Books like Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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What it is about
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War II
Where it happens
- Pianosa
- Italy
When it happens
- 1940s
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Adult
About this book
Its Library of Congress subjects: World War, 1939-1945. It is set in Pianosa and listed for an audience of adults.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata
Books like this one
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Why: Both are historical fiction books about war.
What both books share
- historical fiction
Catch-22: "Literature and fiction, historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre)
The Song of Achilles: "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction." (LoC 655) - war
Catch-22: "War stories" (OL subject); "Fiction, war & military" (OL subject); "War stories" (LoC 655)
The Song of Achilles: "Fiction, war & military" (OL subject); "War stories." (LoC 655)
- historical fiction
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Why: Both are historical fiction books about World War II.
- Historical fiction
- World War II
What both books share
- historical fiction
Catch-22: "Literature and fiction, historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre)
The Book Thief: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre) - World War II
Catch-22: "World War II" (WD main subject)
The Book Thief: "World war ii" (OL subject); "World War II" (WD main subject)
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Why: Both are historical fiction books.
What both books share
- historical fiction
Catch-22: "Literature and fiction, historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre)
The Clan of the Cave Bear: "historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
- historical fiction
What they share, at a glance
Catch-22 next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Historical fiction | War | World War II |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Song of Achilles | shared | shared | not shared |
| The Book Thief | shared | not shared | shared |
| The Clan of the Cave Bear | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Outlander | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Nightingale | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Water for Elephants | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Help | shared | not shared | not shared |
| All the Light We Cannot See | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Circe | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Angry Tide | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Black Moon | shared | not shared | not shared |
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Catch-22: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on November 10, 1961. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Another edition on record
- The Library of Congress record found by this book's ISBN describes another edition: a 523-page edition from Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, ISBN 9781451621174. Source: Library of Congress, its record of another edition, checked November 6, 2026.
9781451621174 ... 523 p. ... Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
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