Stories of War and Revolution

List of the Month
Novembro 2021 (see all)
Descrição
In honor of Remembrance Day / Veterans Day, which falls on November 11th, and which marks the end of WWI, our List of the Month for November is devoted to stories of war and revolution. These stories can be fictional or nonfictional. Please only downvote titles if the book does not fit the theme.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
de Erich Maria Remarque
19,081 membros
403 resenhas
4.1
9 Members
anglemark, BookDoc16, FAMeulstee, CarltonC, elkiedee, susanbooks, AbigailAdams26, tommi180744, samlorr
Explicações
CarltonC: War and the horror of war through the eyes of someone on the losing side
elkiedee: A German perspective on WWI
AbigailAdams26: One of the classic stories of a common soldier, set during WWI. I read this for a college course.
2
Matadouro 5
de Kurt Vonnegut
44,018 membros
705 resenhas
4.1
7 Members
hipdeep, anglemark, Morphidae, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, shedgeco, captainsunbeam
3
The Things They Carried
de Tim O'Brien
14,352 membros
393 resenhas
4.2
6 Members
BookDoc16, mthespinner, marc.slingerland, sturlington, susanbooks, shedgeco
4
Homage to Catalonia
de George Orwell
6,181 membros
105 resenhas
4.1
6 Members
FAMeulstee, CarltonC, giucav, fcoq, samlorr, skid0612
Explicações
CarltonC: War and the politics
5
Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography
de Robert Graves
3,697 membros
66 resenhas
4
6 Members
mthespinner, thorold, FAMeulstee, CarltonC, elkiedee, ahef1963
Explicações
thorold: Classic British WW1 memoir
CarltonC: War and the horror of war through the eyes of someone who went back
6
Jingo
de Terry Pratchett
9,493 membros
121 resenhas
4
6 Members
tardis, bobbyl, igorken, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, captainsunbeam,tommi180744
Explicações
captainsunbeam: world war in the Discworld universe
7
The Guns of August
de Barbara W. Tuchman
6,603 membros
125 resenhas
½ 4.3
5 Members
mthespinner, marc.slingerland, perennialreader, giucav, danbennett
Explicações
perennialreader: Best opening paragraph ever!
8
Catch-22
de Joseph Heller
40,016 membros
526 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
BookDoc16, sturlington, igorken, elkiedee, captainsunbeam
Explicações
elkiedee: American WWII novel
9
Toda luz que não podemos ver
de Anthony Doerr
18,722 membros
884 resenhas
½ 4.3
4 Members
dara85, sipthereader, RBeffa, shedgeco
10
A Soldier of the Great War
de Mark Helprin
1,787 membros
37 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
hipdeep, RuMuse, frogprof
11
Parade's End
de Ford Madox Ford
1,754 membros
26 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
thorold, marc.slingerland, ManWithAnAgenda
12
The Wars
de Timothy Findley
1,200 membros
25 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
librorumamans, gypsysmom, fcoq
13
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
de James D. Hornfischer
1,027 membros
24 resenhas
½ 4.4
3 Members
fcoq, Adakian, samlorr
Explicações
Adakian: This work covers what is probably the most lopsided engagements fought by the United States Navy in its history—the Battle of Leyte Gulf. James Hornfischer really brings the story to life and places the reader on board the escort carriers, destroyers, and destroyer escorts of Taffy 3 as they struggle to survive an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy’s heaviest surface warships.
14
Ilíada
de Homer
39,972 membros
386 resenhas
4
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, librorumamans
Explicações
paradoxosalpha: Paradigmatic.
15
The Gallery
de John Horne Burns
340 membros
8 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
ts3155, ManWithAnAgenda
16
The Killer Angels
de Michael Shaara
8,774 membros
189 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
RBeffa, vwinsloe
17
Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front
de Mary Jennings Hegar
116 membros
5 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
danbennett, sqr3cls3
18
La véritable histoire du soldat inconnu
de Jacques Tardi
28 membros
1 resenha
4
2 Members
igorken, frogprof
19
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
de Laura Hillenbrand
12,225 membros
594 resenhas
½ 4.4
2 Members
sipthereader, terran
20
Life and Fate
de Vasily Grossman
3,427 membros
89 resenhas
½ 4.4
2 Members
FAMeulstee, elkiedee
21
The Good Soldiers
de David Finkel
911 membros
33 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
marc.slingerland, igorken
22
After Every War: Twentieth-Century Women Poets
de Eavan Boland
32 membros
4
2 Members
hipdeep, frogprof
23
Regeneration
de Pat Barker
4,504 membros
113 resenhas
4
2 Members
bobbyl, CarltonC
Explicações
CarltonC: War and the horror of war - a fictional account that allows multiple viewpoints
24
The Shattered Tree
de Charles Todd
333 membros
21 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
marc.slingerland, MmeRose
25
The Good Soldier Svejk
de Jaroslav Hašek
3,526 membros
62 resenhas
4
2 Members
anglemark, thorold
Explicações
thorold: Great, rambling, unfinished satirical account of war from the point of view of a subversive Czech citizen of the Austrian empire
26
Coventry
de Helen Humphreys
419 membros
60 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
gypsysmom, fcoq
27
Life After Life
de Kate Atkinson
8,254 membros
589 resenhas
4
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
28
Doctor Zhivago
de Boris Pasternak
11,385 membros
152 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
perennialreader, Dilara86
Explicações
perennialreader: My first foray into Russian lit
29
Mila 18
de Leon Uris
1,881 membros
25 resenhas
4
2 Members
librorumamans, gypsysmom
30
Ender's Game
de Orson Scott Card
41,145 membros
1,046 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
shedgeco
31
Atonement
de Ian McEwan
26,497 membros
628 resenhas
3.9
Member
djlib
32
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
de Hampton Sides
2,700 membros
55 resenhas
4.1
Member
vwinsloe
33
The Longest Day
de Cornelius Ryan
2,428 membros
46 resenhas
4.1
Member
LibraryCin
Explicações
LibraryCin: Written in 1959, the book is based on questionnaires and interviews with many people who were there. We get to see what happened from various points of view – the Allies, the Germans, and even some of the French civilians living in Normandy at the time of the attack.
