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* ''The Blindness of the Heart (Die Mittagsfrau, 2007)'' by Julia Franck spans both world wars; Martha and Helene's father {{spoiler|loses his leg and eventually dies from the complications}} in the war, and it affects their lives in all manner of other ways.
* The French half of ''Divisadero'' (2007), a novel by Michael Ondaatje.
* ''[[Leviathan (novel)|Leviathan]]'' (2009) by [[Scott Westerfeld]] is a [[Young Adult]] [[Alternate History]] adventure novel set in [[WW 1]], where the armies of the Entente Powers are aided by their [[Bio PunkBiopunk]] creations (like [[Space Whale|flying sky whales]]) and where the Central Powers fight with [[Steampunk]] [[Humongous Mecha]]. [[Rule of Cool|And it's awesome]].
* Ken Follett's [[Doorstopper]] novel ''Fall of Giants'' (2010) tells the story of the war (and other important events, like the Russian Revolution) through the eyes of several different individuals: British, Russians, Germans, Americans, some being aristocrats, others being working class people.
* [[Lord Dunsany]] wrote ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5713 Tales of War]'' based on his experiences in the trenches, focusing on the desolation of the Western Front mixed with a stiff measure of anti-Kaiser propagandizing.