English Lit book choice - recommendations please!

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My daughter is taking English Lit A level. She's chosen Catch-22, and now needs to chose a recent (21st century) novel which would complement this - something about the futility of war / being trapped in a situation? Any suggestions welcome 😊

The Handmaid's tale? Margaret Atwood

I don’t know if a non-fiction text would be acceptable, but The Year the World Went Mad is a description of COVID from a scientist’s perspective, and obviously talks about being trapped in a situation.

Handmaid’s Tale is from the 1980s. I suppose Oryx and Crake could fit the bill.

Handmaid's Tale is 20th century.

The Kite Runner
Beneath a Scarlet Sky

Have a look at this. Author went on to be Booker shortlisted for another book. It's not too long and it deals with pivotal WWII events. Winner of the 2017 Prix Goncourt.
www.amazon.co.uk/Order-Day-Eric-Vuillard-ebook/dp/B07FM5KNLQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=HUZRHWGBD64C&keywords=eric+vuillard&qid=1668074811&s=books&sprefix=eric+vu%2Cstripbooks%2C74&sr=1-1

Half of a Yellow Sun.

At A level I would supporting her in finding and researching a book herself rather than presenting her with a list of suggestions. Scaffolding skills etc.

If the choice of book was more important than the finding it herself, her teacher would have just given her a list to pick from.

All quiet on the western front

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Ah, ignore that. Just noticed it needs to be 21st century not 20th.

Maybe try Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Siege by Helen Dunmore.

I was going to suggest this, but it's not 21st century, it was published in the 1980s.

If she's already read The Handmaids Tale, she could do Testaments - it's 21st century and as with C22, follows a timeliness from three women's perspectives (men in C22).

The Road Cormac McCarthy
Days Without End Sebastian Barry
All the Light We Cannot See -Antony Doerr

Three terrific novels that would complement Heller in different ways

Atonement

I know nothing about A Level Eng Lit, but would The Testaments be considered 'meaty' enough? It is very lightweight compared with AHT.

All quiet on the western front or Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy would be good. The Ghost Road (book 3) is particularly good.

To Paradise by Hanya Yangihara just released it’s a masterpiece. Good to choose something really current. Blew me away