14 must-read nonfiction books like They Fought Alone: The True Story of SOE's Agents in Wartime France by Maurice Buckmaster

Cover of They Fought Alone: The True Story of SOE's Agents in Wartime France by Maurice Buckmaster

They Fought Alone: The True Story of SOE's Agents in Wartime France

By: Maurice Buckmaster

4.30

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Set Europe ablaze.' The order came from Churchill himself. The result was the Special Operations Ex…

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Cover of Mission to Paris (Night Soldiers, #12) by Alan Furst

1. Mission to Paris (Night Soldiers, #12)

By: Alan Furst

3.66

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

It is the late summer of 1938, Europe is about to explode, the Hollywood film star Fredric Stahl is… read more

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  • world war ii
  • espionage
  • france
  • war
"Home at that moment was a starless night, a steady wind, not a human to be seen."

-Alan Furst, Mission to Paris (Night Soldiers, #12)

Cover of She Landed By Moonlight: The Story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington: the 'real Charlotte Gray' by Carole Seymour-Jones

2. She Landed By Moonlight: The Story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington: the 'real Charlotte Gray'

By: Carole Seymour-Jones

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

On the night of the 22 September 1943 Pearl Witherington, a twenty-nine-year-old British secretary … read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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3. Icon

By: Frederick Forsyth

3.82

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

From the master of the novel of international intrigue comes a riveting new book as timely and unse… read more

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  • espionage
Cover of Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II by William Stevenson

4. Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II

By: William Stevenson

3.61

Format: 160 pages,

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  • espionage
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt by William L. Shirer

5. The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

By: William L. Shirer

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built. But the Allies had to sink it - or risk losing th… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris by Alex Kershaw

6. Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris

By: Alex Kershaw

4.50

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

The best-selling author of The Liberatorbrings to life the incredible true story of an American doc… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • france
  • nonfiction

7. A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII.

By: Sarah Helm

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Once rumored to have been the inspiration for Ian Fleming's Miss Moneypenny, Vera Atkins climbed he… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

8. Jackdaws

By: Ken Follett

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

In his own bestselling tradition of Eye of the Needleand The Key to Rebecca, Ken Follett once again… read more

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9. Hot Money

By: Dick Francis

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Wealthy gold trader Malcolm Pembroke has five ex-wives and nine chidren between them, all fighting … read more

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10. The White Mouse

By: Nancy Wake

0.00

Format: None pages,

The Gestapo called her White Mouse. Nancy Wake, a New Zealander who became one of the most highly d… read more

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11. Nancy Wake

By: Peter FitzSimons

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Freedom is the only thing worth living for. While I was doing that work I used to think that it di… read more

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12. The Key to Rebecca

By: Ken Follett

3.91

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Ken Follett's The Key to Rebeccatook readers and critics by storm when first published more than fi… read more

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13. Modigliani Scandal

By: Ken Follett

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

In the modern art world of intrigue and competition, rumours had long flourished about the existenc… read more

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14. V2: A Novel of World War II

By: Robert Harris

3.91

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

From the best-selling author of Fatherland and Munich comes a WWII thriller about a German rocket e… read more

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  • espionage
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
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15. Munich Wolf

By: Rory Clements

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more

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  • historical
  • war
Cover of The Heroines of SOE: F Section, Britain's Secret Women in France by Beryl E. Escott

16. The Heroines of SOE: F Section, Britain's Secret Women in France

By: Beryl E. Escott

4.10

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Female spies are often the stuff of legend and myth. Here, for the first time, Beryl Escott tells t… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • france
Cover of American Eagles: The 101st Airborne’s Assault on Fortress Europe 1944/45 (Americans Fighting to Free Europe) by Charles Whiting

17. American Eagles: The 101st Airborne’s Assault on Fortress Europe 1944/45 (Americans Fighting to Free Europe)

By: Charles Whiting

4.10

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrilling true story of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division’s major operations during the European… read more

