A Dozen Favorite War Novels

(chronologically by war)

 

  • Napoleonic Wars: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

  • Peninsular War: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

  • Tartar Invasion: The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati

  • WWI: A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin

  • Salamander War: War with the Newts by Karel Čapek

  • WWII: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

  • Vietnam War: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

  • Second Sudanese Civil War: What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng by Dave Eggers

  • Second Chechen War: A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra

  • Sri Lankan Civil War: The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasm

  • War with the Buggers: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

  • War with the Taurans: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

— January 23, 2023


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