War Literature

Beskrivelse
Literature that deals with war and its consequences. Please recommend good books on this topic and remove those that don't belong on the list.
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Slagtehal fem eller børnekorstoget
af Kurt Vonnegut
43,152 medlemmer
690 anmeldelser
4.1
8 Members
hipdeep, anglemark, varielle, aulsmith, Dilara86, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,thecoroner
2
Intet nyt fra vestfronten
af Erich Maria Remarque
18,523 medlemmer
393 anmeldelser
4.1
6 Members
anglemark, varielle, thorold, aulsmith, thecoroner, electrice
Forklaringer
aulsmith: World War I on the Western Front
3
Farvel til våbnene
af Ernest Hemingway
21,884 medlemmer
238 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
6 Members
anglemark, varielle, aulsmith, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963
Forklaringer
aulsmith: I personally find the misogyny in this book so bad as to make it unreadable, but others think it is an important book about war.
4
Homers Iliade
af Homer
38,702 medlemmer
373 anmeldelser
4
5 Members
hipdeep, anglemark, varielle, aulsmith, thecoroner
5
Punkt 22
af Joseph Heller
39,208 medlemmer
514 anmeldelser
4.1
4 Members
hipdeep, anglemark, aulsmith, ahef1963,Bluewolf0411
6
Modets røde kokarde
af Stephen Crane
10,852 medlemmer
126 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
4 Members
varielle, aulsmith, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411
Forklaringer
aulsmith: US Civil War battlefield.
7
Hvem ringer klokkerne for
af Ernest Hemingway
18,533 medlemmer
177 anmeldelser
3.9
4 Members
varielle, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963
8
Night
af Elie Wiesel
26,823 medlemmer
566 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
3 Members
dara85, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
9
Drageløberen
af Khaled Hosseini
51,912 medlemmer
1,290 anmeldelser
4.2
3 Members
dara85, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
10
Den gode Soldat Svejks Eventyr under Verdenskrigen
af Jaroslav Hašek
3,456 medlemmer
61 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
anglemark, thorold, thecoroner
Forklaringer
thorold: One of the best satirical accounts of war. Ever.
11
Parade's End
af Ford Madox Ford
1,704 medlemmer
27 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
thorold, ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer
thorold: For my money, this is the best English novel about WW1
12
Storm i juni
af Irène Némirovsky
9,786 medlemmer
341 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
thecoroner, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
13
De nøgne og de døde
af Norman Mailer
4,068 medlemmer
45 anmeldelser
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer
aulsmith: I personally can't stand this book, but others think it's an important war novel.
14
En halv gul sol
af Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,758 medlemmer
291 anmeldelser
4.2
2 Members
Dilara86, ahef1963
15
Ender's strategi : roman
af Orson Scott Card
40,273 medlemmer
1,031 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
3 Members
aulsmith, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda
16
Krig og fred
af Leo Tolstoy
27,963 medlemmer
438 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
2 Members
thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda
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Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography
af Robert Graves
3,634 medlemmer
65 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
varielle, thorold
18
Testament of Youth
af Vera Brittain
2,112 medlemmer
53 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
19
The English Patient
af Michael Ondaatje
11,396 medlemmer
171 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
varielle, ahef1963
20
Enden på legen
af Graham Greene
6,381 medlemmer
168 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
21
Borte med blæsten
af Margaret Mitchell
22,953 medlemmer
434 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
2 Members
dara85, thecoroner
22
Rejse til nattens ende : roman
af Louis-Ferdinand Céline
5,903 medlemmer
80 anmeldelser
4.2
2 Members
anglemark, thecoroner
23
Mother Courage and Her Children
af Bertolt Brecht
2,321 medlemmer
14 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
2 Members
thorold, aulsmith
Forklaringer
aulsmith: Civilians in the Thirty Years War.
24
If This Is a Man / The Truce
af Primo Levi
2,252 medlemmer
30 anmeldelser
½ 4.5
2 Members
thorold, thecoroner
25
Den stilfærdige amerikaner
af Graham Greene
7,866 medlemmer
177 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
thorold, ManWithAnAgenda
26
Number The Stars (1990 Newbery)
af Lois Lowry
18,157 medlemmer
632 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
27
A Soldier of the Great War
af Mark Helprin
1,761 medlemmer
37 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Member
hipdeep
28
Klosteret i Parma
af Stendhal
4,301 medlemmer
77 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
thorold, thecoroner
Forklaringer
thorold: An account of Waterloo by someone who knew what war was really like.
29
Solens rige
af J. G. Ballard
3,692 medlemmer
70 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
thorold, thecoroner
30
The Gallery
af John Horne Burns
334 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
31
Red Cavalry
af Isaac Babel
737 medlemmer
23 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
thecoroner
32
Jingo
af Terry Pratchett
9,286 medlemmer
118 anmeldelser
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
33
Girl at War
af Sara Novic
938 medlemmer
53 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
dara85
34
Lilac Girls
af Martha Hall Kelly
3,515 medlemmer
180 anmeldelser
4
Member
dara85
35
Lavinia
af Ursula K. Le Guin
2,072 medlemmer
92 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
36
De gule fugle
af Kevin Powers
1,804 medlemmer
137 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
anglemark
37
Thud!
