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
Unit 731 Testimony
Day of Infamy
Longest Day
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Japan at War
Retribution
The wages of guilt
The world of the shining prince
Brave men
The Bells of Nagasaki
Barefoot Gen, Volume Two
A modern history of Japan
War without mercy
Night
The Guns of August
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
A Separate Peace
Black Hawk, Down
The Red Badge of Courage
All the President's Men
The Killer Angels