6 must-read aviation books like Mosquito Men: The Elite Pathfinders of 627 Squadron by David Price

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Mosquito Men: The Elite Pathfinders of 627 Squadron

By: David Price

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In November 1940, a remarkable prototype aircraft made its maiden flight from an airstrip north of …

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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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  • aviation
  • military 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 Cold War: A New History

By: John Lewis Gaddis

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The “dean of Cold War historians” (The New York Times) now presents the definitive account of the g… read more

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"The sign of a good novel is what it can cause its reader to see, even if this lies beyond the author's own vision."

-John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History

"Enrollments in American colleges tripled between 1955 and 1970, 250% in the Soviet Union, 400% in France, and more than 200% in China by 1965. Gaddis writes, "What governments failed to foresee was t…"

-John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History

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3. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien

2.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Unfinished Talesis a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth t… read more

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4. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

By: Antony Beevor

4.00

Format: 10 pages, Hardcover

Making use of overlooked and new material from over 30 archives in half a dozen countries, 'D-Day' … read more

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  • military history

5. The Cauldron (Tweed & Co., #13)

By: Colin Forbes

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

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6. The Last Battle

By: Cornelius Ryan

3.50

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

The classic account of the final offensive against Hitler's Third Reich. The Battle for Berlin was … read more

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7. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

By: C.S. Forester

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Here we meet Horatio Hornblower, a young man of 17, in this Volume #1 of what becomes the 11 volume… read more

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8. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

By: Douglas Brunt

4.23

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more

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"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"

-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

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9. Surviving to Drive

By: Guenther Steiner

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more

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"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"

-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive

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10. Cinderella Boys: The Forgotten RAF Force that Won the Battle of the Atlantic

By: Leo McKinstry

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable story of the unsung RAF wing who rescued Britain from Hitler's U-boats and made Alli… read more

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  • aviation
  • military history
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11. Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

By: James Holland

4.47

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated military historian James Holland chronicles the experiences in World War II of the legen… read more

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  • military history
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12. V2: A Novel of World War II

By: Robert Harris

3.91

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

From the best-selling author of Fatherland and Munich comes a WWII thriller about a German rocket e… read more

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13. Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages

By: Matthew Green

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale o… read more

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14. Attack Warning Red!

By: Julie McDowall

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1… read more

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15. The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962

By: Max Hastings

4.40

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tens… read more

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  • military history
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16. 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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17. Duel of Eagles: The Classic Pilot's Account of the Battle of Britain (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 1)

By: Peter Townsend

4.55

Format: 577 pages, Kindle Edition

'REMARKABLE' Sunday Times -- 'A FINE BOOK' Len Deighton 'The greatest book on the Battle of Britai… read more

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18. Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)

By: Adam Christopher

3.93

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian return in this essential novel set between Return of the Jedi a… read more

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" Let the Force guide you. Let it flow through you as it flows through me. Use that power, and your instincts, for they are one and the same. "

-Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)

"The Force... was a living thing, in the crudest terms an energy field that bound the universe together. The Force was not a power, not something to be wielded, or used, or manipulated. Rather, it was…"

-Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)

"Vader had been a fire, a twisting sun-dragon that curled in the core of a star about to go nova. The Emperor, Palpatine, had been the exact opposite – he was ice, the terrifying cold of the bottom of…"

-Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)

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19. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe

By: Rachel Chrastil

3.84

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more

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  • military history
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20. 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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  • aviation
  • military history
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21. Flame Thrower: Memoir of a Crocodile Tank Commander, D-Day to the Rhine

By: Andrew Wilson

4.41

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Normandy, June 1944. Tank commander Andrew Wilson, a twenty-year-old lieutenant, is in charge of a … read more

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  • military history
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22. 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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  • military history
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23. Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot

By: Paul Beaver

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Eric 'Winkle' Brown was Britain's greatest pilot. His extraordinary flying career saw him fight in … read more

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24. 1945: Victory in the West

By: Peter Caddick-Adams

4.55

Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition

'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to … read more

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25. The Barbarossa Secret

By: Christopher Kerr

4.17

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

From the darkest days of the Second World War comes an incredible story of a cover-up with staggeri… read more

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26. The Battle of the Beams

By: Tom Whipple

4.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'Deeply researched and engagingly written' The Times'Has the pace and style of a well-crafted thril… read more

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27. Enemy Coast Ahead

By: Guy Gibson

4.38

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

ENEMY COAST AHEAD is Victoria Cross recipient Guy Gibson's action-packed memoir about his time in B… read more

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  • aviation
  • military history
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28. Mosquito Men: The Elite Pathfinders of 627 Squadron

By: David Price

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In November 1940, a remarkable prototype aircraft made its maiden flight from an airstrip north of … read more

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  • military history
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29. The Pathfinders: The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of WWII

By: Will Iredale

4.39

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!Military History Matters Book of the Year Bronze Award Winner'Compellin… read more

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  • aviation
  • military history
Cover of Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar by Max Hastings

30. Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar

By: Max Hastings

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably… read more

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  • military history
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31. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World

By: Ben Macintyre

4.51

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more

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14 Top military history books like Mosquito Men: The Elite Pathfinders of 627 Squadron by David Price

Transform Your Habits

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

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

Antony Beevor

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Cinderella Boys: The Forgotten RAF Force that Won the Battle of the Atlantic

Leo McKinstry

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

James Holland

4.47

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Transform Your Habits

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

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

Douglas Brunt

4.23

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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