19 must-read nonfiction books like Scholars of Mayhem: My Father's Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France by Daniel C. Guiet

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Scholars of Mayhem: My Father's Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France

By: Daniel C. Guiet

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Riveting...A true-life mix of James Bond, Lawrence of Arabia and 'Casablanca.' -The Wall Street Jou…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Scholars of Mayhem: My Father's Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France by Daniel C. Guiet , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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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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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"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 Road to Arnhem: A Screaming Eagle in Holland

By: Donald R. Burgett

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In a daring plan to end the war, the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne jumped into the heart o… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

3. Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933

By: Anne Applebaum

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulagand the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtai… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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4. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage

By: James D. Bradley

3.86

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

The classic New York Timesbestselling story of heroism and sacrifice--by the author of Flags of Our… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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5. Currahee!: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy

By: Stephen E. Ambrose , Donald R. Burgett

3.20

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

The title represents the battle cry and motto of the famous Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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6. American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

By: Steven Rinella

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the host of the Travel Channel's "The Wild Within." A hunt for the American buffalo--an advent… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

7. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

By: Deborah Blum

3.60

Format: 212 pages,

Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very… read more

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8. 1924: The Year That Made Hitler

By: Peter Ross Range

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

The dark story of Adolf Hitler's life in 1924--the year that made a monster Before Adolf Hitler's r… read more

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Cover of 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

9. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • 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

10. Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story

By: Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.00

Format: 191 pages,

'If I were God, what would you want for Christmas?'' With a thousand-yard stare, a haggard and bloo… read more

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11. While We Were Watching Downton Abbey

By: Wendy Wax

4.29

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF TEN BEACH ROADAND OCEAN BEACH,A NEW NOVEL OF FOUR FRIENDS--AND A SHA… read more

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12. The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion

By: Douglas Brinkley

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

The 100-foot promontory known as Pointe du Hoc -- where six big German guns were ensconced -- was t… read more

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13. The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

By: John "Chick" Donohue

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You wi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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14. Nineteen Steps

By: Millie Bobby Brown

3.73

Format: 320 pages, ebook

The New York Times bestseller from iconic Emmy-nominated actress and producer MILLIE BOBBY BROWN: N… read more

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  • world war ii
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15. The Underground Library

By: Jennifer Ryan

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighti… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
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16. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

By: Lucy Adlington

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"En Auschwitz-Birkenau, los internos aprendieron enseguida que era pocas las pertenencias personales realmente esenciales para vivir: ropa, calzado y un plato para la comida. Más allá de eso, lo que c…"

-Lucy Adlington, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

"En Auschwitz-Birkenau, los internos aprendieron enseguida que eran pocas las pertenencias personales realmente esenciales para vivir: ropa, calzado y un plato para la comida. Más allá de eso, lo que …"

-Lucy Adlington, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

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17. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.56

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

18. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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19. The Lost Book of Bonn

By: Brianna Labuskes

3.95

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Rose Code and The Librarian Spy comes another literary themed historical novel from… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
Cover of Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie

20. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

By: Robert Leckie

4.22

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC Here is one of the most riveting first-per… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"There was no feeling of dedication because it was absolutely involuntary. I do not doubt that if the Marines had asked for volunteers for an impossible campaign such as Guadalcanal, almost everyone n…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

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21. Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy

By: Larry Loftis

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The true story of the woman who became WWII's most highly decorated spy The year is 1942, and Wo… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • france
  • nonfiction
"She was now ready. Diarrhea pills, speed, sleep dope, lethal pill, and beauty aid. Bring on the Germans."

-Larry Loftis, Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy

"When they first met, Peter had looked beyond Arnaud’s gruff personality to see a man who was highly competent, fearless, and deeply committed to the cause."

-Larry Loftis, Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy

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22. The Killing Hills (Mick Hardin, #1)

By: Chris Offutt

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A literary master across genres, award-winning author Chris Offutt's latest novel, The Killing Hill… read more

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23. 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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  • espionage
  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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24. The Midnight Bargain

By: C.L. Polk

3.76

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Beatrice Clayborn is a sorceress who practices magic in secret, terrified of the day she will be lo… read more

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"If I can only use my magic when you deem it safe, does that magic belong to me, or you?"

-C.L. Polk, The Midnight Bargain

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25. One Woman's War

By: Christine Wells

3.78

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

World War II London: When Victoire "Paddy" Bennett first walks into the Admiralty's Room 39, home t… read more

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  • world war ii
  • espionage
  • war
Cover of The Ghost Ships of Archangel: The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis by William Geroux

26. The Ghost Ships of Archangel: The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis

By: William Geroux

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary story of survival and alliance during World War the icy journey of four Allied sh… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose

27. D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II

By: Sarah Rose

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic, untold true story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency … read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"They were not hired for their looks or their sophistication; the most competent ones specialized in puzzles, music, and foreign languages."

-Sarah Rose, D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II

"Where regular forces provide martial muscle, the special forces are surgical and skilled, trained to be “the most potent weapons one can use"

-Sarah Rose, D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II

"She was very much ahead of her fellow students and, had she been with others as mentally mature as herself, she would have shown herself even more capable."

-Sarah Rose, D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II

"Buck regarded his two agents, Andrée and Lise, certain he was dropping his two most competent, most capable. Each was a girl who kept her head when all about were losing theirs, as Kipling might have…"

-Sarah Rose, D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II

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28. Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II

By: Adam Makos

4.53

Format: 395 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the international bestseller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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29. Loot

By: Tania James

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century - a hero’s quest, a love story, the s… read more

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  • france
"She is reading; he loves the lost expression on her face when she reads."

-Tania James, Loot

Cover of Overture of Hope: Two Sisters' Daring Plan That Saved Opera's Jewish Stars from the Third Reich by Isabel Vincent

30. Overture of Hope: Two Sisters' Daring Plan That Saved Opera's Jewish Stars from the Third Reich

By: Isabel Vincent

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Schindler's List meets The Sound of Music as best-selling New York Post investigative journalist Is… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Scholars of Mayhem: My Father's Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France by Daniel C. Guiet

31. Scholars of Mayhem: My Father's Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France

By: Daniel C. Guiet

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Riveting...A true-life mix of James Bond, Lawrence of Arabia and 'Casablanca.' -The Wall Street Jou… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • france
  • nonfiction

19 must-read history books like Scholars of Mayhem: My Father's Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France by Daniel C. Guiet

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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 Road to Arnhem: A Screaming Eagle in Holland

Donald R. Burgett

4.26

Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933

Anne Applebaum

3.32

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Flyboys: A True Story of Courage

James D. Bradley

3.86

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The Underground Library

Jennifer Ryan

4.14

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The Museum of Lost Quilts (Elm Creek Quilts, #22)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.11

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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

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Finding Margaret Fuller

Allison Pataki

4.11

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