19 must-read history books like Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice by Chris Wallace

Cover of Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice by Chris Wallace

Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice

By: Chris Wallace

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Following Chris Wallace’s “riveting” (The New York Times) and “propulsive” (Time) #1 national bests…

If you liked the history plot in Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice by Chris Wallace , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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

By: None , Robert O'Neill

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL T… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The troop commander's name was Rich...[and] he was one of the best leaders I've ever known. His motto, which I've stolen from him, is, 'Nobody ever worked for me. They worked with me."

-None, The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

"...the daily morning muster began beneath a sign that said, 'Are you ready for war today? You should be.' SEALs hadn't fired a shot in anger for years. But nobody ever admitted that around civilians,…"

-None, The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

Cover of 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff

2. 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi

By: Mitchell Zuckoff

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of B… read more

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  • military fiction
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  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

By: Gary Brozek , Nicholas Irving

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Groundbreaking, thrilling and revealing, The Reaper is the astonishing memoir of Special Operations… read more

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  • nonfiction
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  • history
  • war
Cover of Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson

4. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

By: Marcus Luttrell , Patrick Robinson

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan fo… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction

5. Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor

By: Clinton Romesha

3.97

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

The only comprehensive, firsthand account of the thirteen hour firefight at the Battle of Keating b… read more

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6. Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.21

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Area 51 is the most famous military installation in the world--& it doesn't exist. Located 75 miles… read more

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7. The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

By: Bob Drury

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's h… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the eleventh book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard re… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

By: Kevin Maurer

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Kevin Maurer―the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day ―comes t… read more

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  • military fiction
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  • nonfiction
Cover of To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment by Bret Baier

10. To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment

By: Bret Baier

4.40

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

 Instant New York Times Bestseller #1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Baier reveals how Geo… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
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  • audiobook
Cover of Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire by Bret Baier

11. Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire

By: Bret Baier

4.37

Format: 416 pages, ebook

President Reagan's dramatic battle to win the Cold War is revealed as never before by the #1 bestse… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity by Bill O'Reilly

12. Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the latest book in the multimillion-selling Killing Series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard tell… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington by Brad Meltzer

13. The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

By: Brad Meltzer

3.81

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington’s bodyguards. Was… read more

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  • american history
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts

By: Bill O'Reilly

3.67

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Jour… read more

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  • american history
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  • audiobook
Cover of The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II by Anne R. Keene

15. The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II

By: Anne R. Keene

3.60

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in th… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"Pick up any photograph of Ted Williams in 1943 and there’s a good chance you’ll see him seated on a footlocker beside Babe Ruth or perched on a chipped cement wall wearing a jersey stitched with dark…"

-Anne R. Keene, The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II

Cover of Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior by Ric Prado

16. Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

By: Ric Prado

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Explosive National Bestseller A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil … read more

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  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Ordinary Heroes: A Memoir of 9/11

By: Joseph Pfeifer

4.55

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the first FDNY chief to respond to the 9/11 attacks, an intimate memoir and a tribute to those… read more

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  • history
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  • nonfiction
  • terrorism
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

18. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice by Chris Wallace

19. Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice

By: Chris Wallace

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Following Chris Wallace’s “riveting” (The New York Times) and “propulsive” (Time) #1 national bests… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • terrorism
  • audiobook
Cover of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race by Douglas Brinkley

20. American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

By: Douglas Brinkley

4.17

Format: 576 pages, ebook

Instant New York Times Bestseller As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approache… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • 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

21. 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

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  • history
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15 Best audiobook books like Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice by Chris Wallace

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

13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi

Mitchell Zuckoff

3.44

Transform Your Habits

The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

Bob Drury

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists

Bill O'Reilly

4.19

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14 must-read history books like The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers by Gary Brozek, Nicholas Irving

Transform Your Habits

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

Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer

4.02

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 Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen

Marcus Luttrell , Brandon Webb , John David Mann

3.86

Transform Your Habits

SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper

Howard E. Wasdin , Stephen Templin

3.77

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