7 must-read war books like Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima by Gordon Thomas

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Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima

By: Gordon Thomas

4.37

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

From theNew York Times-bestselling A "fascinating . . . unrivaled" history of the B-29 and its fat…

If you liked the war plot in Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima by Gordon Thomas , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

1. The Wright Brothers

By: David McCullough

2.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story ab… read more

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  • historical
  • aviation
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 by Michihiko Hachiya, John W. Dower, None

2. Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945

By: Michihiko Hachiya , John W. Dower , None

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • japan
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3. The Wayward Bus

By: John Steinbeck , Gary Scharnhorst

4.33

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

In his first novel to follow the publication of his enormous success, The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbec… read more

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  • american
Cover of Word of Honor by Nelson DeMille

4. Word of Honor

By: Nelson DeMille

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

He is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an honest, handsome family man admired by men an… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war

5. Hiroshima

By: John Hersey

3.50

Format: 36 pages,

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book… read more

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6. Apollo 8

By: Jeffrey Kluger

0.00

Format: None pages,

In August 1968, one short year after three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, NASA… read more

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7. The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq

By: Rory Stewart

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In August 2003, at the age of thirty, Rory Stewart took a taxi from Jordan to Baghdad. A Farsi-spea… read more

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8. Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War Machine

By: Barrett Tillman

4.02

Format: 982 pages, Hardcover

November 1943--May 1945--The U.S. Army Air Forces waged an unprecedentedly dogged and violent campa… read more

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9. No Surrender

By: Hiroo Onoda , Charles S. Terry

3.50

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

In the spring of 1974, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese Army made world headlines when… read more

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Cover of The Jerusalem Assassin (Marcus Ryker #3) by Joel C. Rosenberg

10. The Jerusalem Assassin (Marcus Ryker #3)

By: Joel C. Rosenberg

4.48

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

With the unexpected death of Russian President Aleksandr Luganov, and Iran's efforts to acquire ful… read more

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Cover of Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux

11. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

By: Zeke Faux

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes by Tim  Brady

12. Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes

By: Tim Brady

4.01

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing WWII true story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence be… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World by A.J. Baime

13. The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

By: A.J. Baime

4.55

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman’s first four months in office, when this unlikel… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"After a few minutes Truman went back inside the White House, so he could call his mother and personally deliver the news: World War II was over. ("That was Harry," ninety-two-year-old Mamma Truman sa…"

-A.J. Baime, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

Cover of Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima by Gordon Thomas

14. Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima

By: Gordon Thomas

4.37

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

From theNew York Times-bestselling A "fascinating . . . unrivaled" history of the B-29 and its fat… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Thomas's Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima book and Gordon Thomas's Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima

  • american
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • japan
Cover of A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II by Harry H. Crosby

15. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

By: Harry H. Crosby

4.58

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

16. Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

By: David Grann

4.25

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

A young reader edition of the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist about one … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of War's End: An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission by Charles W. Sweeney

17. War's End: An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission

By: Charles W. Sweeney

4.50

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

On August 9, 1945, on the tiny island of Tinian in the South Pacific, a twenty-five-year-old Americ… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

18. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • japan
Cover of The Kremlin Conspiracy (Marcus Ryker #1) by Joel C. Rosenberg

19. The Kremlin Conspiracy (Marcus Ryker #1)

By: Joel C. Rosenberg

4.28

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times bestselling author Joel C. Rosenberg returns with a high-stakes political thriller s… read more

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Cover of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Ford Motor Company, and Their Epic Quest to Arm an America at War by A.J. Baime

20. The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Ford Motor Company, and Their Epic Quest to Arm an America at War

By: A.J. Baime

4.40

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1941, as Hitler’s threat loomed ever larger, President Roosevelt realized he needed weaponry to … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Persian Gamble (Marcus Ryker #2) by Joel C. Rosenberg

21. The Persian Gamble (Marcus Ryker #2)

By: Joel C. Rosenberg

4.45

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

The instant New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publishers Weekly bestseller!Over 100,000 copies sold!“J… read more

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