34
The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq
de George Packer
1,121 membros
15 resenhas
4.1
Member
sqr3cls3
35
As Meat Loves Salt
de Maria McCann
1,050 membros
49 resenhas
4
Member
captainsunbeam
Explicações
captainsunbeam: Set during the 17th century English Civil War
36
Ash: A Secret History
de Mary Gentle
701 membros
18 resenhas
4
Member
Aquila
37
At Night All Blood Is Black
de David Diop
701 membros
29 resenhas
3.8
Member
Dilara86
38
The 13th Valley
de John M. Del Vecchio
373 membros
6 resenhas
4.2
Member
Caballeroreader
39
Letters From a Lost Generation
de Vera Brittain
208 membros
4 resenhas
4.1
Member
aspirit
Explicações
aspirit: WWI (British POV)
40
Lost Empires
de J. B. Priestley
190 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
mthespinner
41
Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War
de Marwan Hisham
80 membros
2 resenhas
4.1
Member
yoyogod
42
The Russian Revolution, 1905-1921 (Oxford Histories)
de Mark D. Steinberg
21 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.5
Member
skid0612
43
Springbok record
de Harry Klein
6 membros
3
Member
hfglen
45
The Thirty-Nine Steps
de John Buchan
5,395 membros
189 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
perennialreader, ahef1963,tommi180744
Explicações
perennialreader: Attempt to prevent WWI
46
The Red Badge of Courage
de Stephen Crane
11,164 membros
128 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
tommi180744
Explicações
tommi180744: For some reason doesn't get Green Tick, but first read & admired 50 years ago, still got book
47
Schindler's Ark
de Thomas Keneally
8,189 membros
97 resenhas
4.2
Member
terran
48
War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
de Chris Hedges
1,665 membros
33 resenhas
4.1
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explicações
paradoxosalpha: A war correspondent's reflections about the perennial nature of war and what it does to societies and individuals.
49
The Forever War
de Dexter Filkins
1,421 membros
40 resenhas
4.1
Member
sipthereader
50
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
de Svetlana Alexievich
1,343 membros
43 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
Dilara86
51
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
de Susan Campbell Bartoletti
1,082 membros
103 resenhas
4.2
Member
dara85
52
The Light Brigade
de Kameron Hurley
665 membros
32 resenhas
3.9
Member
Aquila
53
Novel Without a Name
de Dương Thu Hương
355 membros
11 resenhas
4
Member
susanbooks
54
Fives and Twenty-Fives
de Michael Pitre
188 membros
6 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
RuMuse
55
At Hell's Gate: A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace
de Claude Anshin Thomas
114 membros
5 resenhas
4
Member
AbigailAdams26
Explicações
AbigailAdams26: I found this memoir from a veteran of the Vietnam War immensely powerful. He discusses his experiences both during and after the war.
