12 must-read thriller books like Lions of the Sky by Paco Chierici

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Lions of the Sky

By: Paco Chierici

4.42

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

In the world of fighter pilots, the most alpha of the alpha, competition is everything and the stak…

If you liked the thriller plot in Lions of the Sky by Paco Chierici , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany by Donald L. Miller

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 fiction
  • war
"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 Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

By: Michael Shaara

4.33

Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
"Never let them see you run."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

3. Declared Hostile (Raven One Book 2)

By: Kevin Miller

3.44

Format: 96 pages,

IT HAD ALL GONE TO HELL SO QUICKLY... Wilson shot a glance over his right shoulder at San Ramon. In… read more

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4. Iron Gate (Matt Pontowski, #4)

By: Richard Herman

5.00

Format: None pages,

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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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  • aviation
  • military fiction
  • war
"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

6. Carrier Pilot: One of the greatest pilot's memoirs of WWII - a true aviation classic.

By: None

3.97

Format: None pages,

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7. The Saga of Pappy Gunn

By: George C. Kenney

4.35

Format: None pages,

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Cover of Hogs in the Sand: A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal by Buck Wyndham

8. Hogs in the Sand: A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal

By: Buck Wyndham

4.28

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

I am awed by my destructive power. With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index fin… read more

Similar categories in Buck Wyndham's Hogs in the Sand: A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal book and Paco Chierici's Lions of the Sky

  • aviation
  • military fiction
  • war
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9. 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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  • war
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10. Skybreak: The 58th Fighter Squadron in Desert Storm

By: Mike Guardia

4.37

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

The top MiG Killers of Operation Desert Storm. August 1990: Iraqi forces under the command of Sa… read more

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  • aviation
  • military fiction
  • war
Cover of The Lightning and the Few (Jox McNabb #1) by Patrick Larsimont

11. The Lightning and the Few (Jox McNabb #1)

By: Patrick Larsimont

4.40

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t miss this thrilling wartime adventure! For fans of Derek Robinson, James Holland, Frank Barna… read more

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  • aviation
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12. The Raiders and the Cross (Jox McNabb #2)

By: Patrick Larsimont

4.41

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrilling WWII adventure across the war-torn skies of Britain, France and Malta. Perfect for fa… read more

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13. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Cover of Cold Fear (Finn Thrillers #2) by Brandon Webb

14. Cold Fear (Finn Thrillers #2)

By: Brandon Webb

4.20

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Finn’s search for his memory of one fateful night leads him to Iceland—only to be followed by an un… read more

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  • thriller
  • military fiction
  • fiction
Cover of A Time for Heroes: A World War 3 Techno-Thriller Action Event (Nick Ryan's World War 3 Military Fiction Technothrillers) by Nick Ryan

15. A Time for Heroes: A World War 3 Techno-Thriller Action Event (Nick Ryan's World War 3 Military Fiction Technothrillers)

By: Nick Ryan

4.35

Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition

"Nick Ryan knows his craft, and his topic. His World War 3 stories are tightly-written, fast-moving… read more

Similar categories in Nick Ryan's A Time for Heroes: A World War 3 Techno-Thriller Action Event (Nick Ryan's World War 3 Military Fiction Technothrillers) book and Paco Chierici's Lions of the Sky

  • fiction
Cover of Relentless (Gray Man, #10) by Mark Greaney

16. Relentless (Gray Man, #10)

By: Mark Greaney

4.50

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

The Gray Man's search for missing intelligence agents plunges him deep into a maelstrom of trouble … read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of One Minute Out (Gray Man, #9) by Mark Greaney

17. One Minute Out (Gray Man, #9)

By: Mark Greaney

4.46

Format: 529 pages, Kindle Edition

TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE CITY OF ANGELS While on a mission to Croatia, Court Gentry uncovers a h… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Unknown Rider (Battle Born, #1) by Jack  Stewart

18. Unknown Rider (Battle Born, #1)

By: Jack Stewart

4.36

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

After a Navy pilot inexplicably loses control of his stealth fighter, he stumbles upon a global con… read more

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  • thriller
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
Cover of Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome by Anthony Everitt

19. Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome

By: Anthony Everitt

3.92

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A striking, nuanced biography of Nero--the controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesars--an… read more

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Cover of Steel Fear (Finn Thrillers, #1) by Brandon Webb

20. Steel Fear (Finn Thrillers, #1)

By: Brandon Webb

4.22

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

An aircraft carrier adrift with a crew the size of a small town. A killer in their midst. And the d… read more

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  • thriller
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
Cover of The Moscow Offensive (Brad McLanahan #5; Patrick McLanahan, #22) by Dale Brown

21. The Moscow Offensive (Brad McLanahan #5; Patrick McLanahan, #22)

By: Dale Brown

4.21

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

America’s first line of defense—Brad McLanahan and the heroes of the Iron Wolf Squadron—must counte… read more

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  • thriller
  • military fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Raven One (Raven One, #1) by Kevin  Miller

22. Raven One (Raven One, #1)

By: Kevin Miller

4.39

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN-10: 1939398223 / ISBN-13: 9781939398222. UNARME… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • aviation
  • fiction
  • thriller
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23. Combat Jet Pilot

By: Lynn High

4.42

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

An account of the over 450 combat missions flown by the author in the Vietnam War. The author is a … read more

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Cover of Fight Fight (Raven One, #3) by Kevin  Miller

24. Fight Fight (Raven One, #3)

By: Kevin Miller

4.49

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

A contemporary Air-Sea heavyweight fight...the like we haven't seen since The Pacific War. A rout… read more

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  • thriller
  • aviation
  • fiction
Cover of Punk's War: A Novel by Ward Carroll

25. Punk's War: A Novel

By: Ward Carroll

4.30

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Punk's War reveals the inner workings of the US Navy as only an insider can. An authentic and rivet… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • aviation
  • fiction
  • thriller
Cover of All Aces, No Jokers: The Wartime Memoirs of an American Fighter Pilot by Thomas Littleton

26. All Aces, No Jokers: The Wartime Memoirs of an American Fighter Pilot

By: Thomas Littleton

4.48

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

All Aces, No The Wartime Memoirs of an American Fighter Pilot is the must-read first-person accoun… read more

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27. Above Average: Naval Aviation The Hard Way

By: D.D. Smith

4.59

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Revised and updated version! STEPHEN COONTS, NY Times best-selling author of Flight of the Intruder… read more

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  • aviation
Cover of The Kremlin Strike (Brad McLanahan #6) by Dale Brown

28. The Kremlin Strike (Brad McLanahan #6)

By: Dale Brown

4.30

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

In this exciting, visionary, and all-too-plausible next chapter in the legendary Dale Brown’s New Y… read more

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  • thriller
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
Cover of Punk's Wing (Punk: U.S. Navy Pilot Book 2) by Ward Carroll

29. Punk's Wing (Punk: U.S. Navy Pilot Book 2)

By: Ward Carroll

4.43

Format: 521 pages, Kindle Edition

As if flying for the Navy isn't dangerous enough... The only female aviator in Rick "Punk" Reichert… read more

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  • thriller
  • aviation
  • military fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Punk's Fight (Punk: U.S. Navy Pilot Book 3) by Ward Carroll

30. Punk's Fight (Punk: U.S. Navy Pilot Book 3)

By: Ward Carroll

4.49

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

On a mission over central Afghanistan, Punk is hit--and taken captive by the Taliban. And after he … read more

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  • aviation
  • military fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Lions of the Sky by Paco Chierici

31. Lions of the Sky

By: Paco Chierici

4.42

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

In the world of fighter pilots, the most alpha of the alpha, competition is everything and the stak… read more

Similar categories in Paco Chierici's Lions of the Sky book and Paco Chierici's Lions of the Sky

  • military fiction
  • war
  • aviation
  • fiction
  • thriller

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Michael Shaara

4.33

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Brandon Webb

4.20

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A Time for Heroes: A World War 3 Techno-Thriller Action Event (Nick Ryan's World War 3 Military Fiction Technothrillers)

Nick Ryan

4.35

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Mark Greaney

4.50

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Cold Snap (Arliss Cutter, #4)

Marc Cameron

4.44

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Brad Thor

4.39

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Nick Petrie

4.36

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Mark Greaney

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