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War Literature

Members: 12 participating members (show all)

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1
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
35,702 members, 555 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), varielle (1), Dilara86 (1), anglemark (2), hipdeep (2), aulsmith (2), Bluewolf0411 (5)

Thumbs down: thecoroner

2
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
14,149 members, 314 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: electrice (1), thorold (1), aulsmith (3), thecoroner (4), varielle (4), anglemark (7)

Explanations:

aulsmith (3): World War I on the Western Front

3
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
17,712 members, 195 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: Bluewolf0411 (2), ahef1963 (3), varielle (5), aulsmith (5), anglemark (6), thecoroner (25)

Explanations:

aulsmith (5): I personally find the misogyny in this book so bad as to make it unreadable, but others think it is an important book about war.

4
The Iliad
by Homer
29,410 members, 293 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (1), varielle (2), hipdeep (3), anglemark (4), aulsmith (4)

5
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
32,911 members, 429 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: anglemark (1), aulsmith (1), ahef1963 (2), hipdeep (4)

Thumbs down: Bluewolf0411

6
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
8,197 members, 104 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: Bluewolf0411 (1), thecoroner (5), aulsmith (6), varielle (7)

Explanations:

aulsmith (6): US Civil War battlefield.

7
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
14,821 members, 145 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: Bluewolf0411 (3), ahef1963 (4), varielle (8), thecoroner (23)

8
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
33,392 members, 922 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: Bluewolf0411 (4), ahef1963 (5), aulsmith (10)

9
The Good Soldier Svejk
by Jaroslav Hašek
2,734 members, 45 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: anglemark (3), thorold (5), thecoroner (16)

Explanations:

thorold (5): One of the best satirical accounts of war. Ever.

10
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
44,413 members, 1,162 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), ahef1963 (12)

11
Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
5,057 members, 252 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (2), ahef1963 (6)

12
Night
by Elie Wiesel
20,682 members, 485 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), ahef1963 (11)

13
Goodbye to All That
by Robert Graves
2,997 members, 53 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: thorold (3), varielle (9)

14
Testament of Youth
by Vera Brittain
1,647 members, 41 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: thorold (4), ahef1963 (7)

15
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
9,726 members, 148 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: varielle (6), ahef1963 (8)

16
The Naked and the Dead
by Norman Mailer
3,384 members, 35 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (7), aulsmith (7)

Explanations:

aulsmith (7): I personally can't stand this book, but others think it's an important war novel.

17
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky
8,526 members, 314 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (3), thecoroner (22)

18
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
18,762 members, 383 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: dara85 (3), thecoroner (28)

19
Journey to the End of the Night
by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
4,754 members, 65 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: anglemark (8), thecoroner (10)

20
Mother Courage and Her Children
by Bertolt Brecht
1,906 members, 9 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: thorold (9), aulsmith (9)

Explanations:

aulsmith (9): Civilians in the Thirty Years War.

21
If This Is a Man / The Truce
by Primo Levi
1,783 members, 24 reviews
4.45 stars (4.45 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (8), thorold (12)

22
A Soldier of the Great War
by Mark Helprin
1,522 members, 31 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1)

23
The Charterhouse of Parma
by Stendhal
3,396 members, 54 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: thorold (10), thecoroner (29)

Explanations:

thorold (10): An account of Waterloo by someone who knew what war was really like.

24
Empire of the Sun
by J. G. Ballard
3,094 members, 59 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: thorold (15), thecoroner (33)

25
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
21,664 members, 345 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (2)

26
Parade's End
by Ford Madox Ford
1,344 members, 26 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: thorold (2)

Explanations:

thorold (2): For my money, this is the best English novel about WW1

27
Red Cavalry
by Isaac Babel
618 members, 18 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (3)

28
Girl at War
by Sara Novic
668 members, 41 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: dara85 (4)

29
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
5,209 members, 135 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5)

30
The Yellow Birds: A Novel
by Kevin Powers
1,449 members, 120 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: anglemark (5)

31
Red Storm Rising
by Tom Clancy
5,452 members, 49 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (6)

32
History
by Elsa Morante
1,112 members, 22 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (6)

33
Officers and Gentlemen
by Evelyn Waugh
860 members, 5 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: thorold (6)

34
Unconditional Surrender
by Evelyn Waugh
765 members, 3 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: thorold (7)

36
The Moon Is Down
by John Steinbeck
2,621 members, 81 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (8)

37
Men at Arms
by Evelyn Waugh
998 members, 12 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: thorold (8)

38
And Quiet Flows the Don
by Mikhail Sholokhov
1,168 members, 14 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (9)

39
Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
8,582 members, 113 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (11)

40
Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell
4,957 members, 72 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: thorold (11)

41
Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman
2,280 members, 71 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (12)

42
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
13,302 members, 583 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13)

43
Group Portrait With Lady
by Heinrich Böll
1,049 members, 14 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (13)

44
A Dance to the Music of Time: Third Movement, Autumn
by Anthony Powell
764 members, 9 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: thorold (13)

45
The Tin Drum
by Günter Grass
6,214 members, 77 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (14)

46
Palestine
by Joe Sacco
1,344 members, 34 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (14)

47
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
by Heinrich Böll
1,074 members, 18 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: thorold (14)

48
The Thin Red Line
by James Jones
1,078 members, 11 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (15)

49
The Debacle
by Émile Zola
628 members, 8 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: thorold (16)

50
V.
by Thomas Pynchon
4,368 members, 31 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (17)

51
The Balkan Trilogy
by Olivia Manning
849 members, 26 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: thorold (17)

52
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
27,783 members, 366 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10), thecoroner (31)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): More an urban revolution than a war.

53
The Quiet American
by Graham Greene
6,325 members, 142 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: thorold (18)

54
The Radetzky March
by Joseph Roth
2,147 members, 57 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (18)

55
The Leopard
by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
4,859 members, 116 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (19)

56
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
by T. E. Lawrence
3,896 members, 52 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: thorold (19)

Explanations:

thorold (19): Love it or hate it, it's definitely war and definitely literature...

57
Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
9,671 members, 93 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (20)

58
Johnny Got His Gun
by Dalton Trumbo
2,906 members, 52 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (21)

59
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
9,649 members, 103 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (24)

60
The Sergeant in the Snow
by Mario Rigoni Stern
248 members, 15 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (26)

61
Men and Not Men
by Elio Vittorini
289 members, 4 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (27)

63
Sophie's Choice
by William Styron
4,956 members, 79 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (32)

64
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
21,896 members, 663 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (34)

65
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
10,013 members, 214 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: varielle (3), ahef1963 (9)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, thorold

Explanations:

thorold (0): The War Trilogy is about the war; Brideshead is about what came before.

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
15,565 members, 1,100 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): While some of this got at the experience of being in occupied territory during the war, I thought on the whole the book was too fluffy, especially to be called literature.… (more)

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