22 must-read nonfiction books like Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John Nichol

Cover of Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John  Nichol

Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend

By: John Nichol

4.52

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

Praise for Spitfire: A Very British Love Story ‘The best book you will ever read about Britain’s gr…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John Nichol , here is a list of 22 books like this:

Cover of Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose

1. Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed t… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany by Donald L. Miller

2. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Cover of HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean

3. HMS Ulysses

By: Alistair MacLean

4.07

Format: 467 pages, Paperback

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of act… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • war
Cover of Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her by Rowland White, Richard Truly

4. Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her

By: Rowland White , Richard Truly

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

The real-life techno-thriller from a bestselling author and aviation expert that recaptures the his… read more

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  • aviation
  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Vulcan 607

By: Rowland White

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

It was to be one of the most ambitious operations since 617 Squadron bounced their revolutionary bo… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 by Antony Beevor

6. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943

By: Antony Beevor

4.32

Format: 494 pages, Paperback

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also chan… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops by Damien Lewis

7. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops

By: Damien Lewis

3.79

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

When France fell to the Nazis in the winter of 1939, Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared that… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre

8. Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

By: Ben Macintyre

4.25

Format: 127 pages,

In 1943, from a windowless London basement office, two intelligence officers conceived a plan that … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

9. First Light

By: Geoffrey Wellum

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

"In First Light, Geoffrey Wellum tells the inspiring, often terrifying true story of his coming of … read more

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10. Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East

By: James Holland

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

'A thrilling blow-by-blow account' The Times In February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, driv… read more

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11. Goldfinger (James Bond, #7)

By: Ian Fleming

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

Auric Goldfinger, the most phenomenal criminal Bond has ever faced, is an evil genius who likes his… read more

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12. Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

By: Ian Fleming

3.74

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to France to play in a high-stakes bac… read more

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"Mine’s Bond – James Bond."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

13. The Battle of Britain

By: James Holland

3.95

Format: None pages,

'If Hitler fails to invade or destroy Britain, he has lost the war,' Churchill said in the summer o… read more

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14. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

By: John Le Carré , Ben Macintyre

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Master storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century… read more

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15. Spitfire: The Biography

By: Jonathan Glancey

4.18

Format: 578 pages, Paperback

First flown in 1936, the Spitfire soon came to symbolize Britain's defiance of Nazi Germany in the … read more

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16. With a Mind to Kill

By: Anthony Horowitz

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

It is M's funeral. One man is missing from the graveside: the traitor who pulled the trigger and wh… read more

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17. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Cover of Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day by James  Holland

18. Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

By: James Holland

4.47

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated military historian James Holland chronicles the experiences in World War II of the legen… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre

19. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison

By: Ben Macintyre

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 by Max Hastings

20. Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942

By: Max Hastings

4.25

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operati… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War by Al Murray

21. Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War

By: Al Murray

4.10

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run para… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of But What Can I Do? by Alastair Campbell

22. But What Can I Do?

By: Alastair Campbell

3.87

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'Our politics is a mess. Leaders wh… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Harrier 809: The Epic Story of How a Small Band of Heroes Won Victory in the Air Against Impossible Odds by Rowland White

23. Harrier 809: The Epic Story of How a Small Band of Heroes Won Victory in the Air Against Impossible Odds

By: Rowland White

4.41

Format: 630 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A COMPELLING, FAST-PACED NARRATIVE THAT THRUSTS US INTO THE COCKPIT. A MUST-READ!’ Dan HamptonApri… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John  Nichol

24. Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend

By: John Nichol

4.52

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

Praise for Spitfire: A Very British Love Story ‘The best book you will ever read about Britain’s gr… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1) by Pierre Clostermann

25. The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1)

By: Pierre Clostermann

4.57

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

'THE BIG SHOW is as close as you'll ever get to fighting for your life from the cockpit of a Spitfi… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission by Rowland White

26. Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission

By: Rowland White

4.51

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Built of lightweight wood, powered by two growling Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, impossibly aerodynam… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II by James  Holland

27. Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II

By: James Holland

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy l… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner by Mike Bannister

28. Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

By: Mike Bannister

4.54

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

October 24th 2023 will mark 20 years since Concorde disappeared from our skies. Yet still Mike Bann… read more

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  • aviation
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King by Michael Livingston

29. Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King

By: Michael Livingston

4.42

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

Agincourt is one of the most famous battles in English history, a defining part of the national myt… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
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30. Typhoon

By: Mike Sutton

4.40

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrilling account of the Typhoon FGR4s in the war against ISIS, from the RAF Wing Commander who… read more

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  • aviation
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Pathfinders: The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of WWII by Will Iredale

31. The Pathfinders: The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of WWII

By: Will Iredale

4.39

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!Military History Matters Book of the Year Bronze Award Winner'Compellin… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction

17 Best war books like Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John Nichol

Transform Your Habits

Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

HMS Ulysses

Alistair MacLean

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Vulcan 607

Rowland White

4.04

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16 best-selling history books like Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 by Antony Beevor

Transform Your Habits

Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.24

Transform Your Habits

D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

Transform Your Habits

1776

David McCullough

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

4.22

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