14 must-read nonfiction books like Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II by Jeffrey R. Cox

Cover of Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II by Jeffrey R. Cox

Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II

By: Jeffrey R. Cox

4.37

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

Following the disastrous Java Sea campaign, the Allies went on the offensive in the Pacific in a de…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II by Jeffrey R. Cox , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of 1356 (The Grail Quest, #4) by Bernard Cornwell

1. 1356 (The Grail Quest, #4)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Go with God and Fight Like the Devil. A fascinating hero and the pursuit of a sword with mythical p… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan by Malcolm MacPherson

2. Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan

By: Malcolm MacPherson

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Afghanistan, March 2002. In the early morning darkness on a frigid mountaintop, a U.S. soldier is s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
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3. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal by James D. Hornfischer

4. Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

By: James D. Hornfischer

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

With The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailorsand Ship of Ghosts, James D. Hornfischer created essentia… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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5. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

6. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

By: None , None

4.43

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without questi… read more

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7. U.S.S. Seawolf: Submarine Raider of the Pacific

By: James D. Horan , Gerold Frank , None

0.00

Format: 400 pages,

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8. Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad

By: William Craig

4.25

Format: None pages,

Stalingrad, the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, cost the lives of nearly two million me… read more

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9. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.90

Format: None pages,

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERIn the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in … read more

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10. Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs, #6)

By: Jacqueline Winspear , Orlagh Cassidy

2.33

Format: None pages, Audio CD

In the thrilling new novel by the New York Timesbestselling author of An Incomplete Revenge, Maisie… read more

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Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

11. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Storm Clouds over the Pacific, 1931–41 (War in the Far East, #1) by Peter Harmsen

12. Storm Clouds over the Pacific, 1931–41 (War in the Far East, #1)

By: Peter Harmsen

4.35

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

War in the Asia Pacific is a trilogy of books comprising a general history of the war against Japan… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • japan
  • audiobook
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13. Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk

By: Buddy Levy

4.42

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree

14. The Library: A Fragile History

By: Andrew Pettegree

3.84

Format: 518 pages, Hardcover

Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, des… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"In 1748, the Earl of Chesterfield passed on some useful advice to his son: 'Buy good books and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors a…"

-Andrew Pettegree, The Library: A Fragile History

"Mudie's insistence on the three-volume format was undoubtedly responsible for the verbosity of many nineteenth-century novels, as authors went to extraordinary efforts to pad their texts to the requi…"

-Andrew Pettegree, The Library: A Fragile History

Cover of The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America by Matthew Pearl

15. The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America

By: Matthew Pearl

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

On a quiet midsummer day in 1776, weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, thirt… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1) by Pierre Clostermann

16. 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
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance by Thomas B. Buell

17. The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

By: Thomas B. Buell

4.47

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance. Spruance, v… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II by Jeffrey R. Cox

18. Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II

By: Jeffrey R. Cox

4.37

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

Following the disastrous Java Sea campaign, the Allies went on the offensive in the Pacific in a de… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
  • japan
  • audiobook
Cover of Asian Armageddon, 1944–45 (War in the Far East Book, #3) by Peter Harmsen

19. Asian Armageddon, 1944–45 (War in the Far East Book, #3)

By: Peter Harmsen

4.37

Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping account of the final period of the war in the Asia Pacific during WWII. The last inst… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Forget Nothing Part II (Galaxy’s Edge, #0.7) by Jason Anspach

20. Forget Nothing Part II (Galaxy’s Edge, #0.7)

By: Jason Anspach

4.02

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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  • military fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Japan Runs Wild, 1942–1943 (War in the Far East Book, #2) by Peter Harmsen

21. Japan Runs Wild, 1942–1943 (War in the Far East Book, #2)

By: Peter Harmsen

4.25

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

The author of Storm Clouds Over the Pacific, 1931-1941 chronicles Japan's dramatic reversal of fort… read more

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

8 best-selling audiobook books like Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II by Jeffrey R. Cox

Transform Your Habits

1356 (The Grail Quest, #4)

Bernard Cornwell

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

Storm Clouds over the Pacific, 1931–41 (War in the Far East, #1)

Peter Harmsen

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk

Buddy Levy

4.42

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8 best-selling history books like The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1) by Pierre Clostermann

Transform Your Habits

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

Ian Mackersey

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Duel of Eagles: The Classic Pilot's Account of the Battle of Britain (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 1)

Peter Townsend

4.55

Transform Your Habits

Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

Terence Robertson

4.61

Transform Your Habits

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

Pierre Clostermann

4.57

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