Books about war
Books where war drives the story, whether in real history or invented worlds. The Lord of the Rings ends in the battles for Middle-earth, George R. R. Martin's A Storm of Swords follows armies and the people crushed between them, and Joe Abercrombie's The Trouble with Peace shows how wars begin long before the first charge. Strategy, loss and the aftermath matter as much as the fighting.
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- 1The Way of Kings
9.29.2 / 10 - 2Mistborn: The Hero of Ages
9.19.1 / 10 - 3The Two Towers
8.98.9 / 10 - 4Changes
8.88.8 / 10 - 5Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
8.88.8 / 10 - 6Dune
8.88.8 / 10 - 7Ender's Game
8.88.8 / 10 - 8Say Nothing
8.88.8 / 10 - 9Empire of Storms
8.88.8 / 10 - 10A Game of Thrones
8.78.7 / 10 - 11Waybound
8.78.7 / 10 - 12A Court of Mist and Fury
8.78.7 / 10 - 13The Last Olympian
8.78.7 / 10 - 14Caliban's War
8.68.6 / 10 - 15The Nightingale
8.68.6 / 10 - 16A Thousand Splendid Suns
8.68.6 / 10 - 17A Little Hatred
8.68.6 / 10 - 18Heir of Novron
8.68.6 / 10 - 19Hyperion
8.68.6 / 10 - 20In Memoriam
8.58.5 / 10 - 21All the Light We Cannot See
8.58.5 / 10 - 22The Everlasting
8.58.5 / 10 - 23For We Are Many
8.58.5 / 10 - 24Red Rising
8.48.4 / 10 - 25The Blade Itself
8.38.3 / 10 - 26Jade City
8.28.2 / 10 - 27The Black Prism
8.28.2 / 10 - 28Interesting Times
8.18.1 / 10 - 29New Spring
8.08.0 / 10 - 30Gardens of the Moon
7.97.9 / 10