World War I - fiction & non-fiction
- Description
- I have been doing some reading on World War I as the 100th anniversary approaches ... both fiction and non-fiction. What are some other good books?
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22,035 members
442 reviews
4.1
Score 7.36
Added 2014-07-12, 08:27 AM
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2,599 members
54 reviews
4.2
Score 6.83
Added 2014-07-11, 11:56 AM
- 2 Members
- brewergirl, MichaelHodges
- Explanations
- brewergirl: Detailed coverage of lead up to war
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3,631 members
57 reviews
4.1
Score 5.35
Added 2014-07-11, 11:57 AM
- 2 Members
- brewergirl, Bretzky1
- Explanations
- brewergirl: Detailed history of peace process after the war and the various personalities involved.
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1,477 members
37 reviews
4.2
Score 4
Added 2014-07-11, 11:55 AM
- Member
- brewergirl
- Explanations
- brewergirl: Very detailed. Only covers the lead up to the war, not the war itself.
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7,576 members
144 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 3.36
Added 2014-07-11, 11:55 AM
- Member
- brewergirl
- Explanations
- brewergirl: Detailed overview of first couple of months of the war.
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3,065 members
40 reviews
4
Score 3.04
Added 2014-07-11, 11:55 AM
- Member
- brewergirl
- Explanations
- brewergirl: Interesting overview of world prior to the war. Each chapter covers a different country with a different focus.
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- Member
- brewergirl
- Explanations
- brewergirl: Novel of soldiers in psychiatric hospital during the war. Fictional but includes real historical figures.
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- Member
- brewergirl
- Explanations
- brewergirl: Novel of a soldier and his experience in trenches. Also a love story.
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2,527 members
28 reviews
4.2
Score 2.46
Added 2014-07-11, 11:56 AM
- Member
- brewergirl
- Explanations
- brewergirl: Detailed history of how countries were divided after the war.
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296 members
14 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 2.38
Added 2014-07-11, 11:57 AM
- Member
- brewergirl
- Explanations
- brewergirl: Personal interviews with WWI veterans done when most of them were over 100 years old.
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- Member
- brewergirl
- Explanations
- brewergirl: Novel is about a man from heartlands of USA who goes to fight in Europe.
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1,680 members
31 reviews
3.9
Score 2.2
Added 2014-07-11, 11:56 AM
- Member
- brewergirl
- Explanations
- brewergirl: Events leading up to US entry into the war in 1917.
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- Member
- brewergirl
- Explanations
- brewergirl: Novel of a soldier who lost all 4 limbs in WWI plus vision, hearing, and ability to speak.
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614 members
8 reviews
3.9
Score 2.07
Added 2014-07-11, 11:56 AM
- Member
- brewergirl
- Explanations
- brewergirl: Less detailed coverage of lead up to war
