I promise I will read all of them.....just make sure they are good and informative. I'll appreciate if you provide a website with the recommendation.
2007-11-09 15:44:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
my favorite WWII novel is Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. It is one of the seminal works of dark humor. It's an excelent book.
Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead is also very good.
James Jones' The Thin Red Line and From Here to Eternity.
William Brinkley Don't Go Near the Water
For non-fiction you might consider The Guns of Navarone and A Bridge too Far. Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation is largely about WWII.
Band of Brothers was a book before it was a TV show.
2007-11-09 21:49:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best WWII fiction book I've ever read was Cynthia Rylant's "I had Seen Castles". Its a short book, just over 100 pages (103 iirc) and is much better than you'd expect from such a small book!
2007-11-10 00:13:48 · answer #2 · answered by Mat W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'The Holocaust Chronicle' by Marilyn Harran (and others)
'A Bridge Too Far', 'The Longest Day' & 'The Last Battle', by Cornelius Ryan
'The Guns Of Navarone' and 'HMS Ulysses', by Alistair MacLean
'Trapp's War' and 'A Flock Of Ships', by Brian Callison
The Bandy Papers, by Donald Jack- the first book is 'Three Cheers For Me'
'Run Silent Run Deep' by Edward L. Beach
'The Caine Mutiny' by Herman Wouk
'The Cruel Sea' by Nicholas Monsarrat
'A Town Like Alice', by Nevil Shute
2007-11-10 00:04:30 · answer #3 · answered by irish1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a big WWII faction read and this was just a brilliant! it's called the devil's arithmetic and there a movie too with Kirsten Dunst but I've never seen it. As a recommendation I give you a book review!
2007-11-09 23:54:19 · answer #4 · answered by oneofmillions 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kurt Vondegut's book Slaughterhouse 5 is a great book about WWII.
2007-11-09 23:56:13 · answer #5 · answered by charles g 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The photograph ,Consequences both are by penelope lively . they are both good book and this happens to be an era that I like to read about since my mom was growing up in that time period ,my mother is also brittish and grew up in london during those terrible times . I really love reading about the time period though . good luck and god bless.
2007-11-10 06:59:37 · answer #6 · answered by Kate T. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
>> Schindlers Ark by Thomas Keneally
The film Schindlers List was based on it.
>> Google Schindlers List-Wikipedia.
Ciao!
2007-11-10 01:55:18 · answer #7 · answered by Blood Makes Noise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