Best WWI Novels?

I know a lot of people will say 'All Quiet on the Western Front'. It is quite good, but I found sarcastic and humorous books are more amusing to me. Have any of you read the Czech novel by Jaroslav Hasek 'The Good Soldier Schweik'? It described the story of an Austrian soldier Schweik (who was a Czech) fighting in the Eastern Front, it was extremely funny and criticized the corrupted Austro-Hungarian government and military. Do you have any other books for me?

E. Hemingway: A farewell to arms
BTW i loved svejk, its one of my favourite books, really a shame Hasek didnt had the time to finish it.

The 2 books in the OP are the best books on WW1 i have read.

Three Day Road

Biggles books are the best. You never grow to old for these childrens' books.

Birdsong by Sebastian Falks

It covers the stories of an officer and an engineer (Tunelling under German trenches to plant mines). Its very graphic and, at times, very upsetting. Anyway, its a great read and I'd recommend it to anyone (Whether or not they have any WW1 interest)

Haven't read it yet but Storm of Steel (In Stahlgewittern) by Ernst Jünger might be worth a read. It was Göbbels' favorite book at least

I'm almost done reading "The Beauty and Sorrow of Combat" by Peter Englund, another book about WW1, so far has been very informative.

Originally Posted by Town Watch

Haven't read it yet but Storm of Steel (In Stahlgewittern) by Ernst Jünger might be worth a read. It was Göbbels' favorite book at least

I'm almost done reading "The Beauty and Sorrow of Combat" by Peter Englund, another book about WW1, so far has been very informative.

Ernst Jünger is a great author, the dude was as mad as march hare though.
He served in WW I, supported the Nazi government and was a WW I-hero to the Nazi's for his writings about his military career. During the bombings at the end of the war, instead of hiding underground, he would climb up to his roof and watch the bombing with a glass of wine...

I've read Lieutenant Sturm, a semi-authobiographical novel, nice book with small touches of irony and the social ideas of WW I

Originally Posted by Taxandrius

Ernst Jünger is a great author, the dude was as mad as march hare though.
He served in WW I, supported the Nazi government and was a WW I-hero to the Nazi's for his writings about his military career. During the bombings at the end of the war, instead of hiding underground, he would climb up to his roof and watch the bombing with a glass of wine...

I've read Lieutenant Sturm, a semi-authobiographical novel, nice book with small touches of irony and the social ideas of WW I

He never publicly supported the Nazi government, wasn't a party member either AFAIK. Sure the Nazis used his work to further their agenda during their rise to power, but remember that he also wrote one quite anti-Nazi book (On the Marble Cliffs - Auf den Marmorklippen, which I've actually read)

But he sure did have some eccentric habits and questionable ideals as well, that's what's undeniable.

Originally Posted by Town Watch

He never publicly supported the Nazi government, wasn't a party member either AFAIK. Sure the Nazis used his work to further their agenda during their rise to power, but remember that he also wrote one quite anti-Nazi book (On the Marble Cliffs - Auf den Marmorklippen, which I've actually read)

But he sure did have some eccentric habits and questionable ideals as well, that's what's undeniable.

The strange thing is that his ideas were kind of similar to the NSDAP, though he didn't like the practical implementation of those ideas due to some elitarian idea.

Originally Posted by Azog 150

Birdsong by Sebastian Falks

It covers the stories of an officer and an engineer (Tunelling under German trenches to plant mines). Its very graphic and, at times, very upsetting. Anyway, its a great read and I'd recommend it to anyone (Whether or not they have any WW1 interest)

Welsh miners ftw. I visited one of the craters made by those things. Over 100 ft across, at least 50ft deep. Scary.

Actually All Quiet on the Western Front is the only book about ww1 i ever read

Once an Eagle covers one man's time in three wars, one of those wars is WWI and it's an outstanding book.