af Terry Pratchett
10,014 medlemmer
144 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
38
Red Storm Rising
af Tom Clancy
6,466 medlemmer
59 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
hipdeep
39
Historien
af Elsa Morante
1,354 medlemmer
27 anmeldelser
4.2
Member
thecoroner
40
Officers and Gentlemen
af Evelyn Waugh
1,045 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
thorold
41
The Enormous Room
af E. E. Cummings
1,422 medlemmer
26 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
42
Unconditional Surrender
af Evelyn Waugh
932 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
4
Member
thorold
43
After Every War: Twentieth-Century Women Poets
af Eavan Boland
32 medlemmer
4
Member
hipdeep
44
Månen er skjult
af John Steinbeck
3,298 medlemmer
102 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
aulsmith
45
Tapre krigere
af Evelyn Waugh
1,192 medlemmer
17 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
thorold
46
Stille flyder Don
af Mikhail Sholokhov
1,521 medlemmer
20 anmeldelser
4
Member
thecoroner
47
Doktor @02C7Zivàgo
af Boris Pasternak
11,083 medlemmer
149 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
thecoroner
48
Hyldest til Catalonien
af George Orwell
6,011 medlemmer
102 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
thorold
49
Liv og Skæbne (Sud'ba i zjizn)
af Vasily Grossman
3,341 medlemmer
85 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
Member
thecoroner
50
Gruppebillede med dame
af Heinrich Böll
1,295 medlemmer
18 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
thecoroner
51
A Dance to the Music of Time: Third Movement, Autumn
af Anthony Powell
881 medlemmer
15 anmeldelser
4.2
Member
thorold
52
Handbook For Visitors From Outer Space
af Kathryn Kramer
92 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
53
Bliktrommen
af Günter Grass
7,449 medlemmer
92 anmeldelser
4
Member
thecoroner
54
Palestine
af Joe Sacco
1,705 medlemmer
42 anmeldelser
4.2
Member
ahef1963
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Billard kl. halv ti
af Heinrich Böll
1,328 medlemmer
20 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
thorold
56
The Thin Red Line
af James Jones
1,327 medlemmer
21 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
thecoroner
57
Det store nederlag 1-2
af Émile Zola
790 medlemmer
11 anmeldelser
4
Member
thorold
58
V.
af Thomas Pynchon
5,100 medlemmer
34 anmeldelser
4
Member
thecoroner
59
The Balkan Trilogy
af Olivia Manning
1,082 medlemmer
30 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
thorold
60
En Fortælling om to Byer
af Charles Dickens
35,710 medlemmer
444 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
thecoroner, ahef1963,aulsmith
Forklaringer
aulsmith : More an urban revolution than a war.
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Radetzkymarch : Roman
af Joseph Roth
2,816 medlemmer
73 anmeldelser
4.2
Member
thecoroner
62
Leoparden
af Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
6,399 medlemmer
145 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
thecoroner
63
Visdommens syv søjler : en triumf
af T. E. Lawrence
4,685 medlemmer
55 anmeldelser
4
Member
thorold
Forklaringer
thorold: Love it or hate it, it's definitely war and definitely literature...
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Ivanhoe
af Sir Walter Scott
12,641 medlemmer
120 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Member
thecoroner
65
Johnny Got His Gun
af Dalton Trumbo
3,604 medlemmer
72 anmeldelser
4.2
Member
thecoroner
66
Den sidste mohikaner
af James Fenimore Cooper
12,762 medlemmer
120 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
Member
thecoroner
67
The Sergeant in the Snow
af Mario Rigoni Stern
333 medlemmer
17 anmeldelser
4.2
Member
thecoroner
68
Vinter i Milano
af Elio Vittorini
366 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Member
thecoroner
69
The Bonfire of Berlin: A Lost Childhood in Wartime Germany
af Helga Schneider
152 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
Member
thecoroner
70
Sophies valg
af William Styron
5,882 medlemmer
86 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
thecoroner
71
Jordens søjler
af Ken Follett
26,674 medlemmer
746 anmeldelser
4.2
Member
thecoroner
72
Klodernes kamp
af H. G. Wells
17,858 medlemmer
301 anmeldelser
3.8
73
The Things They Carried
af Tim O'Brien
14,005 medlemmer
382 anmeldelser
4.2
74
Achilleus' sang
af Madeline Miller
11,780 medlemmer
479 anmeldelser
4.2
75
The Forever War
af Joe Haldeman
9,212 medlemmer
244 anmeldelser
4
76
The Killer Angels
af Michael Shaara
8,587 medlemmer
186 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
77
Life After Life
af Kate Atkinson
8,019 medlemmer
577 anmeldelser
4
78
American War
af Omar El Akkad
1,764 medlemmer
92 anmeldelser
3.8
79
Semiosis
af Sue Burke
841 medlemmer
35 anmeldelser
3.8
80
Crooked Heart
af Lissa Evans
517 medlemmer
41 anmeldelser
4.1
81
Gensyn med Brideshead : kaptajn Charles Ryders åndelige og verdslige erindringer
af Evelyn Waugh
12,287 medlemmer
263 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
varielle, ahef1963,thorold ,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer
thorold : The War Trilogy is about the war; Brideshead is about what came before.
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Guernseys litterære kartoffeltærteklub : roman
af Mary Ann Shaffer
18,915 medlemmer
1,231 anmeldelser
4.2
Forklaringer
aulsmith : While some of this got at the experience of being in occupied territory during the war, I thought on the whole the book was too fluffy, especially to be called literature.