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Good first world war fiction??

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im loking for some suggestions of books to read based around the 1st world war. not fluffy romances please but anything interesting, worthwhile or enjoyable?? thanks

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Biggles.
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All quiet on the western front by Remarque

Not about Heroes by MacDonald

To the greenfields and beyond by Whitby

Oh what a lovely war

War talk by Barker

A long long way by Barry

An ice cream war by Boyd

Strange Meeting by Hill

Tommy by Holmes

Land Girls by Huth

Her Privates we by Manning

The return of the soldier by West

Not so quiet by Smith

The regeneration trilogy by Barker

Birdsong by Faulks

Private peaceful by Morpurgo

The first casualty by Elton

Somme by MacDonald

Letters from a lost generation by Brittain

Testament of Youth by Brittain

A very long engagement by Japrisot

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'All Quite on the Western Front' by Erich Maria Remarque

Generally regarded as the classic Great War anti-war Novel.
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harry bowling writes wonderful novels based in wartime.
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Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks is good.
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All Quiet on the Western Front

Johnny Got His Gun (definitely not fluffy, cerebral and brutal)
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Pat Barker Regeneration

Mixes fictional and real characters but has a real sense of time and place

on the other hand

Jaroslav Hasek The Good Soldier Svejk

A Czech Absurdist View of the Western Front from the Austro-Hungarian side

Or for the real life version

Vera Brittain A Testament of Youth

Young Middle Class English Girl Becomes WW1 Nurse
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theres a quick read book by chris ryan. i think its called one good turn. i liked it :)
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Sebastian Faulks Birdsong is a fantastic book set during first world war
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Why fiction? The reality is more interesting!
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Try these:

Barometer Rising

Journey's End

Rilla of Ingleside

Asenden

The Stones Are Hatching

A Farewell to Arms (Try this at ANY cost)

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Road Back

Across the Black Waters

I've not read the last one, though I've heard of it from my fellow biblophiles.
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"Birdsong" by Jonathan Coe. Simply the best !
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