A Series of Unfortunate Events is a great series, and I would definitely recommend it. The writing style is pretty unique which makes the books so much fun to read. Lemony Snicket is absolutely hilarious and does a great job of making the books enjoyable for children and adults. I read the...
I disagree that you shouldn't read Pet Sematary and Misery. I think both of those are ones you definitely should read, especially Misery. Pet Sematary is pretty creepy (which is great) and does a great job of showing the consequences of trying to undo death. Misery is great because it's one of...
All Quiet on the Western Front.
Besides that the only military thriller-ish type books I've read are the Tomorrow, When the War Began series. It's more like Red Dawn though, where a group of teens are on a camping trip when an army invades their town. They have to try and figure out how to...