Comments on World War II Fiction - page 1

Dream When You're Feeling Blue A Novel

Naked & the Dead listed twice

Survival In Auschwitz by Primo Levy is not fiction.
Day Of Infamy by Walter Lord is not fiction.

Other non-fiction books are
The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill
The Great Escapes of World War II by Gerge Sullivan
The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III by Tim Carroll
The Longest Tunnel: the true story of World War II's great escape By Alan Burgess

It would be nice to get those books removed from the fiction list. But I don't know how that is done.

ya know I can't really vote on this one cause I haven't read any of these yet. But they all sound very interesting and history really does fasinate me quite a bit. I saved this huge list in an email folder for later. Since you all have a big list for fiction based during World War 2. How many of you know of anything written that takes place during the Civil War?

Red Badge Of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Last Full Measure by Michael Shaara
Gods And Generals by Jeff Shaara
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The March by E.L. Doctrow

Dr. Michael wrote: "Red Badge Of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Last Full Measure by Michael Shaara
Gods And Generals by Jeff Shaara
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The March by E.L..."

Are these Civil War type books ?

There is a Listopia list of Civil War books here: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/60...

Cool, thank you for that link, I saved it so I can check it for when I am ready to read of those types of books.

Steven wrote: " Dr. Michael wrote: "Red Badge Of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Last Full Measure by Michael Shaara
Gods And Generals by Jeff Shaara
Cold Mountain by Charles Fraz..." Those are all civil war novels

Thanks Matt

Anytime Dr. Michael

I was pretty sure that Night was the non-fictional narrative of Elie Wiesel of his days in Auschwitz, but now that I see 17 people have voted for it as fiction, I'm having doubts...

Night is a novel but it is based on Wiesel's time in Auschwitz.
However, Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides and Great Escapes Of WWII by George Sullivan are non-fiction and should not be on this list.

What about
James Clavell
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I have read so few of these, I must unconsciously avoid fiction set in this period. I'm going to seek some out now.

Night isn't fiction but it isn't non fiction either. It is based on Wiesel's time in Auschwitz. Shall we call it non-non fiction? Something like Hemingway's A Moveable Feast. Maybe faction?

Not on the list:
Whistle by James Jones.
Tour Of Duty by John Dos Passos
Harm's Way by James Bassett
The War Lover by John Hersey
A Belll For Adano by John Hersey
The Bridge by Manfred Gregor
The Night In Lisbon by Erich Maria Remarque

Did I miss Ship of Fools and Castle Keep?

Flashman in WWII!?
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by Daniel DeLacy

New World War II fiction written from a fresh perspective by a new author. Both books available on Kindle and part of the 'Apocalypse Now' series. Go and check them out.Stormbringer The Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Diary of a Young Girl, while iconic in the Holocaust/WWII narrative canon, is not fiction - I've removed it.

A lot of books here are not fiction -- perhaps the title of the list should be revised? And how is Silence of the Lambs about WWII?

Many non-fiction books, but, as for fiction, WAR TRASH is about the Korean war and THE LEOPARD is set in the 19th century.

Totally agree with the Book Thief--possibly my favorite book ever. I just wish The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas was up higher.

I cannot believe, I missed seeing "The Kindly Ones" - Littel. on the first page. You want Hitler's war? Here it is stripped naked with no holds barred and beyond.

It is as well written as "The Tin Drum" or "Gravity's Rainbow". But, it is all about the war.

There is no other World War 2 novel that comes anywhere close to it in terms of the twisted mindset that underpinned the War in Europe.

The Wars by Timothy Findley is a great book, but it is about WWI and not WWII, so I've removed it.

by Kristin Hannah

- about two sisters in German occupied France during WWII.

Removed the non-fiction Schindler's List

Fiona wrote: "Removed the non-fiction Schindler's List"

Hold on.... Are you saying Schindler's List is not fiction? It might be based on true facts but the novel Schindler's Ark (or Schindler's List, if you like) by Thomas Keneally is fictional...

I've put it back on the Listopia therefore. Only pity is that the votes it had got lost when the title was deleted.

The Hiding Place is a great book, HOWEVER, it is a true story of the participation of Corrie Ten Boom and her family in protecting Jews during WWII. Therefore, it is non-fiction.

There is definitely some confusion about the definition of "fiction" in this list. The Cambridge dictionary describes fiction as "the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and does not describe real people or deal with facts, or a false report or statement that you pretend is true." A book like Schindler's List or The Hiding Place would be a "non-fiction novel." But they certainly would not be fiction.

Mary wrote: "and does not describe real people or deal with facts, .."

I partly agree... Schindler's Ark is fiction, definitely, even though it might be based on real events. It's like some of the books by the Dutch author Hella S. Haasse: She sometimes uses real characters or events in fictional books. But I guess we can go on and on about this forever... Let's agree to disagree.

Sara wrote: "I was pretty sure that Night was the non-fictional narrative of Elie Wiesel of his days in Auschwitz, but now that I see 17 people have voted for it as fiction, I'm having doubts..."

Maybe, but you’re correct and the 17 are wrong.

Uhmm... why is there so much non-fiction on a "fiction" list?

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa is not fiction.
Helmet for My Pillow is not fiction.
Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany is not fiction
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest is not fiction
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters is not fiction.
Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors is not fiction.
The Longest Day is not fiction.
A Bridge Too Far is not fiction.
The Diary of a Young Girl is not fiction (and has apparently already been removed at least once?)

I haven't personally read Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, but I'm skeptical that it counts as fiction.
There are lots of other books on the list that I haven't personally read, but look like they're historical accounts of actual events.


Then there are books like The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. Yes, it IS fiction, but it has nothing to do with WWII. There's one incredibly brief mention of the fact that the stars of the book are evacuated from London during the Blitz, but that's it, it's not actually about WWII.

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War has nothing to do with WWII (as far as I know).

Removed Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption, because that is nonfiction and doesn't belong a list of fiction.

Night is not fiction. Removed.

Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941 removed because it is not fiction.

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War removed as not pertaining to WWII.

Removed Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, as it is nonfiction.

Removed nonfiction that should not be on the list:

Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Patton: A Genius for War
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

Removed nonfiction that should not be on the list:

The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
The Third Reich at War
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
The Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin

Does not pertain to WWII. Removed.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
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Poems 1962-2012

Removed nonfiction that should not be on the list:

The Railway Man: A POW's Searing Account of War, Brutality and Forgiveness
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II
A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France
A Bridge Too Far
The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45
The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
Why the Allies Won

Removed nonfiction that should not be on the list:

The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
1939 - The War That Had Many Fathers: The Long Run-Up to the Second World War
Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
Storm of Steel
Escape From Davao: The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

Removed nonfiction that should not be on the list:

Flags of Our Fathers
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
Man's Search for Meaning
Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

Removed nonfiction that should not be on the list:

At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Churchill, Hitler and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan

Removed nonfiction that should not be on the list:

The Second World War
The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

Removed The Guns of August. Both nonfiction and pertaining to WWI.

Removed nonfiction that should not be on the list:

We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
The Longest Tunnel: The True Story of World War II's Great Escape
A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
I Was There
Mussolini: His Part In My Downfall
Bomb Girls: Britain's Secret Army: The Munitions Women of World War II
'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': A Confrontation in the Desert
Milligan's War: The Selected War Memoirs of Spike Milligan