9 Best military fiction books like Tin Cans and Greyhounds: The Destroyers that Won Two World Wars by Clint Johnson

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Tin Cans and Greyhounds: The Destroyers that Won Two World Wars

By: Clint Johnson

3.95

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

For men on destroyer-class warships during World War I and World War II, battles were waged “agains…

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1. Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

3.98

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"But a choice made is made, it cannot be changed. Things happened as they happened. It is possible to imagine all kinds of different routes across the continent, or a better way for the government to …"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69

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2. Force Of Nature (Joe Pickett, #12)

By: C.J. Box

4.35

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

In 1995, Nate Romanowski was in a Special Forces unit abroad when his commander, John Nemecek, did … read more

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3. Submarine!

By: Edward L. Beach

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The classic nonfiction World War II submarine combat thriller, written by a man who actually fought… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
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4. Murder in the Mystery Suite (Book Retreat Mysteries, #1)

By: Ellery Adams

3.80

Format: 277 pages, Mass Market Paperback

WHO WOULD RESORT TO MURDER? Tucked away in the rolling hills of rural western Virginia is the st… read more

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"There were books everywhere. Hundreds of books. Thousands of books. There were books of every size, shape, and color. They lined the walls from floor to ceiling, standing straight and rigid as soldie…"

-Ellery Adams, Murder in the Mystery Suite (Book Retreat Mysteries, #1)

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5. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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6. The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism

By: John U. Bacon

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author, a gripping narrative-nonfiction account of th… read more

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  • world war i
  • nonfiction
  • history

7. Marooned in Realtime (Across Realtime, #2)

By: Vernor Vinge

3.86

Format: 302 pages,

The Barnes & Noble Review Marooned in Realtime,Vernor Vinge's Hugo Award nominated sequel to his 19… read more

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8. Brave Men

By: Ernie Pyle , G. Kurt Piehler

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

Europe was in the throes of World War II, and when America joined the fighting, Ernie Pyle went alo… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
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9. Vicious Circle (Joe Pickett, #17)

By: C.J. Box

3.70

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The plane circled in the dark. Joe Pickett could just make out down below a figure in the snow and … read more

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10. The Men Who Killed the Luftwaffe: The U.S. Army Air Forces Against Germany in World War II

By: Jay A. Stout

1.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

- Dramatic story of World War II in the air - How the U.S. built an air force of 2.3 million men af… read more

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11. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democracy That Won World War II

By: Arthur Herman

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Remarkable as it may seem today, there once was a time when the president of the United States coul… read more

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12. Hell from the Heavens: The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack

By: None

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Looking toward the heavens, the destroyer crew saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese Air Force … read more

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13. Endangered (Joe Pickett, #15)

By: C.J. Box

3.81

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

New York Times-bestselling writer C. J. Box returns with a thrilling new novel, featuring Wyoming g… read more

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14. Eclipse of Reason

By: Max Horkheimer

3.67

Format: 350 pages,

"Max Horkheimer (1895-1973) was a leading figure in The Frankfurt School, a renowned body of philos… read more

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15. The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—the Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea

By: Walter R. Borneman

4.32

Format: 559 pages, Hardcover

How history's only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the worl… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history

16. Off The Grid (Joe Pickett, #16)

By: C.J. Box

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times-bestselling author C. J. Box returns with a suspenseful new Joe Pickett novel. Nate … read more

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17. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

By: Niall Ferguson

3.69

Format: 47 pages,

"Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it… read more

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18. Breaking Point (Joe Pickett, #13)

By: C.J. Box

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

It was always good to see Butch Roberson, Joe thought--a hard-working, upright local business owner… read more

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19. The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success

By: Rodney Stark

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Many books have been written about the success of the West, analyzing why Europe was able to pull a… read more

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20. The Road to Roswell

By: Connie Willis

3.74

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

A delightful novel about alien invasions, conspiracies, and the incredibly silly things people are … read more

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21. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

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22. How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

By: Daniel Immerwahr

4.46

Format: 513 pages, Hardcover

A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empir… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"At various times, inhabitants of the U.S. Empire have been shot, shelled, starved, interned, dispossessed, tortured, and experimented on. What they haven't been, by and large, is seen."

-Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

"Hoover’s greatest challenge was one of the least visible: the humble screw thread. Screws, nuts, and bolts are universal fasteners. They function in industrial societies, as one writer put it, like s…"

-Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

Cover of Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955 by Harald Jähner

23. Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955

By: Harald Jähner

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Germany, 1945: a country in ruins. Cities have been reduced to rubble and more than half of the pop… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small Hours (A Gift for Frank Sinatra Fans) by Tony Oppedisano

24. Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small Hours (A Gift for Frank Sinatra Fans)

By: Tony Oppedisano

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This intimate, revealing portrait of Frank Sinatra—from the man closest to the famous singer during… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command by Kent Masterson Brown

25. Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command

By: Kent Masterson Brown

4.57

Format: 475 pages, Hardcover

Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fir… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett by James Sullivan

26. Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett

By: James Sullivan

3.98

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Indianapolis and In Harm’s Way comes a “captivating…gripping” ( Kir… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
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27. Surface at the Pole: The Extraordinary Voyages of the USS Skate

By: James Calvert

4.37

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

On 17 March 1959, the USS Skate became the first submarine to surface at the North Pole. Under the… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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28. Tin Cans and Greyhounds: The Destroyers that Won Two World Wars

By: Clint Johnson

3.95

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

For men on destroyer-class warships during World War I and World War II, battles were waged “agains… read more

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  • world war i
  • history
  • maritime
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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29. They Called Us "Lucky": The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit

By: Ruben Gallego

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the Arizona Congressman, a "powerful" and "searing" (PW) chronicle of the eternal bonds forge… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Destroyer Captain: The Life of Ernest E. Evans by James D. Hornfischer

30. Destroyer Captain: The Life of Ernest E. Evans

By: James D. Hornfischer

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For the first time ever, acclaimed naval historian James D. Hornfischer, “the dean of World War II … read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history

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Stephen E. Ambrose

3.98

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4.28

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Shelby Foote

3.41

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4.29

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3.78

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Malka Ann Older

3.64

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4.00

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Martha Wells

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