16 best-selling nonfiction books like Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin: The Glider Pilots of World War II by Scott McGaugh

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Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin: The Glider Pilots of World War II

By: Scott McGaugh

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The first major history of the American glider pilots, the forgotten heroes of World War II, by New…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin: The Glider Pilots of World War II by Scott McGaugh , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Storm of Steel

By: Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, 'Storm of Steel' illuminates not only … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

2. The Healer (O'Malley #5)

By: Dee Henderson

4.21

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Rachel O'Malley works disasters for a living. Her specialty? Helping children through trauma. When … read more

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3. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

4. Engineers of Victory: The Making of the War Machine That Defeated the Nazis

By: Paul Kennedy

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Paul Kennedy, award-winning author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powersand one of today's most … read more

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5. A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

By: Larry Alexander , Adam Makos

4.36

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germ… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
"You fight by rules to keep your humanity"

-Larry Alexander, A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

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6. Double Take (Lake City Heroes, #1)

By: Lynette Eason

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Detective James Cross has been honorably discharged from the Army Criminal Investigation Division d… read more

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7. Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told before, yet m… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare by John  Lisle

8. The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare

By: John Lisle

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch― The Dirty Tricks De… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters

By: Susan Page

3.90

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a wo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4) by John Wooldridge

10. Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4)

By: John Wooldridge

4.08

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

A vivid account of two Mosquito squadrons which revolutionised aerial warfare.Perfect for people wh… read more

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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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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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13. Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. Luck of the Draw

By: Frank Murphy

4.22

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and und… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Three Days at the Brink

By: Bret Baier

4.21

Format: 434 pages, Hardcover

“I not put this extraordinary book down. Three Days at the Brink is a masterpiece: elegantly writt… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
"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

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17. The Cactus Air Force: Air War over Guadalcanal

By: Eric Hammel

4.29

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

Using diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts, this vivid narrative brings to life the st… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Into Enemy Waters: A World War II Story of the Demolition Divers Who Became the Navy SEALS by Andrew Dubbins

18. Into Enemy Waters: A World War II Story of the Demolition Divers Who Became the Navy SEALS

By: Andrew Dubbins

4.66

Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition

With echoes of Unbroken; the derring-do and bravado of The Right Stuff; and the battle-forged comra… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin: The Glider Pilots of World War II by Scott McGaugh

19. Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin: The Glider Pilots of World War II

By: Scott McGaugh

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The first major history of the American glider pilots, the forgotten heroes of World War II, by New… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway by N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

20. Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway

By: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

4.45

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Hailed as "the single most effective pilot at Midway" (World War II magazine), Dusty Kleiss struck … read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bazooka Charlie: The Unbelievable Story of Major Charles Carpenter and Rosie the Rocketer by James P. Busha

21. Bazooka Charlie: The Unbelievable Story of Major Charles Carpenter and Rosie the Rocketer

By: James P. Busha

4.79

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Major Charles Carpenter made headlines during the Second World War when he affixed six bazookas to … read more

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3.42

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Larry Alexander , Adam Makos

4.36

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Eric Jay Dolin

3.89

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3.91

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Adrian Goldsworthy

4.19

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Mary Beard

3.59

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