9 Top military fiction books like Rogue Forces: An Explosive Insiders' Account of Australian SAS War Crimes in Afghanistan by Mark Willacy

Cover of Rogue Forces: An Explosive Insiders' Account of Australian SAS War Crimes in Afghanistan by Mark Willacy

Rogue Forces: An Explosive Insiders' Account of Australian SAS War Crimes in Afghanistan

By: Mark Willacy

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction. Shortlisted for NSW Premier's L…

"[Excerpt from Brereton Report] We embarked on this Inquiry with the hope that we would be able to report that the rumours of war crimes were without substance. None of us desired the outcome to which we have come. We are all diminished by it."

-Mark Willacy, Rogue Forces: An Explosive Insiders' Account of Australian SAS War Crimes in Afghanistan

If you liked the military fiction plot in Rogue Forces: An Explosive Insiders' Account of Australian SAS War Crimes in Afghanistan by Mark Willacy , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Crossroad by Mark Donaldson

1. The Crossroad

By: Mark Donaldson

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

On 2 September 2008, in a valley in eastern Afghanistan, Trooper Mark Donaldson made a split-second… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • australia
Cover of No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer

2. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

By: Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer

4.02

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from th… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
"Just get to lunch,"

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

"There is no honor in sending men to die for something you won't even fight for yourself"

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

"I had no idea if the photos [of Osama bin Laden's dead body] would ever be made public, and I didn't care."

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

"Before I left, I noticed a shelf that ran above the door. It was just above where he [bin Laden] was standing when we got to the third deck. I slid my hand up and felt two guns, which urned out to be…"

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

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3. Once an Eagle

By: Anton Myrer

4.39

Format: 1312 pages, Paperback

Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a … read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
"We stand at an immense fork in the raod. One way is the path of generosity, dignity and a respect for other races and customs; the other leads most certainly to greed, suspicion, hatered and the old,…"

-Anton Myrer, Once an Eagle

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4. The Tournament

By: Matthew Reilly

3.50

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The year is 1546. Europe lives in fear of the powerful Islamic empire to the East. Under its charis… read more

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  • crime
Cover of Anzac Girls: The Extraordinary Story Of Our World War 1 Nurses by Peter Rees

5. Anzac Girls: The Extraordinary Story Of Our World War 1 Nurses

By: Peter Rees

4.22

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

By the end of World War 1, 45 Australian and New Zealand nurses had died on overseas service, and o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • australia

6. Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent Into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death

By: Jim Frederick

3.95

Format: 315 pages,

This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's fabled 502nd Infa… read more

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7. The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir

By: Anh Do

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on th… read more

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8. The Face Of Battle: A Study Of Agincourt, Waterloo And The Somme

By: John Keegan

3.73

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

The Face of Battleis military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of indi… read more

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9. SAS Sniper: The Rob Maylor story

By: Rob Maylor

3.99

Format: None pages,

read more

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10. House to House: An Epic Memoir of War

By: John R. Bruning , David Bellavia

3.92

Format: None pages,

One of the great heroes of the Iraq War, Staff Sergeant David Bellavia captures the brutal action a… read more

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11. How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life

By: Massimo Pigliucci

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of How to Liveand How Proust Can Change Your Life, a philosopher asks how ancient … read more

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Cover of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran

12. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

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  • australia
Cover of Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

13. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

By: Anna Funder

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. Cold Enough for Snow

By: Jessica Au

3.73

Format: 99 pages, Paperback

A mother and daughter travel from abroad to meet in Tokyo: they walk along the canals through the a… read more

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  • australia
"She had kept, I knew, all the tickets, brochures and guides we had been given to take home, as if she would take them out later to read as one reads a novel."

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

"The best we could do in this life was to pass through it, like smoke through the branches, suffering, until we either reached the state of nothingness, or else suffered elsewhere."

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

"Nowadays, she said, people were hungry to know everything, thinking that they could understand it all, as if enlightenment were just around the corner. But, she said, in fact there was no control, an…"

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

"Then she reached for her bag and took out a small book. She explained she had found it at a store near her home, and that it described the nature of your character based on the date of your birth. (.…"

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

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15. Limberlost

By: Robbie Arnott

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more

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  • australia
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

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16. Edenglassie

By: Melissa Lucashenko

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more

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  • australia
Cover of Love & Virtue by Diana Reid

17. Love & Virtue

By: Diana Reid

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Feminism, power and sex play out through the eyes of young Australian uni students in a contemporar… read more

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  • australia
"Its feminism operated on the level of ‘Women in Medicine’ and ‘Women in Finance’ discussion panels, always conducted in a tone of revolutionary awe, as if any combination of women and profession were…"

