What to Read After Hiroshima
Readers who loved Hiroshima by John Hersey keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Hiroshima is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Hiroshima
Hiroshima Diary
The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Retribution
Japan at War
The Bells of Nagasaki
Barefoot Gen, Volume Two
Longest Day
Day of Infamy
Unit 731 Testimony
The Wages of Guilt
Brave men
War Without Mercy
Night
The Guns of August
A Separate Peace
Black Hawk, Down
The Red Badge of Courage
All the President's Men
The Killer Angels
The Right Stuff
Band of Brothers
Flags of Our Fathers
The Good Earth