I have already read Jeff Shaara's novels and have recently read "Strange Meeting". I am looking for something character driven not necessarily a famous battle (not All Quiet on the Western Front)
I tried doing a search on amazon, but it came up with all non fiction and biographies and such.
Thanks!
2007-12-23 00:46:12 · 8 answers · asked by debrabant_foundation 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Heres a list of a bunch of WWI novels. Click on any of them to read a breif description. Good Luck!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:World_War_I_novels
2007-12-23 00:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by Hartford Whalers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What is a good WWI novel?
I have already read Jeff Shaara's novels and have recently read "Strange Meeting". I am looking for something character driven not necessarily a famous battle (not All Quiet on the Western Front)
I tried doing a search on amazon, but it came up with all non fiction and biographies...
2015-08-18 08:54:11 · answer #2 · answered by Marys 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you would do yourself a favor reading the poems by Owen, Sassoon, and Graves. All were WWI combatants, all developed Post Traumatic stress Disorder and all wrote about it in one way or the other. Graves might have written a book on WWI, perhaps a novel, but I don't know.
2007-12-23 02:06:35 · answer #3 · answered by Polyhistor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Broken Ground, by Jack Hodgins
I've read a lot of war stories and this is one of the finest - it is most definitely character driven as opposed to tactical or historical. This is a fantastic read and I highly recommend it, though make sure you keep a box of tissues nearby.
2007-12-23 01:23:25 · answer #4 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I HIGHLY recommend "Goshawk Squadron" by Derek Robinson. It follows a group of RAF pilots(and their endless string of replacements) during the winter and spring of 1918. The book ranges from gut-busting hilarious to unrelentingly bleak. I couldn't put it down. It's the third part of a trilogy, but was the first one written.
2007-12-23 00:55:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a novel, but I'd highly recommend reading the play "Journey's End" by R.C. Sherriff. It is very character driven.
2007-12-23 06:42:14 · answer #6 · answered by asnakeny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque a pseudonym for Erich Paul Remark .
2007-12-23 08:41:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulkes.
2007-12-23 01:07:41 · answer #8 · answered by dreaming_angel1983 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"winds of War" by Herman Wouk gives complete picture of the European and Pacific war theatre even tho it is a fictionalized story of the characters. Very readable too!
2007-12-23 07:23:23 · answer #9 · answered by Grandma 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"A Farewell to Arms" by Hemingway...I'm almost done reading it right now, and it's an excellent book.
2007-12-23 02:14:35 · answer #10 · answered by War Games AM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