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Reading Is Hell: Greatest War Novels

So how many battles have you fought vicariously? (Note: I've excluded fantasy and science fiction from this list in favor of novels about wars that actually, y'know, happened.)
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1
Erich Maria Remarque
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
2
Joseph Heller
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
3
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
4
Kurt Vonnegut
The Luck of the Weissensteiners by Christoph Fischer
The Luck of the Weissensteiners by Christoph Fischer
5
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
6
Tim O'Brien
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
7
Michael Shaara
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
8
Leo Tolstoy
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
9
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
10
The Infidel Soldiers by Jams N Roses
The Infidel Soldiers by Jams N Roses
11
The Winds of War
The Winds of War
12
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
13
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
14
Khaled Hosseini
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
15
Margaret Mitchell
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
16
Stephen Crane
Agency Rules by Khalid Muhammad
Agency Rules by Khalid Muhammad
17
Shogun (James Clavell)
Shogun
18
James Clavell
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
19
Charles Frazier
Night (Elie Weisel)
Night
20
Elie Weisel
Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo
Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo
21
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
22
Norman Mailer
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
23
Graham Greene
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
24
Sebastian Faulks
The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper
25
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
26
Victor Hugo
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
27
Mary Ann Shaffer
The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny
28
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
29
Charles Dickens
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
30
Ian McEwan
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
31
James Jones
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
32
Boris Pasternak
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
33
William Styron
The Watch by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
The Watch by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
34
The Eagle Has Landed
The Eagle Has Landed
35
War and Remembrance
War and Remembrance
36
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield (Book)
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield (Book)
37
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
38
Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell
Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell
39
Empire of the Sun (J.G. Ballard)
Empire of the Sun
40
J.G. Ballard
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