Comments on WWII Historic Fiction - page 2

Yup. Just the sale loss here, but they don't consider that.

It is disheartening and reflects poorly on the entire indie community.

They never seen it that way. Justin cry the 'B' wording you try to confront them. Sigh.

Dear Erin

thanks or creating this list - it has given me lots of ideas for new reading, which is brilliant, and reminded me of some 'old friends' too! Much appreciated

best wishes

Marc

Glad you like it Marc and thank you for the titles you added. :)

#65 is "Band of Brothers" = Non-fiction.

Good catch! Thank you Manray9. I'll take care of it. :)

I accidentally added Captain Corelli's Mandolin to this list then realised it was already there under the title of Corelli's Mandolin which is the US title of the book.

Could the duplicate posting be removed.

It happens. I took care of it. Thank you!

I know this is an old list but there are many UK authors missing from it. Lily Baxter, Annie Murray, Elizabeth Elgin, Ellie Dean etc.

Great list, I found many favorites and also some new goodies to add to my list :-)

Feel free to add titles.

You add them, btw, at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes." (Easy to miss.)

I'm actually only five votes away from hitting the cap... seriously GR?!?!??!

Yeah, most of the time I don't need all my votes, but on some lists I really need several hundred.

I have a lot more titles to add to this list and can't. :(

Just wanted to say, first, thank you so much for this list, Ms Erin!! I've gotten so many fantastic ideas to read.

I also wanted to point out that I mistakenly added a book that may not fit the parameters of this list, Corridor of Darkness by Patrick O'Bryon. If I recall, it takes part in early Nazi Germany, but not during the war years. It's more pre-WWII. So if it doesn't fit this list, could it be possible to get it removed? Thanks. :)

If you're the only one who voted for it, you can just remove your vote.

Fantastic! Thanks so much for the quick answer, Susanna. My vote is removed and it seems so is the book. Thanks again. :)

No problem!

The horror. Someone put Night, by Elie Wiesel, on the list. It is a memoir, of course, and now it is gone.

Thank you!

Does this list include books written around the time of WWII, or just historical fiction written decades later?

So long as the story incorporates the war it can be on the list.

Isn't Dominion alternative history? #239
Then there is Outcry - Holocaust memoirs, #189...

I'll add a few from the losing side(s)...

Not sure who grabbed them but thank you Tytti!

Dominion is indeed alternate history.

All Clear and Blackout by Connie Willis are time travel books not historical fiction.

"Retreat Hell" is not a World War II book. It is set in the Korean War.

Thanks for the heads up Howard. I'm not sure who, but someone seems to have taken care of it. ;)

What a great list!

One thing, though - I believe The Zookeeper's Wife is non-fiction... unless it's, like Schindler's List, fiction*alized*...

Yeah, it's non-fiction.

"Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" is on the list, but it's biography.

Mark wrote: ""Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" is on the list, but it's biography."

Thanks for the heads up. Removed.

As much as I love all of them...

"The Girl You Left Behind" and "My Dear I Wanted to Tell You" are WWI. And "The Remains of the Day" takes place in 1956.

"The Man in the High Castle" is alternate history.

Hi Meghan,

Apologies for only seeing this now. I removed The Girl You left Behind, but it appears someone else addressed both My Dear I Wanted to Tell You and The Man in the High Castle.

I left The Remains of the Day as the story itself covers the early 1920s–July 1956, with especial focus on the period leading up to World War II.

NONFICTION page 1 as of May 18, 2019

#69 Retribution by Max Hastings

#73 Enemy at the Gates by William Craig

#77 Night by Elie Wiesel

#81 The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer

#86 When Books Went to War

#87 Pegasus Bridge

#90 Lost in Shangri-La. A True Story....

