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The Best War Books Ever Written

Novels and short stories about war; its ongoing toll on humanity and its unending role in our history.
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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
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
3
Kurt Vonnegut
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
4
Tim O'Brien
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
5
Leo Tolstoy
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
6
Ernest Hemingway
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
7
Markus Zusak
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
8
Stephen Crane
Matterhorn
Matterhorn
9
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
10
Khalid Hosseini
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
11
Margaret Mitchell
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanfi
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanfi
12
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
13
Ernest Hemingway
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
14
Dalton Trumbo
Shogun (James Clavell)
Shogun
15
James Clavell
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
16
Charles Frazier
The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny
17
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
18
Graham Greene
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
19
Norman Mailer
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
20
Ian McEwan
The Return of the Soldier (Rebecca West)
The Return of the Soldier
21
Rebecca West
The Good Soldier Svejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Svejk
22
Jaroslav Hašek
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
23
Charles Dickens
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
24
Boris Pasternak
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
25
Victor Hugo
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
26
Sebastian Faulks
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
27
Mary Ann Shaffer
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
28
Salman Rushdie
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
29
James Jones
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
30
James Fenimore Cooper
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
31
William Styron
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
32
Homer
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
33
Pearl S. Buck
Empire of the Sun (J.G. Ballard)
Empire of the Sun
34
J.G. Ballard
The English Patient
The English Patient
35
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
36
Pat Barker
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
37
Ken Follett
Johnny Tremain (Esther Forbes)
Johnny Tremain
38
Esther Forbes
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
39
Anthony Doerr
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
40
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