Best Wartime Fiction

I've compiled a list of twenty books for your reading pleasure on my blog, Wartime Wednesdays. Enjoy!

http://elinorflorence.com/blog/118200

 

Some good ones there, for sure

 

Some excellent selections.

 

For your winter reading pleasure, I've listed 23 of my all-time favourite wartime novels on my blog Wartime Wednesdays.

Some are for women, some are for men, all are for everyone.

http://elinorflorence.com/blog/118200

 

I have never read it, good read?

 

I know that her list was compiled with certain parameters, but Leon Uris's Battle Cry and Mila 18, great reads. Battle Cry impacted me as a youth and as a grown man. Very powerful story.

 

I'll pick it up

 

I am presently reading Hillenbrand's Unbroken which she mentioned above. Gripping story.

 

Yes, The Cruel Sea is a fantastic book. I find that some of the older books are better - is it because the war was still so fresh when they were written?

My only parameters were books that I have read and loved, and because I couldn't put up 50 of them (I guess I could, but it was a lot of work).

And yes, Leon Uris is a great writer and I loved Exodus. I had almost forgotten about that one. Thank you for reminding me!

 

Excellent selection!

 

Isn't this a duplicate thread ?
Here's yesterday's .
http://www.ww2f.com/topic/51829-best-wartime-fiction/

 

The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak.
My teenage daughter likes that book & tried to get me to read it.
I gave up after a few pages though.
It didn't do anything for me.

I think I read The Cruel Sea years ago when I was a teenager but not quite sure.
I do remember reading this one of his though, it helped as we were on holiday in Malta at the time.

The Kappillan of Malta
http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Kappillan_of_Malta.html?id=pu83AgAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

I recently read an old copy of A Town Like Alice , quite enjoyed that.

 

I could go on for ages with recommendations ( and I very much enjoyed reading through yours ).

As you have yet to have the experience of reading Guy Sajer's 'The Forgotten Soldier', may I recommend another 'novelized memoir' but from the British side ? It's worth tracking down a copy of 'The Cauldron' by 'Zeno' ( otherwise Platoon Sgt Ken Allerton of the Parachute Regiment's Independent Company ). Published in 1966 ( with later paperback reprints ) it is a remarkable evocation of the fighting at Arnhem written by someone who was there.

 

My wife read the Book Thief and insisted I read it because it appealed to my interest. I find NEW novels set during the war a tough sell. I agree with Eleanor, some are too detached from realism and can't capture because of 60 plus years. It was a quick read and an effective drama that was satisfying in the end.

 

Thanks to your suggestions, I posted a followup on my blog today at www.elinorflorence.com/blog/118330. Thanks, Everyone!