I was wondering if you folks could recommend some good WWII fiction? I've read the books by Douglas Reeman, the pen name for the author Alexander Kent, and also Jack Higgins. I've also read the Leon Uris books concerning WWII. Any other suggestions, especially any available on this side of the pond?
I can seriously recommend the following: Jackdaws & Hornet Flight by Ken Follett Early One Morning, After Midnight, Night Crossing, The Blue Noon by Robert Ryan The Runner by Christopher Reich Articles of War by Nick Arvin and one of my favourites is Under An English Heaven by Robert Radcliffe take your pick most should be available in the US from their respective imprint/publisher Ryan
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk won the Pulitzer Prize. Not only is it great psychodrama, it conveys a fantastic picture of the war in the Pacific as it was fought by the unglamorous Navy of destroyer-minesweepers. Fantastic book. Great movie, too.
I would suggest Alistair MacLean's the Guns of Navarone and Force Ten From Navarone as well as Stephen Hunter's the Master Sniper as interesting fictional novels about the war to read. Personally, I very much enjoyed reading all of them. Also, Ken Follet is good to.
Another gripping piece of WW2 fiction is Len Deighton's "Bomber," from 1971. An RAF night raid on a German city goes wrong and blasts the tar out of a small town instead. Great for detail and the atmosphere of the life of RAF Bomber Command and the German defenses. Much better than his later "SS-GB," about occupied Britain.
