Help Me Please

[bymis]

Hey,
im in need of a good book to pass my time with, i would like a war book or something along those lines does anyone have any suggestions please email me and let me know.

[ursula62]

What sort of war book?
If you want a novel about being a VAD nurse in WWI then you could try "Not So Quiet" by Helen Zenna Smith (Virago).

If you wanted a book about the gorier side of war from a German Panzer point of view you could try books by Sven Hassel.

Both good reads!

[mycatis]

I love "All Quite on the Western Front" very sad and shows you the horror of war

[mycatis]

"Quiet" even ,sorry

[BigMac]

Antony Beevor - His book Stalingrad was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction,

[sddsddean]

Bomber by Len Deighton. Story of a bombing raid on 31st June 1942 (yes..so its definately fictional) from everyones aspect. Crew, townsfolk, fighter pilots etc. A brilliant book.

[janesmythe22]

Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun

Joseph Heller, Catch 22

[paddy_36]

Sebastian Faulks - Birdsong

[eye_nose]

If you're interested in non-fiction, try 'Fools Rush In' by Bill Carter, about the Bosnian war. It's a great read, and a testament to the triumph of the human spirit.

[NiceCupOfTea]

You haven't specified which war, but 'Saving Private Ryan' got me pretty good. Now I'm onto the auld film scores 'Schindler's List' is there too. One from my school days is 'The Silver Sword'.

[dotjhawkes]

We Were Soldiers is brilliant, mainly because it is very detailed regarding the serving soldier.

Also, The Little Men, about the ordinary lads who went to the Somme is excellent.

[kaktus]

If you want to go back a bit further in time Clawell's Shogun and Tai Pan is excellent. Not war books as such but for some reason I thought of them :)

[BigMac]

Enigma, by Robert Harris - recently been a film, too. A love-story-meets-whodunit against a backdrop of the Atlantic convoys/u-boats confrontation.

[bymis]

Thanks All,

i wasnt very specific i admit thanks for all your answers, ive read saving private ryan and we were soldiers.

im going to look for "all quiet on the western front"

Thanks