Recommendations from our site
“This book, A Woman in Berlin, is one of the great diaries of the whole war.”
The best books on World War II, recommended by Antony Beevor
Antony Beevor, Military Historian and Veteran
“It’s by a German housewife in Berlin who was repeatedly raped when the Russians arrive in 1945. It’s heart-rending but, miraculously, not depressing.”
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On Liberty
by John Stuart MillRecommended 9 times
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War and Peace
by Leo TolstoyRecommended 8 times
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George OrwellRecommended 8 times
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Scoop
by Evelyn WaughRecommended 7 times
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The Looming Tower
by Lawrence WrightRecommended 7 times
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Confessions of St Augustine
by St AugustineRecommended 7 times
