Catch-22 is a great book. It's my all-time favorite book. Heller weaves several story lines into a fine tapestry of literature. I have not read the other two, but I did read The Thin Red Line, which I believe is comparable to The Naked and the Dead. The Thin Red Line is a good book, but I prefer nonfiction, e.g., Into The Valley: A Skirmish of the Marines by John Hersey, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugen B. Sledge, and Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle by Richard Frank.