56
The "Russian" Civil Wars, 1916-1926: Ten Years That Shook the World
de Jonathan Smele
43 membros
½ 3.7
Member
skid0612
57
Menselijke voorwaarden
de Junpei Gomikawa
38 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.6
Member
FAMeulstee
58
Thomas Jefferson: Philospher and Politician
de John P. Kaminski
4 membros
Member
books6548
60
No Graves As Yet | Shoulder the Sky | Angels in the Gloom | At Some Disputed Barricade | We Shall Not Sleep
de Anne Perry
2 membros
Member
perennialreader
Explicações
perennialreader: The entire series is really good
61
The Glory of Their Deeds
de Benjamin White-Patarino
1 membro
½ 3.5
Member
al.vick
62
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
de Max Brooks
15,485 membros
713 resenhas
4
Member
shedgeco
63
Suite Française
de Irène Némirovsky
9,915 membros
344 resenhas
4
Member
tommi180744
Explicações
tommi180744: French perspective on the 1940 debacle known as the 'Fall of France'
64
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
de Ishmael Beah
7,191 membros
312 resenhas
4
Member
vwinsloe
65
The Poppy War
de R.F. Kuang
4,509 membros
140 resenhas
3.9
Member
Aquila
66
King Rat
de James Clavell
2,847 membros
43 resenhas
4
Member
RBeffa
67
Hornet Flight
de Ken Follett
2,714 membros
51 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
al.vick
68
A Thread of Grace
de Mary Doria Russell
2,120 membros
91 resenhas
4
Member
RuMuse
69
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
de Sonia Purnell
1,541 membros
63 resenhas
4
Member
terran
70
The Kommandant's Girl
de Pam Jenoff
1,043 membros
49 resenhas
3.8
Member
dara85
71
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
de China Miéville
875 membros
20 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
igorken
72
All Souls' Rising
de Madison Smartt Bell
585 membros
9 resenhas
3.8
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explicações
paradoxosalpha: A novel of the outbreak of the Haitian revolution.
73
Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War
de Svetlana Alexievich
573 membros
19 resenhas
4.1
Member
Dilara86
74
Somewhere in France
de Jennifer Robson
518 membros
20 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
gypsysmom
75
Holy Madness: Romantics, Patriots, and Revolutionaries, 1776-1871
de Adam Zamoyski
265 membros
1 resenha
4
Member
skid0612
76
Not So Quiet: Stepdaughters of War
de Helen Zenna Smith
236 membros
12 resenhas
4.2
Member
susanbooks
77
Generals Die in Bed
de Charles Yale Harrison
226 membros
8 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
librorumamans
78
Blood and Honey: A Balkan War Journal
de Ron Haviv
20 membros
2 resenhas
4
Member
AbigailAdams26
Explicações
AbigailAdams26: A photojournalist's documentation of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. Chilling.
80
Alexander Hamilton: From Obscurity to Greatness
de John P. Kaminski
6 membros
1 resenha
5
Member
books6548
81
Kruger's war : the truth behind the myths of the Boer War
de Chris Ash
5 membros
Member
hfglen
82
Birdsong
de Sebastian Faulks
6,092 membros
156 resenhas
4
Member
perennialreader
Explicações
perennialreader: a national and personal story of WWI
83
Sophie's Choice
de William Styron
6,003 membros
87 resenhas
4.1
Member
terran
84
The Naked and the Dead
de Norman Mailer
4,142 membros
46 resenhas
3.9
Member
sipthereader
85
Johnny Got His Gun
de Dalton Trumbo
3,697 membros
75 resenhas
4.2
Member
BookDoc16
86
The Moon Is Down
de John Steinbeck
3,395 membros
105 resenhas
3.8
Member
librorumamans
Explicações
librorumamans: A book that we wish Cheney and Rumsfeld had read before invading Iraq.
87
Dispatches
de Michael Herr
3,209 membros
63 resenhas
4.1
Member
CarltonC
Explicações
CarltonC: Vietnam, relentlessly
88
Simplicissimus
de Johann Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
1,207 membros
17 resenhas
3.8
Member
thorold
Explicações
thorold: The first modern anti-war novel? A reminder that there were some very nasty European wars long before the 20th century, and that the 30 Years War was one of the most devastating for civilians.
89
The Gift of Rain
de Tan Twan Eng
1,141 membros
84 resenhas
4.1
Member
RBeffa
90
Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
de Chester Nez
541 membros
15 resenhas
4.1
Member
al.vick
91
Rebels: The Irish Rising of 1916
de Peter De Rosa
298 membros
2 resenhas
3.8
Member
hipdeep
92
Song for a Dark Queen
de Rosemary Sutcliff
213 membros
2 resenhas
3.8
Member
Aquila
93
Four Soldiers
de Hubert Mingarelli
99 membros
7 resenhas
3.9
Member
susanbooks
94
Wonders Will Never Cease
de Robert Irwin
80 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explicações
paradoxosalpha: Metafictional War of the Roses.
95
Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs
de David Philipps
72 membros
4
Member
sqr3cls3
96
Bitter Freedom: Ireland in a Revolutionary World
de Maurice Walsh
66 membros
4.1
Member
skid0612
97
Good Night, Commander
de Ahmad Akbarpour
46 membros
16 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
AbigailAdams26
Explicações
AbigailAdams26: A heartbreaking children's book about the experiences of a young survivor of the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88.
98
Mother's Secret: A Novel
de Carolyn Haddad
31 membros
1 resenha
4
Member
dara85
99
Carried to the Wall: American Memory and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
de Kristin Ann Hass
31 membros
3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
100
The Water Beetles
de Michael Kaan
25 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.5
Member
gypsysmom