It doesn't matter what war it takes place during. My personal favorites are "All Quiet on the Western Front" Erich Maria Remarque and "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" Vicente Blasco Ibanez.
2006-07-12 12:32:33 · 22 answers · asked by 7 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Thanks for all the great responses. I'll have plenty to look for at the bookstore. I see that not too many have mentioned "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse". I definitely recommend it. Another one I haven't seen mentioned is John Dos Pasos' "Three Soldiers", which is also an excellent read.
2006-07-12 22:13:23 · update #1
Tolstoy's War and Peace.
2006-07-12 12:34:57 · answer #1 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Any of the 'Bernard Cornwell' historical Novels.
The Sharpe Novels / all battles fought by Wellington 1800s
The Saxon Novels / Viking invasions 800AD of England
The Grail Quest Series / 100 years war Welsh Bowman
The Warlord Chronicles / King Arthur and shield walls
Forgot the best: The Last Full Measure, "Jeff Sahara" About The closing of the Civil War
2006-07-12 20:01:13 · answer #2 · answered by Bosun 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't read All Quiet on the Western Front, but I saw the really really old movie version and loved it. My favorite war novel is Little Women, which takes place during and just after the American Civil War. I also love the excerpts I have read from The Things They Carried.
2006-07-13 02:44:38 · answer #3 · answered by Cat Loves Her Sabres 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was going to say All Quiet on the Western Front, but you already did. The poems of Wilfred Owen are unbelievably powerful as well if you like poetry. Sigfried Sasson too. And Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried should be required reading.
2006-07-12 23:44:52 · answer #4 · answered by booksmart 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My personal favorites are Hemingway's "Farewell to Arms" (which he modeled on "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse")--and Tim O'Brien's "Going After Cacciato."
I agree with the group that some may be greater literature (War and Peace, Red Badge of Courage, etc.) but these are my favorites.
2006-07-12 20:11:00 · answer #5 · answered by jalfredprufrock 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All Quiet on the Western Front was good but I prefer Catch 22 by Heller, both are themed on the futility of war but Catch did it in a very disturbingly funny way.
2006-07-12 20:03:15 · answer #6 · answered by Ren 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gone With the Wind
The Red Badge of Courage
Rifles for Watie
April Morning
2006-07-13 00:03:28 · answer #7 · answered by ashcatash 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
War and Peace
All Quiet on the Western Front
Johnny Got His Gun
2006-07-12 19:37:06 · answer #8 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All Quiet on the Western Front
2006-07-12 19:46:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
All Quiet on the Western Front
2006-07-12 19:40:40 · answer #10 · answered by Fallen_jedi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Best? I don't know. Many of those already mentioned, but of those not mentioned, try Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks or Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon. Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves is also good.
2006-07-12 22:05:34 · answer #11 · answered by iansand 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