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20th Century War Novels
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June 2001
Compiled by Deborah Roy
of Huntington City (IN) Township Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
See also Novels about War
World War I
Anthony, Patricia. Flanders
Barker, Pat. Regeneration, The Eye in the Door, The Ghost Road
Biggins, John. A Sailor of Austria, The Two-headed Eagle
Boyd, Thomas. Through the Wheat
Britain, Vera. Testament of Youth
Cobb, Humphrey. Paths of Glory
Findley, Timothy. The Wars
Graves, Robert. Goodbye to All That
Helprin, Mark. A Soldier of the Great War
Johnson, Guy. Standing on the Scratch Line (African American soldiers in WWI)
McCutchan, Philip. The Last Nine Days
McKay, Sharon E. Charlie Wilcox (YA title)
Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front
Sassoon, Siegfried. Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, Sherston's Progress
Willard, Tom. The Sable Doughboys
World War II
Allington, Maynard. The Fox in the Field
Beach, Edward Latimer. Run Silent, Run Deep
De Bernieres, Louis Corelli's Mandolin
Denny, Robert Aces: A Novel of the World at War
Gobbell, John J. The Last Lieutenant
Griffin, W. E. B. Semper Fi (Book 1 in The Corps series)
Heggen, Thomas. Mr. Roberts
Heller, Joseph. Catch-22
Higgins, Jack. The Eagle has Flown
Iles, Greg. Black Cross
Jones, James. The Thin Red Line
Katzenbach, John. Hart's War
McCutchan, Philip Cameron's Troop Lift
MacLean, Alistair The Guns of Navarone, H.M.S. Ulysses
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead
Michener, James. Tales from the South Pacific
Reeman, Douglas. A Ship Must Die
Robbins, David L. War of the Rats, The End of War
Rosenbaum, Ray. Condors
Waugh, Evelyn. Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, The End of the Battle
Westheimer, David. Von Ryan's Express
Wouk, Herman. The Winds of War, War and Remembrance
Korean War
Brady, James. The Marines of Autumn
Hickey, James. Chrysanthemum in the Snow
Michener, James A. The Bridges at Toko-ri
Vietnam War
Bao Ninh. The Sorrow of War
Barnes, H. Lee. Gunning for Ho: Vietnam Stories
Berent, Mark. Rolling Thunder; Phantom Leader; Eagle Station; and Storm Flight
Campbell, Tom. The Old Man's Trail
Carroll, Gerry. North SAR, Ghostrider One
Coonts, Stephen. Flight of the Intruder, The Intruders
Couch, Dick. Seal Team One
Del Vecchio, John M. The 13th Valley; For the Sake of All Living Things ; Carry Me Home
Duong Thu Huang. Novel Without a Name; Memories of a Pure Spring
Farish, Terry. Flower Shadows
Flynn, Robert. The Last Klick
Griffin, W.E.B. The Aviators
Grinstead. Promises of Freedom
Hasford, Gustav. The Phantom Blooper
Heinemann, Larry. Close Quarters, Paco's Story
Kross, Walter. Splash One
Lawton, David. A Lovely Country
Leib, Frank Allen. The Fire Dream, Valley of the Shadow
McAfee, John. Slow Walk in a Sad Rain
Richard Marcinko. ROGUE WARRIOR series
Mason, Bobbie Ann. In Country
Moore, Robin. The Green Berets
Morris, Bill. All Souls Day
Mort, John. Soldier in Paradise
Myers, Walter Dean. Fallen Angels (YA title)
O'Brien, Tim. If I Die in a Combat Zone; Going After Cacciato; and The Things They Carried
O'Nan, Stewart. The Names of the Dead.
Pileggi, Nicholas. Gardens of Stone
Scott, Leonard B. Charlie Mike; The Hill; The Last Run; The Expendables; and The Squad
Simpson, Howard. Someone Else's War
Truscott, Luscian K. Army Blue
Webb, James. Fields of Fire
Weber, Joe. Rules of Engagement
Wentz, Gene. Men in Green Faces
Wright, Stephen. Meditations in Green
The Other Side of Heaven [short stories)
Persian Gulf War
James Blinn. The Aardvark is Ready for War
Patrick Duncan. Courage Under Fire
John Nance. Scorpion Strike
Other suggestions
Harold Coyle
Michael Shaara
Jeff Shaara
Stephen Hunter
Bibliography titles
Hager, Philip E. The novels of World War I : an annotated bibliography /Philip E. Hager, Desmond Taylor. 1981.
Paris, Michael, The novels of World War Two : an annotated bibliography of World War Two fiction / Michael Paris.1990.
Taylor, Desmond, The novels of World War II : an annotated bibliography / Desmond Taylor, with the assistance of Philip E. Hager.1993.
Taylor, Desmond, The juvenile novels of World War II : an annotated bibliography / Desmond Taylor.
1994.
Jason, Philip K. The Vietnam War in literature : an annotated bibliography /Philip K. Jason.
1992.
Vietnam war literature : an annotated bibliography of imaginative works about Americans fighting in Vietnam /John
Newman ; with contributions from David A. Willson ... [et al.]. 1996.
Wittman, Sandra M. Writing about Vietnam : a bibliography of the literature of the Vietnam conflict / Sandra M. Wittman. c1989.
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