6 must-read memoir books like The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives by Adam Gamal

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The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives

By: Adam Gamal

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The first and only book to ever be written by a member of America's most secret military unit―an ex…

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Cover of The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander by Pete Blaber

1. The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

By: Pete Blaber

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

As a commander in Delta Force-the most elite counter-terrorist organization in the world-Pete Blabe… read more

Similar categories in Pete Blaber's The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander book and Adam Gamal's The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The ultimate goal of this book is to share what I consider to be life-saving and life-changing lessons that I was fortunate enough to learn as a key participant in many of recent history’s most impac…"

-Pete Blaber, The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

2. Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team

By: Michael Smith

4.01

Format: 0 pages,

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Cover of Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force by Dan Schilling

3. Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force

By: Dan Schilling

4.30

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special O… read more

Similar categories in Dan Schilling's Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force book and Adam Gamal's The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives

  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of 2054 by Elliot Ackerman

4. 2054

By: Elliot Ackerman

3.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive wo… read more

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  • military fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

5. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

Cover of Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins by Annie Jacobsen

6. Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.30

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored ass… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

7. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

By: David H. Petraeus

4.06

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

Cover of Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle

9. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

By: Rebecca Boyle

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7) by Jack Carr

10. Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)

By: Jack Carr

4.54

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbe… read more

Similar categories in Jack Carr's Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7) book and Adam Gamal's The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives

  • military fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives by Adam Gamal

11. The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives

By: Adam Gamal

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The first and only book to ever be written by a member of America's most secret military unit―an ex… read more

Similar categories in Adam Gamal's The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives book and Adam Gamal's The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • 21st century
  • audiobook
Cover of For Love of Country: Why I Left the Democratic Party by Tulsi Gabbard

12. For Love of Country: Why I Left the Democratic Party

By: Tulsi Gabbard

4.43

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Tulsi Gabbard was the rising star of the Democratic Party. But the growing wokeness, racism, and in… read more

Similar categories in Tulsi Gabbard's For Love of Country: Why I Left the Democratic Party book and Adam Gamal's The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West by David E. Sanger

13. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

By: David E. Sanger

4.37

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more

Similar categories in David E. Sanger's New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West book and Adam Gamal's The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Borderline: Defending the Home Front by Vincent Vargas

14. Borderline: Defending the Home Front

By: Vincent Vargas

4.12

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

An inside look at the U.S./Mexican border through the eyes of former U.S. Border Patrol agent, Vinc… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Vargas's Borderline: Defending the Home Front book and Adam Gamal's The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan by Mick Ryan

15. White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan

By: Mick Ryan

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This book "is entertaining, thought-provoking and quite possibly prescient. Not just an engaging ta… read more

Similar categories in Mick Ryan's White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan book and Adam Gamal's The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives

  • 21st century
  • military fiction
  • war
Cover of Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József  Debreczeni

16. Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

By: József Debreczeni

4.53

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

The first English language edition of a lost memoir by a Holocaust survivor, offering a shocking an… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Queen of Cuba: An FBI Agent's Insider Account of the Spy Who Evaded Detection for 17 Years by Peter J. Lapp

17. Queen of Cuba: An FBI Agent's Insider Account of the Spy Who Evaded Detection for 17 Years

By: Peter J. Lapp

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

As a spy prepared to give away America’s biggest secrets after the 9/11 attacks, an FBI agent raced… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy by Michael G. Vickers

18. By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy

By: Michael G. Vickers

4.17

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A vivid narrative of a life in intelligence and special operations, from the Cold War to the war on… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promise in Afghanistan by Scott Mann

19. Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promise in Afghanistan

By: Scott Mann

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An edge-of-your-seat thriller about a group of retired Green Bere… read more

Similar categories in Scott Mann's Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promise in Afghanistan book and Adam Gamal's The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives

  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War by Marty Skovlund, Jr.

20. Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War

By: Marty Skovlund, Jr.

4.72

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of American special operator and trailblazer Shannon Kent, who was killed a… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything by Nate Silver

21. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

Similar categories in Nate Silver's On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything book and Adam Gamal's The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

18 Top audiobook books like The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives by Adam Gamal

Transform Your Habits

The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

Pete Blaber

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force

Dan Schilling

4.30

Transform Your Habits

2054

Elliot Ackerman

3.46

Transform Your Habits

Nuclear War: A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen

4.47

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11 Top audiobook books like Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force by Dan Schilling

Transform Your Habits

The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

None , Robert O'Neill

4.42

Transform Your Habits

The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan

Eric Blehm , None

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

Pete Blaber

4.33

The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan

Gregg Zoroya

3.92

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