"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us." Franz Kafka
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I must mention here that I read at my own pace and depending on my mood. Don't ask me to hurry.
Do you read war stories? Fictional ones? Histories?
I do read War stories. I have read a lot of books which have dealt with WWII. Those include novels, Memoirs and of course, Histories.
Following are few of the War books I have read
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarqu
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
A Farewell To Arms by Joan Hohl
Cold Mountain: A Novel by Charles Frazier
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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I havent read any war stories myself, but I do have Cold Mountain in my TBR
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I totally forgot about "All Quiet on the Western Front". That was an excellent book and the movie wasn't to shabby either!
Happy Thursday!
I've read four of these (Catch-22, A Farewell to Arms, Diary of Anne Frank, & Les Miserables)...The Book Thief is on my TBR list. Here's my full answer: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2010/11/booking-through-thursday-war.html
I've read most of those, except two I think. Here's my link
I didn't think of some of these as war stories, but you are right, they are. Good point.
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I only read fictional ones. The White Queen, The Red Queen, and some Civil War books.
I tried reading "For Whom the Bell Tolls" around the same time I read "Homage to Catalonia", but couldn't quite get into it. :-/ I'll revisit it in the future, though.
Great list! I forgot about The Book Thief. I read that one, too.
That's a great list. I hope to read these as well someday.
And for the love of god, don't forget Homer's The Iliad. It may well be the genesis of combat fiction/literature. So much of the ancient Greek drama/poetry has influenced the writing of future generations. Cheers! Chris
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