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The Good War: Great Fiction About World War II - Page 2

Since the 1950s and early 1960s, World War II-set popular historical fiction has become a publishing staple and has just about become its own genre. Here are 74 representative novels (and 1 play), selected by a maverick lit. teacher and WWII buff. Some are major literary works. Others are well-done , large scale best- sellers. Still others are turgid melodramas filled with violence, sex, and controversy designed to boost sales. Many of the books here are thrillers, romances, and action/adventure stories; others are serious, smaller scale works, like " The Beardless Warriors" and "Beach Red", that were well done, well received, and are now unjustly forgotten. Finally, some are just unclassifiable. Fiction related to the Holocaust has been excluded; it deserves and requires a list of its own. The list is in no way meant to be definitive or comprehensive; as always, it is personal, subjective, and idiosyncratic.
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King Rat (James Clavell)
King Rat (James Clavell)
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Long and the Short and the Tall (Willis Hall)
Long and the Short and the Tall (Willis Hall)
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The Long Day's Dying (White)
The Long Day's Dying (White)
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Mister Roberts
Mister Roberts
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The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
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Never So Few (Chamales)
Never So Few (Chamales)
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The Night in Lisbon (Erich Maria Remarque)
The Night in Lisbon (Erich Maria Remarque)
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The Night Is a Time for Listening (West)
The Night Is a Time for Listening (West)
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The Night of the Generals (Kirst)
The Night of the Generals (Kirst)
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A Night of Watching (Arnold)
A Night of Watching (Arnold)
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Once There Was a War (John Steinbeck)
Once There Was a War (John Steinbeck)
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Partisans (MacLean)
Partisans (MacLean)
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The Polish Officer (Furst)
The Polish Officer (Furst)
54
Run Silent, Run Deep (Edward L. Beach)
Run Silent, Run Deep (Edward L. Beach)
55
Sharks and Little Fish (Ott)
Sharks and Little Fish (Ott)
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The Sixth of June (Lionel Shapiro)
The Sixth of June (Lionel Shapiro)
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A Soldier's Legacy (Bõll)
A Soldier's Legacy (Bõll)
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Squadron Airborne (Elleston Trevor)
Squadron Airborne (Elleston Trevor)
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Stella (Jan De Hartog)
Stella (Jan De Hartog)
60
Storm Warning (Jack Higgins)
Storm Warning (Jack Higgins)
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Summer of '42 (Herman Raucher)
Summer of '42 (Herman Raucher)
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Summer of My German Soldier
Summer of My German Soldier
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Tamar (Mal Peet)
Tamar (Mal Peet)
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The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line
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A Time to Love and a Time to Die (Erich Maria Remarque)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (Erich Maria Remarque)
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The Train Was on Time (Bõll)
The Train Was on Time (Bõll)
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Twelve O'Clock High (Lay and Bartlett)
Twelve O'Clock High (Lay and Bartlett)
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Under the Apple Tree (Wakefield)
Under the Apple Tree (Wakefield)
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A Walk in the Sun (Brown)
A Walk in the Sun (Brown)
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War and Remembrance
War and Remembrance
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Where Eagles Dare (MacLean)
Where Eagles Dare (MacLean)
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The Winds of War
The Winds of War
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The Wolves (Hans Hellmut Kirst)
The Wolves (Hans Hellmut Kirst)
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The World at Night (Alan Furst)
The World at Night (Alan Furst)
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The Young Lions (Irwin Shaw)
The Young Lions (Irwin Shaw)
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