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  • military fiction
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18. Xavier: A British Secret Agent with the French Resistance

By: Richard Heslop

4.39

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Colnel Richard Heslop, alias Xavier, was one of Britain's Greatest Special Operations agents in Fra… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1) by Ian Mackersey

19. Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1)

By: Ian Mackersey

4.24

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

From World War Two to the Jet Age, Ian Mackersey charts the thrilling and personal accounts of airm… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1) by Jeremy Howard-Williams

20. Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1)

By: Jeremy Howard-Williams

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

An engrossing memoir of one RAF fighter pilot’s battle against the Luftwaffe in the dead of night.I… read more

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Cover of Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry’s Escape From Occupied France in the Summer of 1940 (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two) by Anthony Richardson

21. Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry’s Escape From Occupied France in the Summer of 1940 (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two)

By: Anthony Richardson

4.32

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of an airman’s audacious escape from occupied France in World War Two.Perfect for fa… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of A House For Spies: SIS Operations into Occupied France from a Sussex Farmhouse by Edward Wake-Walker

22. A House For Spies: SIS Operations into Occupied France from a Sussex Farmhouse

By: Edward Wake-Walker

4.20

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

An unforgettable history of French intelligence agents and courageous British pilots who risked eve… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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23. The War Orphan (Women of War #3)

By: Anna Stuart

4.44

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

1945, I stumble out of the gates, tightly grasping the hands of two smaller children. Hunger s… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
Cover of Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII by J.E. Johnson

24. Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII

By: J.E. Johnson

4.48

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

Johnnie Johnson joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as a week-end flier, and finis… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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25. They Fought Alone: The True Story of SOE's Agents in Wartime France

By: Maurice Buckmaster

4.30

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Set Europe ablaze.' The order came from Churchill himself. The result was the Special Operations Ex… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • france
Cover of Nancy Wake by Russell Braddon

26. Nancy Wake

By: Russell Braddon

4.33

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the incredible true story of the greatest spy you’ve never heard of—as told to the author b… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • france
Cover of Thirty-Five Missions Over Japan by Philip D. Webster

27. Thirty-Five Missions Over Japan

By: Philip D. Webster

4.22

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

B-29 pilot 1st Lt. Philip D. Webster’s just-published WW2 memoirs, “Thirty-Five Missions Over Japan… read more

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Cover of SAS Great Escapes Two: Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two Heroes by Damien Lewis

28. SAS Great Escapes Two: Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two Heroes

By: Damien Lewis

4.44

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee ChildSAS Great Escapes Two… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Escape of the Amethyst by C.E. Lucas Phillips

29. Escape of the Amethyst

By: C.E. Lucas Phillips

4.35

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

The astounding true story of the ordeal and escape of the British frigate Amethyst from Chinese Com… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
Cover of Gentleman Jim: The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS & Special Forces by Lorna Almonds-Windmill

30. Gentleman Jim: The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS & Special Forces

By: Lorna Almonds-Windmill

4.34

Format: 491 pages, Kindle Edition

This remarkable story of Jim Almonds (Gentleman Jim) is set in wartime England, the western desert,… read more

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31. Lysander Pilot: Secret Operations with 161 Squadron

By: James Atterby McCairns

4.33

Format: 91 pages, Kindle Edition

James Atterby McCairns joined the Royal Air Force in 1939 and flew Spitfires as a Sergeant Pilot wi… read more

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14 best-selling history books like They Fought Alone: The True Story of SOE's Agents in Wartime France by Maurice Buckmaster

Transform Your Habits

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Carole Seymour-Jones

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II

William Stevenson

3.61

Transform Your Habits

The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

William L. Shirer

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris

Alex Kershaw

4.50

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Auschwitz

Laurence Rees

4.30

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To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949

Ian Kershaw

3.98

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Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II

William Stevenson

3.61

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Sarah Helm

3.71

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