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All Quiet on the Western Front
1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1940 novel by Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms
1929 novel by Ernest Hemingway
The Good Soldier Švejk
novel by the Czech author Jaroslav Hašek
Catch-22
Catch-22 is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. It was his debut novel. He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961. Often cited as one of the most significant novels of the 20th century, it uses a distinctive non-chronological third-person omniscient narration, describing events from the points of view of different characters. The separate storylines are out of sequence so the timeline develops along with the plot.
Slaughterhouse-Five
'''''Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death''''' is a 1969 semi-autobiographic science fiction–infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It follows the life experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years, to his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant during World War II, to the post-war years. Throughout the novel, Billy frequently travels back and forth through time. The protagonist deals with a temporal crisis as a result of his post-war psychological trauma. The text centers on Billy's capture by the German Army and his survival of the Alli
The Tin Drum
1959 novel by Günter Grass
Mockingjay
Mockingjay is a 2010 dystopian young adult fiction novel by American author Suzanne Collins. It is chronologically the last installment of The Hunger Games series, following 2008's The Hunger Games and 2009's Catching Fire. The book concludes the story of Katniss Everdeen, who agrees to unify the districts of Panem in a rebellion against the tyrannical Capitol.
The Hunt for Red October
1984 novel by Tom Clancy
The Quiet American
1955 novel by Graham Greene
Across the River and into the Trees
1950 novel by Ernest Hemingway
Half of a Yellow Sun
2006 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Johnny Got His Gun
1939 novel by Dalton Trumbo
The Road Back
1931 novel by Erich Maria Remarque
The Unknown Soldier
1954 war novel by Väinö Linna
On the Beach
1957 novel by Nevil Shute
The Moon Is Down
1942 novella by John Steinbeck
The Dogs of War
novel by Frederick Forsyth
From Here to Eternity
1951 novel by James Jones
Eye of the Needle
novel by Ken Follett
War Horse
book by Michael Morpurgo
The Thin Red Line
novel by James Jones
The Four Feathers
1902 novel by A. E. W. Mason
De Leeuw van Vlaenderen of de Slag der Gulden Sporen
1838 historical fiction novel by Belgian writer Hendrik Conscience
Two Women
1958 Italian-language novel by Alberto Moravia
Das Boot
1973 war novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Birdsong
1993 novel by Sebastian Faulks
The Young Lions
1948 novel by Irwin Shaw
Beasts of No Nation
2005 novel by Uzodinma Iweala
The Short-Timers
1979 novel by Gustav Hasford
Fires on the Plain
1951 novel
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
novel by Vladimir Vojnovitsj
MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors
1968 book about fictional MASH unit 4077
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2012 novel by Ben Fountain
The Eternal Zero
novel by by Naoki Hyakuta
The Last September
novel by Elizabeth Bowen