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War fiction

The best books on war fiction, ranked by quality.

  1. 1
    The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien · 1990
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (43 ratings)
  2. 2
    Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five (Monarch Notes) A Critical Commentary Kurt Vonnegut · 1956
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (261 ratings)
  3. 3
    All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque · 1928
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (94 ratings)
  4. 4
    Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2006
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (36 ratings)
  5. 5
    War and peace Лев Толстой · 1845
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (43 ratings)
  6. 6
    Catch-22 Joseph Heller · 1961
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (210 ratings)
  7. 7
    James Clavell's King Rat. James Clavell · 1950
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (17 ratings)
  8. 8
    Mother Night (Panther Books UK Edition) Kurt Vonnegut, Victor Bevine, Avirama Golan · 1961
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (36 ratings)
  9. 9
    Mr. Standfast John Buchan · 1918
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (11 ratings)
  10. 10
    Winds of War Herman Wouk · 1971
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
  11. 11
    In the Midst of Life Ambrose Bierce, A Bierce · 1891
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
  12. 12
    Some Do Not … Ford Madox Ford · 1924
  13. 13
    The Dark Forest Hugh Walpole · 1916
  14. 14
    The Enormous Room E. E. Cummings · 1949
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  15. 15
    The Secret City Hugh Walpole · 1919
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