Alex Kershaw Non-Fiction Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Jack London | 1997 | Buy |
| Blood and Champagne: The Life And Times Of Robert Capa | 2004 | Buy |
| The Bedford Boys: One American Town’s Ultimate D-day Sacrifice | 2004 | Buy |
| The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II’s Most Decorated Platoon | 2004 | Buy |
| The Few | 2006 | Buy |
| Escape from the Deep | 2008 | Buy |
| The Envoy / To Save a People | 2009 | Buy |
| The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau | 2012 | Buy |
| Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family’s Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris | 2015 | Buy |
| The General: William Levine, Citizen Soldier and Liberator | 2017 | Buy |
| The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II | 2019 | Buy |
| Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II | 2022 | Buy |
Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Jack London | 1997 | Buy |
| The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II’s Most Decorated Platoon | 2004 | Buy |
| The Bedford Boys: One American Town’s Ultimate D-day Sacrifice | 2004 | Buy |
| Blood and Champagne: The Life And Times Of Robert Capa | 2004 | Buy |
| The Few | 2006 | Buy |
| Escape from the Deep | 2008 | Buy |
| The Envoy / To Save a People | 2009 | Buy |
| The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II | 2010 | Buy |
| The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau | 2012 | Buy |
| Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family’s Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris | 2015 | Buy |
| The General: William Levine, Citizen Soldier and Liberator | 2017 | Buy |
| The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II | 2019 | Buy |
| Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II | 2022 | Buy |
| Patton’s Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II | 2024 | Buy |
Alex Kershaw writes accessible narrative history with a strong focus on World War II, military courage, and larger-than-life true stories rooted in archival research. His bibliography also includes biographical and historical subjects beyond the war years, but the center of his reputation is clearly his wartime nonfiction.
Readers who like military history written in a vivid, story-driven style will usually find Kershaw especially approachable. This page is useful because it gathers both the broader nonfiction record and the site’s separate non-fiction grouping in one place.