Random Harvest
by James Hilton | 
Ritual in the Dark
by Colin Wilson | 
The Betsy
by Harold Robbins | 
The Hustler
by Walter Tevis | 
Deadkidsongs
by Toby Litt | 
Sneaky People
by Thomas Berger | 
Nude Men
by Amanda Filipacchi | 
Letting Go
by Philip Roth |
Kramer vs. Kramer
by Avery Corman |
Aspects of Love
by David Garnett | 
Trail of Secrets
by Eileen Goudge | 
Kate Vaiden
by Reynolds Price | 
Our Ecstatic Days
by Steve Erickson | 
Stars and Bars
by William Boyd |
The Truth About Lorin Jones
by Alison Lurie | 
The Lords of Discipline
by Pat Conroy | 
The Yellow Birds
by Kevin Powers | 
The Short-Timers
by Gustav Hasford | 
Paths of Glory
by Humphrey Cobb | 
The Hunters
by James Salter |
H.G. Wells' attempt to make sense of World War I. It begins with a lighthearted account of an American visiting England for the first time, but the outbreak of war changes everything. Day by day and month by month, Wells chronicles the unfolding events and public reaction as witnessed by the inhabitants of one house in rural Essex. Each of the characters tries in a different way to keep their bearings in a world suddenly changed beyond recognition. This book was published in 1916 while the war was still in progress, so no clear resolution was possible. Wells did not know how long the war would last or which side would ultimately win, but he hoped that somehow, something good might eventually come of it.