 Romance manga 2 Russian fairy tales 2 Saga 2 Satirical 2 Sex comedy 2 Sex manual 2 Singspiel 2 Social drama 2 Soft science fiction 2 Sports 2 Stage and screen 2 Superhero 2 Supernatural horror 2 Synth-pop 2 Taoist 2 Travel book 2 Tsukuri monogatari 2 Turn-based Japanese role-playing game 2 Utopian fiction 2 Vaudeville 2 Werewolf fiction 2 Whodunit 2 Zhanghui 2 Absurdism 1 Absurdist comedy 1 Absurdist fiction 1 Action comics 1 Action manga 1 Adult 1 Adult animated 1 Adult comics 1 AI takeover 1 Allegory 1 American Gothic Fiction 1 American realism 1 Animated cartoon 1 Animated reality show 1 Animation 1 Anime-influenced animation 1 Anthropomorphic comic 1 Anti-war fiction 1 Antisemitic trope 1 Apocalyptic 1 Art song 1 Autobiografiction 1 Aviation 1 Ballet 1 Ballet-féerie 1 Band anime and manga 1 Bedroom farce 1 Belletristic 1 Biographical fiction 1 Biographical play 1 Biographical work 1 Bit-lit 1 Blues rock 1 Book:Finance 1 Boys' 1 Business and finance podcast 1 Cartoon 1 Case study 1 Chamber play 1 Charity record 1 Children's poetry 1 Choreopoem 1 Christian 1 Christmas music 1 Chuanqi 1 City mysteries 1 Class S 1 Collaborative fiction 1 Comédie en vaudevilles 1 Comédie-ballet 1 Comedy drama manga 1 Comedy music 1 Comic book 1 Coming-of-age television program 1 Conte cruel 1 Cooking anime and manga 1 Cooking manga 1 Country pop 1 Courtly romance 1 Creative nonfiction 1 Creepypasta 1 Crime anime and manga 1 Cryptologic fiction 1 Cumulative tale 1 Dark romance 1 Desire horror fiction 1 Detective and mystery fiction 1 Didactic 1 Didactic poetry 1 Digressive poem 1 Dime 1 Disaster 1 Disco 1 Documentary podcast 1 Documentary theatre 1 Domestic fiction 1 Doo-wop 1 Double 1 Drama fiction podcast 1 Dramma giocoso 1 Educational entertainment 1 Educational podcast 1 English-language 1 Epic theatre 1 Epistle 1 Erotic fiction 1 Esoteric 1 Everyday mystery fiction 1 Experimental 1 Experimental theatre 1 Fantastic Realism 1 Fantasy alternative history 1 Fantasy drama 1 Fantasy manga 1 Fashion magazine 1 Feminist science fiction 1 Fictional memoir 1 Film noir 1 Film score 1 First contact fiction 1 Folk music 1 Folklore 1 Folkloric crossover 1 Foot binding 1 Franco-Belgian comics 1 Fratire 1 French opera 1 Futuristic fiction 1 Gag-a-day 1 Game 1 Game show 1 Gangsta rap 1 Gay fiction 1 Gay teen fiction 1 Gay-themed 1 Gender studies 1 Ghost play 1 Girls with guns 1 Gonzo 1 Gospel music 1 Graphic memoir 1 Great American 1 Gunki monogatari 1 Hard rock 1 Hardcore hip-hop 1 Harem anime and manga 1 Health and fitness podcast 1 Heist 1 Hentai 1 Heroic poetry 1 High fantasy anime and manga 1 Hip hop culture 1 Hip-hop 1 Historical comics 1 Historical manga 1 Historiography 1 Holocaust fiction 1 Horror podcast 1 Huis-clos fiction 1 I-novel 1 Indian classical drama 1 Indian feudalism 1 Interactive 1 Interview 1 Invasion 1 Japanese role-playing video game 1 Jazz fusion 1 Junbungaku 1 Latin pop 1 Latin rock 1 Legal fiction 1 Legend 1 LGBT comic 1 LGBT play 1 Light 1 List of literary works inspired by the Second World War 1 LitRPG 1 Live-action/animated 1 Love 1 Low fantasy 1 Lyrical 1 Martial arts 1 Martial arts comics 1 Mashup 1 Mathematical fiction 1 Medical history 1 Medicine podcast 1 Melodramatic fiction 1 Memory play 1 Merveilleux scientifique 1 Metaphysical science fiction 1 Middle grade fiction 1 Military 1 Military anime and manga 1 Monogatari 1 Monologue 1 Monster 1 Mormon 1 Music of Latin America 1 Music television 1 Musikdrama 1 Myth 1 Narrative 1 Nature writing 1 New Journalism 1 News and journalism podcast 1 Nonsense verse 1 Novel sequence 1 Novelization 1 Office humor 1 Old Comedy 1 Old-school hip-hop 1 Online Game 1 Opéra bouffe 1 Operetta 1 Parallel universe fiction 1 Paranoid fiction 1 Parody anime and manga 1 Pastiche 1 Patriotism 1 Peely 1 Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany 1 Physical comedy 1 Picture story 1 Political drama 1 Political hip-hop 1 Political podcast 1 Political satire 1 Post-apocalyptic manga 1 Postcyberpunk 1 Prehistoric fiction 1 Pritcha 1 Problem solving 1 Progressive rap 1 Progressive rock 1 Propaganda 1 Prophecy 1 Prophetic books 1 Protest song 1 Psychological 1 Psychological drama 1 Psychological horror anime and manga 1 Psychological horror fiction 1 Psychological thriller anime and manga 1 Psychology 1 Pulp fiction 1 Quenching 1 Radio sketch show 1 Récit 1 Reformed Christianity 1 Regionalism 1 Religious art 1 Reportage 1 Restoration comedy 1 Retrofuturism 1 Revenge tragedy 1 Road fiction 1 Roman à tiroirs 1 Romantic drama 1 Romantic music 1 Romantic poetry 1 Romantic suspense fiction 1 Romanticism 1 Romantische Oper 1 Ruba'i 1 Schlager music 1 School life 1 School story 1 Science fiction manga 1 Science fiction podcast 1 Scientific style 1 Secrecy 1 Secret history 1 Self-help 1 Self-help book 1 Sentimental 1 Shōjo shōsetsu 1 Shounen-ai 1 Show tune 1 Silent 1 Singing talent show 1 Sketch story 1 Slasher 1 Slave narrative 1 Social deduction game 1 Social realism 1 Solo performance 1 Sophist 1 Soul 1 Southern 1 Space Western 1 Speculative detective fiction 1 Speculative fiction comics 1 Spieloper 1 Steampunk anime and manga 1 Story within a story 1 Subterranean fiction 1 Supernatural thriller 1 Supernatural thriller anime and manga 1 Surreal humour 1 Survival fiction 1 Sword and sorcery 1 Sword and sorcery anime and manga 1 Terma 1 Texas 1 Theatre of the absurd 1 Thriller play 1 Thriller television program 1 Time-travel 1 Time-travel anime and manga 1 Tokusatsu 1 Traditional pop 1 Transgender fiction 1 Treatise 1 Utopian drama 1 Vampire 1 Vaudeville-opérette 1 Verse 1 Verse drama 1 Victorian 1 Video game with LGBT character 1 Viennese operetta 1 Vietnam War 1 West Coast hip-hop 1 Western comics 1 Women's magazine 1 Wordless 1 Xuanhuan 1 Youth 1 Zhiguai xiaoshuo 1 Zombie apocalyptic fiction 1 Zuihitsu 1