All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria RemarqueRead about another book on the list.
One of the most critically acclaimed war novels in existence, this viscerally realistic portrait of service in the German trenches during the First World War is seen through the eyes of a young man who quickly loses his enthusiasm for battle and struggles to hold onto his humanity. If you’ve long been meaning to read this renowned classic, what better year than the hundredth anniversary of what was referred to, even then, as the Great War?
--Marshal Zeringue