Good World War 2 fiction books?
Hey I’ve been really interested in World War 2 and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for fiction books that take place during the war. I read Atonement and really liked that. And I also just saw the movie Australia and I really enjoyed that. So anything along those lines, I would really appreciate it. It can take place either in the United States or elsewhere. Thank you!
I do like love stories and I’m particularly fascinated by the nurses and hositals.
- Pixie
Tags: Australia, Fiction Books, Hey, Love Stories, United States
April 12th, 2009 at 1:32 am
soldier x, great book writen by some guy in wa.
April 14th, 2009 at 11:08 am
I don’t know… Code Talkers: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two??
April 15th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Thin Red Line
April 16th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line are both really good.
OH, and how can I forget. Catch 22, one of the best books I have ever read. Funny and insane at the same time.
April 19th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
“The needle’s eye” - Ken Follett
“The Caine Mutiny” - Herman Wouk
“London is ours” - Ken Deighton
April 20th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
~”Slaughterhouse Five”, by Kurt Vonnegut and “War and Remembrance” by Herman Wouk or “King Rat” by James Clavell. If you want hospitals and nurses and war, then move back a war and read “Johnny Got His Gun” by Dalton Trumbo. It is equally appropriate for WWII.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:07 pm
All Quiet on the Western Front (forget the author, but google it), I had to read this for history WW2 at Uni.
April 25th, 2009 at 1:28 am
WEB Griffith’s “The Corps” series is pretty good…following about a dozen Marines and their loves from prewar Shanghai right up to the end.
“The Cruel Sea” is the definitive story of the Royal Navy and it’s sailors……….and their wives and girlfriends…..fighting the German U-Boats in the 6 year Second Battle of the North Atlantic
and as was mentioned, if you’re only going to read two books, Herman Wouk’s wonderful “The Winds of War” and “War and Remembrance”
April 26th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
“The Key to Rebbecca” by Ken Follett
“Battle Cry” by Leon Uris
“Mila 18″ by Leon Uris
“Fox on the Rhine” by Miles & Dobson
“The Eagle Has Landed” by Jack Higgins
“Once an Eagle” by Anton Myrer
“Winds of War” & “War and Rememberance” by Herman Woulk
“Caine Mutiny” by Herman Woulk
“In Harm’s Way” by James Basset
“Captain Newman, M.D.” by Leo Rosten (doctors/nurses)
“From Here to Eternity” by James Jones
“The Thin Red Line” by James Jones
May 9th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
I must agree with many of the above selections, particularly Myrer’s ONCE AN EAGlE, which I first read as a teenager and which remains my all-time favorite novel. Ken Follett’s EYE OF THE NEEDLE and more recent HORNET FLIGHT are excellent. I am a recent contributor to the genre. My new novel is entitled THE FUHRER VIRUS. It is a WWII spy/conspiracy/thriller for adolescent and adult readers and can be found at http://www.amazon.com, http://www.barnesandnoble.com, http://www.booksamillion.com, and http://www.eloquentbooks.com/TheFuhrerVirus.html.
Thanks!
Paul Schultz