Who recommended All Quiet on the Western Front?

7 people have recommended All Quiet on the Western Front in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Donald Trump, Anna Kendrick, Marianne Williamson and Corby Davidson. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is All Quiet on the Western Front worth reading?

7 people we track recommend it. It is best for: a high‑school teacher planning a one‑week unit on war literature who needs a compact, visceral text to spark discussion about disillusionment and duty; a graduate literature student comparing narrative vantage points in early 20th‑century fiction who wants a sustained, first‑person soldier perspective to analyze; a fiction reader who prefers character‑driven, sensory writing and wants to feel the strain of daily survival rather than read sweeping historical synthesis. It may not suit: you'll likely put it down when the trench routine becomes repetitive — the middle sections circle similar scenes of mud, bombardment and short leaves; annoying if you prefer multiple viewpoints or broad political analysis — the story stays tightly with one platoon and offers little context about strategy or government; lose interest if you need light pacing or upbeat resolution — the tone stays grim and offers few consolations or tidy endings.

What books are like All Quiet on the Western Front?

Readers of All Quiet on the Western Front also turn to War and Peace, Once an Eagle and The Sleepwalkers, based on the lists and recommenders these books share.

All Quiet on the Western Front: Recommended by 7 People

Name: All Quiet on the Western Front
Author: Erich Maria Remarque

One by one the boys begin to fallIn 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, freshfaced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the glorious war. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young unknown soldier experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches....