19 must-read history books like Strange and Obscure Stories of World War II: Little-Known Tales about the Second World War by Don Aines

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Strange and Obscure Stories of World War II: Little-Known Tales about the Second World War

By: Don Aines

3.82

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

Here are overlooked or forgotten tales from the world's greatest conflict. These are stories of cou…

If you liked the history plot in Strange and Obscure Stories of World War II: Little-Known Tales about the Second World War by Don Aines , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham

1. The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

By: John Grisham

3.86

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

John Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"No star fades faster than that of a high school athlete."

-John Grisham, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

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2. Hiding in Plain Sight: Eluding the Nazis in Occupied France

By: Sarah Lew Miller , None , Joyce Block Lazarus

4.25

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

Hiding in Plain Eluding the Nazis in Occupied France is an unusual memoir about the childhood and … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Freedom's Landing (Catteni, #1) by Anne McCaffrey

3. Freedom's Landing (Catteni, #1)

By: Anne McCaffrey

3.98

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Kristin Bjornsen lived a normal life, right up until the day the spaceships floated into view above… read more

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  • audiobook

4. The Two Minute Rule

By: Robert Crais

0.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In his latest New York Times bestseller, the author of The Last Detective and L.A. Requiem unleashe… read more

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5. Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and the Partnership that Drove the Allied Conquest i n Europe

By: Jonathan W. Jordan

4.26

Format: None pages,

The true story of the friendship-and rivalry-among the greatest American generals of World War II. … read more

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6. The Midwich Cuckoos

By: John Wyndham

3.91

Format: 220 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the sleepy English village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitant… read more

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  • audiobook
"…after all, what is a planet but an island in space?"

-John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos

"Some quotations," said Zellaby, "are greatly improved by lack of context."

-John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos

"Will you agree to be superseded, and start on the way to extinction without a struggle? I do not think you are decadent enough for that."

-John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos

"But not she. Her eternity is an article of her faith. Great wars and disasters can ebb and flow, races rise and fall, empires wither with suffering and death, but these are superficialities: she, wom…"

-John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos

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7. Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

By: Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing m… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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8. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

By: James Holland

4.33

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich by Volker Ullrich

9. Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich

By: Volker Ullrich

4.21

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

In a bunker deep below Berlin's Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his new bride, Eva Braun, t… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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10. Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands

By: Dan Jones

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Dan Jones, best-selling chronicler of the Middle Ages, turns his attention to the history of the Cr… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II by Harry H. Crosby

11. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

By: Harry H. Crosby

4.58

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918 by Nick Lloyd

12. The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918

By: Nick Lloyd

4.30

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR'A tour de force of scholarship, analysi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
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13. The Devil's Trident (Trident #1)

By: George P. Norris

4.40

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Ten years after a top-secret mission in Afghanistan, retired NYPD Detective and Navy SEAL Michael K… read more

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Cover of SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Gripping True Story by Des Powell

14. SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Gripping True Story

By: Des Powell

4.17

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

'An incredible story, and so well told' Bear Grylls'Honesty, integrity and real experience that put… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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

15. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. Off The Grid

By: John Hunt

4.26

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

Graham Richards was shopping with his family at an outlet mall when an active shooter began indiscr… read more

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Cover of Bletchley Park and D-Day: The Untold Story of How the Battle for Normandy Was Won by David Kenyon

17. Bletchley Park and D-Day: The Untold Story of How the Battle for Normandy Was Won

By: David Kenyon

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has beco… read more

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

18. 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
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Life After the Third Reich: The Struggle to Rise from the Nazi Ruins by Paul Roland

19. Life After the Third Reich: The Struggle to Rise from the Nazi Ruins

By: Paul Roland

4.04

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Third Reich collapsed and the Red Army swamp… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Greatest Raid of All: Operation Chariot and the Mission to Destroy the Normandie Dock at St Nazaire (Daring Military Operations of World War Two) by C.E. Lucas Phillips

20. The Greatest Raid of All: Operation Chariot and the Mission to Destroy the Normandie Dock at St Nazaire (Daring Military Operations of World War Two)

By: C.E. Lucas Phillips

4.30

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

A vivid account of the famous St Nazaire Raid that demonstrates the sheer bravery of the British Co… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of SAS Great Escapes Two: Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two Heroes by Damien Lewis

21. 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
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22. Strange and Obscure Stories of World War II: Little-Known Tales about the Second World War

By: Don Aines

3.82

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

Here are overlooked or forgotten tales from the world's greatest conflict. These are stories of cou… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • audiobook
Cover of The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945–2020 by Tim Weiner

23. The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945–2020

By: Tim Weiner

4.07

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

From Tim Weiner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, an urgent and gripping a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood Reckoning (John Jordan Mysteries Book 29) by Michael Lister

24. Blood Reckoning (John Jordan Mysteries Book 29)

By: Michael Lister

4.31

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

John has been like a father to her since she was 16. Now she is missing.He’s still grieving the los… read more

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Cover of The Flip Side of History: Strange News, Hard-To-Believe Headlines, and Other Curious Stories from History by Steve Silverman

25. The Flip Side of History: Strange News, Hard-To-Believe Headlines, and Other Curious Stories from History

By: Steve Silverman

3.53

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Hidden History, Strange Stories, and Hard-to-Believe HeadlinesWhat if there was a flip side to the … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War by Saul David

26. Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War

By: Saul David

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed historian Saul David, a stunning and gripping new history of the British airborne ex… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of SAS Great Escapes Three: Gripping True Escape Stories Executed by World War Two Heroes by Damien Lewis

27. SAS Great Escapes Three: Gripping True Escape Stories Executed by World War Two Heroes

By: Damien Lewis

4.91

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

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

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Cover of Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory by Patrick Bishop

28. Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory

By: Patrick Bishop

4.20

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Celebrating the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Paris, a heart-stopping countdown narrat… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Forged in Hell: The Gripping True Story of the Special Forces Heroes Who Broke the Nazi Stranglehold by Damien Lewis

29. Forged in Hell: The Gripping True Story of the Special Forces Heroes Who Broke the Nazi Stranglehold

By: Damien Lewis

4.50

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Combining riveting combat writing with masterful research, award-winning historian and #1 internati… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of The Last Para by John Humphreys

30. The Last Para

By: John Humphreys

5.00

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

Pre-order the captivating account of the Battle of Arnhem from one of the last survivors of our Gre… read more

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Cover of Wolf Stockburn, Railroad Detective by Max O'Hara

31. Wolf Stockburn, Railroad Detective

By: Max O'Hara

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Introducing a rail blazing new series set in the early days of the transcontinental railroad--when … read more

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3.91

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4.08

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