Hugh Ford's Four Lives in Paris chronicles the lives of four American expatriates who lived in Paris in the 1920s: Boyle, the composer George Antheil, social and political critic Harold Stearns, and New York editor Margaret Anderson.

Boyle's 1936 novel Death of a Man explores the love affair between an American woman and a Tyrolean doctor. The doctor is a Nazi who is torn between his love for the woman and his devotion to his cause.

Mein Kampf (My Struggle) (American translation, 1943), written by Adolf Hitler while he was in prison for his role in an uprising against the government, outlines his Nazi program and plans for Germany.

Stones from the River, Ursula Hegi's 1994 novel, explores the rise of Nazism through the story of a young girl growing up in a small German town. The novel, told from the viewpoint of...