whats the best book youve ever read!

[ben bijker]

that´s got to be...

Catch 22
Really superb.
Close second: Kramer's war, don't recall who wrote it, but it is a very readable book.

Other favourite books are the series by Sven Hassel, a guy from Denmark who ends up in an SS `Strafbatallion`.


Ben

[petermac]

Nice eclectic selection so far.....!!

For fiction I'd chose The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass, it's got everything I look for in a book. The Meeting at Telgete by the same author would run it a close second and I love anything by Evelyn Waugh, especially Scoop and the Sword of Honour trilogy.

Best ever book on war is Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger who fought right through the First World War for the Germans and was wounded dozens of times, a stunning read and re-issued last year in a fantastic new translation (just available in paperback too!!)

Peter

[Scott Asperheim]

Historical fiction - Bernard Cornwell's - Sharpe's series

awesome books!!! when the heck is he gonna write another one?!! the way the last one ended with starbuck gettin the bullet in the face by his own guys and then turning the cannon on 'em...and then it ends...and STILL no book 5!!! argh!!

[Dick Pumphrey]

I would have to say the Aubrey / Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian. I have read the series thru five times and enjoyed them each time. They are a great read!
Regards,
Dick

[Jim Baker]

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[Cam_S]

Favorite Books

I would have to go with:

"The Forgotten Soldier" By Guy Sajer(WW2 German)
"Panzer Commander" By Hans Von Luck(WW2 German)
"A Tale of a Nervous Navigator" By John Iverach (WW2 Canadian)
"What If?" Collection of Authors(Alternate History Book)

I like personal histories and Historical accounts. Not that much into fiction but I do like Alternate History books because they really make you think.

Cam

[Calvin Hall]

Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi. Without question the best book I have ever read. An absolute must read. Read it.

As far as fiction goes, I really liked Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.

[gilles]

D-day


stephen ambrose

[David C]

Too many,...

Time Enough for Love/The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
River God - Wilbur Smith
Necroscope (original 5 book series) - Brian Lumley
The Stand/IT - Stephen King
Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
Stalingrad/Berlin - Antony Beevor
Night Comes to the Cretaceous - James Lawrence Powell
Domain - James Herbert
The Many Coloured Land - Julian May
The Science of Discworld - Pratchett, Stewart & Cohen
Battle Circle - Piers Anthony
Apprentice Adept series - Piers Anthony
Geodyssey series - Piers Anthony
Bio of a Space Tyrant series - Piers Anthony
The Magic Kingdom of Landover series - Terry Brooks
Early Shannara books - Terry Brooks
Anita Blake vampire hunter series - Laurell K. Hamilton
Legacy of Herot - Larry Niven & Steven Barnes
The Mote in God's Eye - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
Dragonriders of Pern series - Anne McCaffrey

Absolutely anything at all by Michael Moorcock!

and many,many,more.

[Jeff V]

The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer and Auschwitz by Dr. Miklos Niszli( or something like that) he was a jew in charge of the pathology dept. at this KZ and worked hand in hand with Mengele. Very powerful.

jeff

[stgeorge64]

"I Flew For The Fuhrer" by Heinz Knoke. (Jagdflieger Ace and Ritterkreuztrager)

"Excursion To Hell" by Vincent Bramley. (III Para during the Falklands War)

"Birdsong" by Sebastion Faulks. (Simply the most moving book of the horrors of the Somme I have yet read.

3 great books which all get my vote, read them and you will not be dissapointed.

Regards Richard.

[LeeG]

At risk of sounding pretentious (but I really mean this)...the best book of all time happens to also be the best war book of all time:

The Iliad by Homer

[J Evans]

Flags of our Fathers
With the Old Breed

But then again I'm a former Jarhead, so what do you expect?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Harry Potter 1, 2, 3, 4

[hochiminhtrail]

Decent Interval

By Frank Snepp,
Gives You The Story Of The Fall Of Saigon In 1975, From An Insider View Of An Cia Case Officer:

My Best Book Ever I Did Read It At Least 5 Times.

Alex