-Diana Reid, Love & Virtue

"I just don't want to mediate my whole identity through social media.' Eve resumed the vigorous hair brushing. 'I think photos should be a stolen moment in time. Not this thing on your phone: this way…"

-Diana Reid, Love & Virtue

Cover of Fallujah Memoirs: A Grunt's Eye View of the Second Battle of Fallujah by Alexander Saxby

18. Fallujah Memoirs: A Grunt's Eye View of the Second Battle of Fallujah

By: Alexander Saxby

4.42

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

The Second Battle of Fallujah was a watershed moment in the Iraq War. US Marines recaptured the cit… read more

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Cover of The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner by Grace Tame

19. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

By: Grace Tame

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

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20. The Hummingbird Effect

By: Kate Mildenhall

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread a… read more

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  • australia
Cover of Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes by Chris  Masters

21. Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes

By: Chris Masters

4.21

Format: 717 pages, Kindle Edition

The shocking story of the case against Australia's most highly decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance by Kate Solly

22. Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance

By: Kate Solly

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective (no knitters please) because it would be like h… read more

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  • australia
"The problem was with the constant deliciousness of a new idea. It was always more exciting to start a new project than to plod away with one whose appeal had gone stale."

-Kate Solly, Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance

Cover of Eye of the Storm: 25 Years in Action with the SAS by Peter Ratcliffe

23. Eye of the Storm: 25 Years in Action with the SAS

By: Peter Ratcliffe

4.32

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

A fast-paced, dramatic, funny and occasionally disturbing account of Peter Ratcliffe's 25-year care… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • war
Cover of The Commando: The life and death of Cameron Baird, VC, MG by Ben Mckelvey

24. The Commando: The life and death of Cameron Baird, VC, MG

By: Ben Mckelvey

4.49

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

'Corporal Baird was a modern-day warrior who set a standard that every soldier aspires to achieve.'… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of The Combat Doctor: A story of battlefield medicine and resilience by Dan Pronk

25. The Combat Doctor: A story of battlefield medicine and resilience

By: Dan Pronk

4.05

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

'I had seen dozens of people die horrible deaths ... This time was different. This time it was a fr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Rogue Forces: An Explosive Insiders' Account of Australian SAS War Crimes in Afghanistan by Mark Willacy

26. Rogue Forces: An Explosive Insiders' Account of Australian SAS War Crimes in Afghanistan

By: Mark Willacy

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction. Shortlisted for NSW Premier's L… read more

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  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • crime
"[Excerpt from Brereton Report] We embarked on this Inquiry with the hope that we would be able to report that the rumours of war crimes were without substance. None of us desired the outcome to which…"

-Mark Willacy, Rogue Forces: An Explosive Insiders' Account of Australian SAS War Crimes in Afghanistan

Cover of The Widow of Walcha by Emma Partridge

27. The Widow of Walcha

By: Emma Partridge

4.23

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The Widow of Walcha is a shocking true story about death, love and lies in the small NSW town of Wa… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • australia
Cover of The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need by Thomas  Mayo

28. The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need

By: Thomas Mayo

4.52

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

The Voice to Parliament Handbook is an easy-to-follow guide for the millions of Australians who hav… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • australia
Cover of Crossing the Line: The Explosive Inside Story Behind the Headlines by Nick McKenzie

29. Crossing the Line: The Explosive Inside Story Behind the Headlines

By: Nick McKenzie

4.58

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

War is brutal—but some lines should never be crossed. In mid-2017 whispers of executions and cover-… read more

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  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • australia
Cover of Find Fix Finish by Ben Mckelvey

30. Find Fix Finish

By: Ben Mckelvey

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The new book from the bestselling author of The Commando and Mosul. It was Australia's longest … read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of Plagued by Simon Benson

31. Plagued

By: Simon Benson

2.90

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the inside story of Australia’s two years of hell, when the country was besieged by crisis … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • australia
"The government insists that the many shall not be placed in danger for the few and that EVERYONE SHALL WEAR A MASK. Those who are not doing so are not showing their independence - they are showing th…"

-Simon Benson, Plagued

"Morrison was acutely aware of the limitations of the country's constitutional power-sharing arrangements. For example, he was worried about the potential for massive civil disobedience against health…"

-Simon Benson, Plagued

"A declaration under section 475 [of the Biosecurity Act would give] Hunt as Health minister exclusive and extraordinary powers. He, and only he, could personally make directives that overrode any oth…"

-Simon Benson, Plagued

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