Catch-22 opens Goodreads in a new tab

Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 follows the bombardier Yossarian, who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never met keep trying to kill him. A man is insane if he willingly keeps flying dangerous missions, but asking to be relieved proves he is sane and so ineligible. A satire on war and bureaucracy that gave the language a new term.