13 must-read military fiction books like F-35: The Inside Story of the Lightning II by Tom Burbage

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F-35: The Inside Story of the Lightning II

By: Tom Burbage

4.05

Format: 594 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of the most expensive and controversial military program in history, as told by th…

If you liked the military fiction plot in F-35: The Inside Story of the Lightning II by Tom Burbage , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. 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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  • military fiction
  • history
"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

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2. The Pentagon's Brain

By: Annie Jacobsen

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of t… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • technology
Cover of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll

3. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

By: Steve Coll

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The news-breaking book that has sent shockwaves through the Bush White House, Ghost Warsis the most… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history

4. The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure

By: Grant Cardone

3.60

Format: None pages,

Achieve "Massive Action" results and accomplish your business dreams!While most people operate with… read more

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5. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

By: None , Ben R. Rich

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind the high… read more

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6. Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator

By: Nora Seligman Favorov , None

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The most authoritative and engrossing biography of the notorious dictator ever written Josef Stalin… read more

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7. Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation

By: Steven Johnson

3.67

Format: 542 pages,

The printing press, the pencil, the flush toilet, the battery--these are all great ideas. But where… read more

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8. Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports

By: Guy Lawson

3.96

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of disgraced fraudster turned undercover FBI informant Marty Blazer and the greate… read more

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  • history
Cover of Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Edmund Conway

9. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

By: Edmund Conway

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more

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  • history
  • technology
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

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10. 2054

By: Elliot Ackerman

3.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive wo… read more

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  • military fiction
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11. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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12. The Unicorn Project

By: Gene Kim

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The Phoenix Project wowed over a half-million readers. Now comes the Wall Street Journal Bestsellin… read more

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  • technology
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13. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

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14. The Art of Clear Thinking: A Stealth Fighter Pilot's Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions

By: Hasard Lee

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

THE #2 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Based on a career of making high-stakes, split-second decisi… read more

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  • military fiction
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15. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • history
  • technology
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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16. White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan

By: Mick Ryan

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This book "is entertaining, thought-provoking and quite possibly prescient. Not just an engaging ta… read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport by Joshua Robinson

17. The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport

By: Joshua Robinson

4.41

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

🎧Listening Length = 10 hours and 40 minutes NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wall Street Journal rep… read more

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  • history
  • technology
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18. The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers

By: Andrew F. Krepinevich

4.23

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challeng… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • technology
Cover of Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing by Peter Robison

19. Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing

By: Peter Robison

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced look at the corporate dysfunction--the ruthless cost-cutting, toxic workplaces, and cu… read more

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  • history
  • technology
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20. F-35: The Inside Story of the Lightning II

By: Tom Burbage

4.05

Format: 594 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of the most expensive and controversial military program in history, as told by th… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • technology
Cover of Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever by Joseph Cox

21. Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever

By: Joseph Cox

4.12

Format: None pages, None

The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made its own… read more

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  • history
  • technology
Cover of Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age by Lori Garver

22. Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age

By: Lori Garver

3.84

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The inside look at how the battle of the space billionaires began and why it matters, Escaping Grav… read more

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  • history
Cover of Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy by Craig Whitlock

23. Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

By: Craig Whitlock

4.39

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest publi… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
"After a decade of U.S. wars and surging defense budgets, an expectation of special treatment had taken root in the Navy. Many officers felt they were owed something extra for enduring long deployment…"

-Craig Whitlock, Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

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24. The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower

By: Michel Paradis

4.46

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew … read more

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  • history
Cover of The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned by John Strausbaugh

25. The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned

By: John Strausbaugh

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A witty, deeply researched history of the surprisingly ramshackle Soviet space program, and how its… read more

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  • history
  • technology
Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

26. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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Cover of Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft by Peter Westwick

27. Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft

By: Peter Westwick

4.15

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

The story behind the technology that revolutionized both aeronautics, and the course of history … read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • technology
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28. Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.38

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

The number one best-selling series that Audible listeners call “wonderfully entertaining”, “packed … read more

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Cover of Never Mind, We'll Do It Ourselves: The Inside Story of How a Team of Renegades Broke Rules, Shattered Barriers, and Launched a Drone Warfare Revolution by Bierbauer Alec

29. Never Mind, We'll Do It Ourselves: The Inside Story of How a Team of Renegades Broke Rules, Shattered Barriers, and Launched a Drone Warfare Revolution

By: Bierbauer Alec

4.45

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

The Inside Story of How a CIA Agent and an Air Force Officer Joined Forces to Develop America’s Mos… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • technology
Cover of Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War by Raj Shah

30. Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War

By: Raj Shah

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon—the Defense Innovation Unit, also known… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • technology
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31. Beyond Mach 3: A Pilot’s Journey Through The U-2 and SR-71 (1950 to 1970) A Memoir

By: Buddy Brown

4.55

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

Immerse yourself in sky-high adventure and the unwavering bravery of a legendary pilot who broke ba… read more

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19 best-selling history books like F-35: The Inside Story of the Lightning II by Tom Burbage

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

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Pentagon's Brain

Annie Jacobsen

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

Steve Coll

5.00

Transform Your Habits

Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports

Guy Lawson

3.96

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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

Eric Schlosser

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Enemies: A History of the FBI

Tim Weiner

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

David Talbot

4.43

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The Pentagon's Brain

Annie Jacobsen

3.70

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