I love me some Stephen King but I also love me some war books too. Notably WW2, specifically anything about the Pacific theater (U.S. vs. Japan) if anyone can give me some suggestions on books about war (not facts and information, historical fiction) please let me know.
by Psychic_Reader888
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{{ghosts of bungo soto}} is pretty much exactly what your looking for. Submarine combat in the pacific in WWII
· *Japanese Destroyer Captain* by Tameichi Hara, Fred Saito and Roger (memoir).
· *Kamikaze: A Japanese Pilot’s Own Spectacular Story of the Famous Suicide Squadrons* by Yasuo Kuwahara and Gordon T. Allred (memoir).
· *Samurai!: the Unforgettable Saga of Japan’s Greatest Fighter Pilot* by Saburo Sakai and Martin Caidin (memoir).
· *The Divine Wind* by Rikihei Inoguchi and Tadashi Nakajima (memoir).
· *The Thin Red Line* by James Jones (fiction).
· *With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa* by E.B. Sledge, CPL, 1^(st) Mar. Div., U.S.M.C. (memoir).
Johnny Got His Gun
*The Winds of War* and *War and Remembrance* by Herman Wouk.
Cryptonomicon
*Tales of the South Pacific* by James Michener
Stalingrad. By the German author.
At night all blood is black….. Quite a traumatising one….
There’s also ‘in memoriam’ I haven’t read it but it’s pretty good apparently 💀
I have *the* book for you – The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer. It’s about Marines stationed on a Japanese island and it doesn’t hold back. It’s apparently based on Mailer’s own war experience. The structure of the book is interesting and Mailer is a fantastic writer. I’m not particularly into war books, but this is a 5-star for me.
Not sure how “informative” it is, but The things They Carried by Tim O’Brien tells the stories of a group of men after being drafted for the Vietnam War in a creative and unique way. Easy and quick to read as well!
Johnny’s got his Gun – Dalton Trumbo (Fucking amazing will give you bone chills)
War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
All quiet on the Western front – Erich Maria Remarque
If you like poetry: Anthem for Doomed Youth – Wilfred Owen
If you like Stephen king and are familiar with Post Modern literature then try:-
Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut
Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
Gravity’s Rainbow – Thomas Pynchon