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Erm.... Amazon definitely has a Wish List function, they've had it for years, and yes you can add ebooks to your wish list (though the process is not very straightforward). You can also sample a book you're interested in, and buy it later at any time.
Doing a search for "eastern front world war ii" brought up quite a few items -- in fact, probably more than what you would find at a typical small bookstore. Plus you could sample a dozen books and peruse them at your leisure.
Plus, almost every site now has a "recommendation" feature. It may not be ideal but it usually works about as well as looking at the spine of a book.
Notifications could be handy; Amazon does have an email notification feature, but only for "new products" based on stuff you've already purchased, i.e. not a lot of fine control.
Browsing paper books has its advantages, but IMO the virtues of the "analog experience" tend to be a bit overblown and romanticized; most physical bookstores carry a fraction of the number of titles of most ebook stores. Amazon in particular has spent about a decade working on its sales pages, and while far from perfect, seems to work well enough to gain a huge chunk of the market and dozens of imitators.
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