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Erich Maria Remarque

Born

in Osnabrück, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire

June 22, 1898

Died

September 25, 1970

Genre

Fiction, Contemporary

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Erich Maria Remarque was a German novelist best known for All Quiet on the Western Front (1929), a landmark anti-war novel based on his experiences in World War I. The book became an international bestseller, defining a new genre of veterans’ literature and inspiring multiple film adaptations. Its strong anti-war themes led to condemnation by the Nazi regime, which banned and burned his works.
Born Erich Paul Remark in 1898, he adopted the surname Remarque to honor his French ancestry. He served on the Western Front during World War I, where he was wounded, and later pursued various jobs, including teaching, editing, and technical writing. After the massive success of All Quiet on the Western Front, he wrote several other novels addressing w ...more

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Average rating: 4.19 · 721,933 ratings · 33,737 reviews · 168 distinct works • Similar authors

	All Quiet on the Western Front 4.12 avg rating — 533,318 ratings — published 1928 — 1183 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Comrades 4.48 avg rating — 40,308 ratings — published 1936 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arch of Triumph 4.43 avg rating — 33,198 ratings — published 1945 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night in Lisbon 4.33 avg rating — 25,789 ratings — published 1961 — 210 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Obelisk by Erich Maria Remarque, Denver Lindley (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 16,206 ratings — published 1956 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Time to Love and a Time to Die 4.44 avg rating — 15,786 ratings — published 1954 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heaven Has No Favorites by Erich Maria Remarque, Clara Winston (Translator) 4.27 avg rating — 16,093 ratings — published 1961 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Road Back 4.34 avg rating — 10,661 ratings — published 1931 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spark of Life by Erich Maria Remarque, James Stern (translator) 4.53 avg rating — 7,047 ratings — published 1952 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows in Paradise 4.16 avg rating — 5,846 ratings — published 1971 — 118 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back (3 books)
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Erich Maria Remarque,

Arthur Wesley Wheen (Translator)

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Quotes by Erich Maria Remarque (?)

“I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another.”
― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

tags: war, ww1

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“It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.”
― Erich Maria Remarque, Three Comrades

tags: romance

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“But now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me. I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle; now I see your wife and your face and our fellowship. Forgive me, comrade. We always see it too late. Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony--Forgive me, comrade; how could you be my enemy?”
― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

tags: war

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July 2026 New School Classics Poll

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute, 1950, 359 pgs.

39 votes, 29.1%

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann, 1966, 448 pgs.

34 votes, 25.4%

The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton, 1947, 242 pgs.

17 votes, 12.7%

Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky, 2004, 395 pgs.

17 votes, 12.7%

Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque, 1936, 496 pgs.

14 votes, 10.4%

Explosion in a Cathedral by Alejo Carpentier, 1962, 336 pgs.

8 votes, 6.0%

Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, 1977, 432 pgs.

5 votes, 3.7%

134 total votes

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