WW2 Fiction Novels

I enjoyed some of his novels. Well played.

 

I own all of Shaara's WW2 and WW1 Novels. I guess I should list all the authors I do own and plan to read..Sorry about that... but thanks for taking the time guys!

 

As a writer, I tend to like writers who are more straight forward in their narrative..Furst has more of a "flowery" language IMO. Too Bad!

There are some writers I have discovered that write about the same time period, and are pretty good... I will send you their names if you want.

 

Ben Pastor's Martin Bora mysteries might be of interest. Bora is a Wehrmacht MP (military police). The language is flowery but not as bad as Furst. The stories are supremely well told IMHO, the description of settings and period detail make the Bora series a 'must-read'...

-Lumen - a Polish bishop in Kracow is murdered, set during the invasion of Poland
-Liar Moon - a leading Italian fascist politician is murdered, set against the backdrop of hunting down Italian partisans and deportations of Jews during 1943-44 in Italy
-Tin Sky - her most recent book (yes, Ben Pastor is a 'her'), set on the Eastern Front..here's the blurb..

" Ukraine, 1943. Having barely escaped the inferno of Stalingrad, Major Martin Bora is still serving on the Russian front as a German counterintelligence officer. As the Wehrmacht prepare for the Kursk counter-offensive, a Russian general defects aboard a T-34, the most advanced tank of the war. Soon he and another general, this one previously captured, are found dead in their cells. Everything appears to exclude the likelihood of foul play, but Bora begins an investigation..."

 

I found all these books, but they are quite pricey on Amazon for books that are 5 and 6 years old...any chance you might want to trade or swap for some other books? I would be willing to swap you for the 3 you mentioned above for some WW2 non-fiction or fiction titles..let me know.

 

sorry didn't see your reply sooner. Apart from the fact that I'm in the UK, I order all my fiction through our lending library service. I do have a spare copy of Tin Sky, I'll investigate how much postage costs to your neck of the woods might be..

 

My all time favorite WW2 novel is "Bomber" by Len Deighton. It takes place in a 24 hour period and is based on a Lancaster crew and a small German city plus a night fighter and an anti-aircraft crew. It carefully weaves the interactions of their lived together and how they affect each other.

Deighton also wrote "Fighter" a non-fictional account of the Battle of Britain in great detail. That fact finding background shows through in "Bomber"
I must have read it 5 times over about 25 years. It well humanizes a complicated human tragedy. It reads as close to non-fiction as a novel can come.

https://www.amazon.com/Bomber-Len-Deighton-ebook/dp/B002TU1Q3Y?ie=UTF8&btkr=1&ref_=dp-kindle-redirect

I second Douglas Reeman, use to wait for his next book to come out.

Interesting fact, W.E.B. Griffin, a nom de plume, lived in Fairhope, Alabama, for many years in near anonymity while staying on the N.Y. Time's best seller list.

Gaines

 

Oh yes. I liked Len Deighton a lot. I forgot about him. There used to be so much good WWII fiction around we took it for granted that it would continue

 

Good fiction these days is hard to come by. Especially those set in the WWII time period. Mind you I said good fiction . There is a lot set during the time that are just poor.

 

Bit of a massive fan of Captain Correlli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres.
WW2 stuff is sort of secondary, but the thing still stands as 'beautiful art' for me. Possibly the best Fiction I've read.
(Disregard the awful film... it was awful.)

 

http://www.lulu.com/shop/ron-goldstein/sempers-revenge/hardcover/product-5552823.html

Ron

 

Hi guys. I've got some WWII fiction I have written and published over the years. Here is my Amazon page: http://smile.amazon.com/Anthony-Genualdi/e/B00J086RX2/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1466981003&sr=1-2-ent

I have four WWII novels and a Korean War novel coming up very shortly.

Here is what I have at Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Anthony+Genualdi?_requestid=611063

Hope you find my work of interest. Thanks.

 

I don't think I've actually read that many WW2 novels, but the original Jack Higgins _The Eagle Has Landed_ is a lot of fun. If you can't find the book, the movie is quite good too.

 

just downloaded Spencer Dunmore's "Ace" and " The Last Hill" for the kindle - surprisingly good so far

"... Malaya, January, 1942. Cut off during the Japanese advance on Singapore, the remnants of a British battalion set up a defense perimeter in the jungle. As a position, Muswell Hill looks impregnable; but how long can exhausted men repulse wave after wave of vicious enemy ground and air attacks, while hope of reinforcement slowly fades ...

As the situation worsens, an extraordinary conflict erupts between Major Kerr, professional soldier and C.O., and Captain Cornish, gentleman civilian soldier and Kerr's second in command. These two offices must contend not only with the Japanese and their own men, but with each other, as a deadly battle of will consumes them.

Tough, exciting, and suspenseful, The Last Hill is a superb successor to the author's critically acclaimed first novel, Bomb Run...."

 

Definitely 'The Cruel Sea' -what a classic. The other great 'World War 2 at sea ' novel must be Alastair Maclean's 'H.M.S. Ulysses' about the Arctic convoys in which the writer served.

 

A good fiction novel I would recommend would be "Icebreaker" by Suvorov.

It's an interesting and a very easy read but ABSOLUTELY fiction...

Cheers

 

As a sort of postscript to my recent holiday in Normandy, I've managed to get hold of a copy of this ( via e-bay ). It is really very good - a novelised, autobiographical account (in the same vein as 'Zeno's account of Arnhem, The Cauldron ).

It's written in an unsentimental manner and is all the more powerful for it, and I think captures the authentic flavour of the time which, perhaps, only an old soldier could do.

Highly recommended, anyway.......