Remembrance Day serves as an annual moment to collectively remember, honour and thank those who have served in the armed forces. In identifying listens that I would recommend to mark this day, I took some inspiration thinking about my father (who was both a veteran and massive reader). His love of books was both decisive and unrestrained. He would pick up and tear through absolutely anything, but he had exacting taste when making a recommendation, so I hope he’d appreciate this list. Among the selections below, you’ll find a mixture of memoir, first-hand accounts and fiction, along with some classics. All of them reflect upon the long-term cost of war, and explore how – and why – we remember. And, of course, each is absolutely fantastic in audio.
