Three new books on the Holocaust, a novel set in World War II–era Vietnam ... a misleading idea that serves to replace the brutal, up-close murders of the Holocaust with an imaginary ...

The types of books she often writes—historical novels about bombings, spies and young resistance fighters in World War II—have become some of the hottest novels with young readers starting ...

In the world of fiction, World War II is well-trod territory. Author Anthony Doerr will freely admit that. "There are so many books written about the war, supposedly if you drop them on Germany it ...