#91 The Second World War

NONFICTION - Page 2 As of May 18, 2019

#109 The Hiding Place

#110 Company Commander

#117 Legacy of Ashes

#118 The Nazi Officer's Wife

#119 Killing the Rising Sun

#120 A Bridge Too Far

#122 Escape from Davao

#122 The Last Battle

#124 At Dawn We Slept

#128 The Forgotten 500

#129 Medallions

#130 Unbroken

#137 Flyboys

#131 Bitzed Drugs in the Third Reich

#142 The Winter Fortress

#145 The Longest Day

#147 Neptune's Inferno

#147 With the Old Breed

#149 Pacific Crucible

#150 In the Garden of Beasts

#153 A Train in Winter

#159 The Boys in the Boat

#165 Lions of the Desert

#167 Armageddon

#168 Beyond Band of Brothers - The Memoirs of...

#170 The Longest Winter

#171 In Harm's Way

#172 If You Survive

#173 1939 -

#179 An Army at Dawn

Erin - What has happened to this list? It is rife with nonfiction. I came to look for some good fiction. I noted the nonfiction on the first two pages - do you want me to continue? or do you not care about it? I'm a bit confused. Its such a good list without the nonfiction - there is a separate list for that already Unfortunately I don't know how to remove the nonfiction.

NONFICTION page 3 as of March 18 2019

#211 Railway Man

#212 Garden of Beasts - This Deaver book is fiction but is pre-WWII


#275 The Rising Sun

not too bad at all!

Denise,

GR lists are publically populated and no one can be expected to check the additions daily. That said, please don't accuse anyone here of not caring.

Case in point, Matti Karjalainen updated the listing less than 24 hours after your comments were posted and here I am, following up.

I hope this addresses your concerns.

omg you have completely misread my tone. I wan't accusatory at all I was trying to be helpful! I am so sorry. I'll keep out of it except to say the nonfiction is still there so it didn't update. I care and again I apologize for any misunderstanding.

Denise wrote: "Erin - What has happened to this list? It is rife with nonfiction. I came to look for some good fiction. I noted the nonfiction on the first two pages - do you want me to continue? or do you not ca..."

It appears GR includes a number of participants who do not know the difference between fiction and non-fiction.

either that or some of the lesser known authors are adding their own nonfiction to get on lists I suppose

Author spam "The Boy Who Saw in Colours" near the top of the list with 194 sockpuppets. :(

Rainbowheart wrote: "Author spam "The Boy Who Saw in Colours" near the top of the list with 194 sockpuppets. :("

I'm not aware of a GR policy that allows a user to remove a book for this reason. My understanding is that if the book meets the criteria for the list, it stays. That said, the GR Librarians group may know something I don't.

If it's any consolation, the list suffered a similar voting pattern with John Hanley's books when it was created. Those titles dominated the top tiers and it both frustrated and saddened me. Today neither title is in the top 100. Books that cannot continue to gain votes fade when given time to do so.

It can be removed if the list creator puts a "no spam" rule at the top, although this creator hasn't done that.

This person has over 320+ sockpuppets voting on some lists, which is clear abuse of the system. I wish the moderators would step up and ban people who are doing this.

Rainbowheart wrote: "It can be removed if the list creator puts a "no spam" rule at the top, although this creator hasn't done that."

I am the creator and have no problem noting that in the description. That said, can you send me to the site policy that touches on this? I'd like to make sure my phrasing reflects the site direction.

I've also reported the book to GR as potential spam. The book is real, but the reviews and voting patterns on multiple listopia lists suggest extreme sock-puppeting. I've not received a return response from the GR team yet, but turn times indicate in may take a few days to hear back.

I don't know that it's an official rule, but as far as I know, list creators can put directions for their list at the top, and those limits and rules should be followed. If someone is breaking the rule, a librarian will typically remove the book if requested.

The yearly lists often have a "no spam" rule at the top, and promotional author spam is removed regularly.

Rainbowheart wrote: "I don't know that it's an official rule, but as far as I know, list creators can put directions for their list at the top, and those limits and rules should be followed. If someone is breaking the ..."

Can you link an example of such a list?

I don't mean to be difficult, but I'm challenged. The GR Librarians Group advised reporting to the site admin for a review by them. Wouldn't that note do the same thing?

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

All the other yearly lists have similar rules. The only possible problem I can think of with your list is that it didn't already have an existing rule against spam, so if this promotional brigade is upset at the removal, they could potentially report the librarian who removed it.