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The Young Lions
by Irwin Shaw
The Young Lions is a vivid and classic novel that portrays the experiences of ordinary soldiers fighting World War II. Told from the points of view of a perceptive young Nazi, a jaded American film producer, and a shy Jewish boy just married to the love of his life, Shaw conveys, as no other novelist has since, the scope, confusion, and complexity of war.
Year: 1948
Genre: WWII: European Theater
The Beardless Warriors
by Richard Matheson
The Beardless Warriors are a squad of teenage U.S. infantrymen fighting their way across Germany during the final weeks of the war. Under fire and in over their heads, the fresh-faced young men must grow up fast if they ever hope to see home again.
Year: 1960
Genre: WWII: European Theater
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy--it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service.
Year: 1961
Genre: Anti-War, World War II, WWII: European Theater
The Scarlatti Inheritance
by Robert Ludlum
Her weapons: money and power. Her target: the most dangerous man in the world--her own son. Elizabeth Wyckham Scarlatti has a plan, a desperate, last-minute gamble designed to save the world from her son, Ulster, an incalculably cruel man who is working for the Third Reich under the name of Heinrich Kroeger. If Elizabeth cannot stop him, Ulster will give Hitler the most powerful instrument on earth.
Year: 1971
Genre: WWII: European Theater
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
His code name was "The Needle." He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligence--a master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt in history. . . .But his fate lay in the hands of a young and vulnerable English woman, whose loyalty, if swayed, would assure his freedom--and win the war for the Nazis. . . .
Year: 1978
Genre: Espionage, Secret History, World War II, WWII: European Theater
Titles
| Got It | Want It | Read It | Year | Title | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1948 | The Young Lions | by Irwin Shaw | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1960 | The Beardless Warriors | by Richard Matheson | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1961 | Catch-22 | by Joseph Heller | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1971 | The Scarlatti Inheritance | by Robert Ludlum | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1978 | Eye of the Needle | by Ken Follett | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2003 | The Tristan Betrayal | by Robert Ludlum | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2005 | Ordinary Heroes | by Scott Turow | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2008 | The Steel Wave | by Jeff Shaara | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2009 | No Less Than Victory | by Jeff Shaara | ||||||
