7 Top nonfiction books like Bastard Behind the Lines: The extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese by Tom Gilling

Cover of Bastard Behind the Lines: The extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese by Tom Gilling

Bastard Behind the Lines: The extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese

By: Tom Gilling

3.74

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

He escaped from Singapore's Changi prisoner of war camp to become one of Australia's great World Wa…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Bastard Behind the Lines: The extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese by Tom Gilling , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of A Fortunate Life by Albert B. Facey, A.B. Facey

1. A Fortunate Life

By: Albert B. Facey , A.B. Facey

4.23

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

This is the extraordinary life of an ordinary man. It is the story of Albert Facey, who lived with … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

2. In a Sunburned Country

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER Every time Bill Bryson walks out… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre

3. Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

By: Ben Macintyre

4.25

Format: 127 pages,

In 1943, from a windowless London basement office, two intelligence officers conceived a plan that … read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war

4. The Girl from Munich

By: Tania Blanchard

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Germany, 1943. The choices she makes will change her life forever. Growing up in Hitler's Germany, … read more

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5. Absolute Power

By: David Baldacci

4.24

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

A grizzled professional cat burglar gets trapped inside the bedroom closet of one of the world's ri… read more

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6. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

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  • war
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

Cover of Scrublands (Martin Scarsden, #1) by Chris Hammer

7. Scrublands (Martin Scarsden, #1)

By: Chris Hammer

3.96

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

In an isolated country town brought to its knees by endless drought, a charismatic and dedicated yo… read more

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8. Munich Wolf

By: Rory Clements

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more

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  • war
Cover of Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3) by Margaret Hickey

9. Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3)

By: Margaret Hickey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Old loyalties and decades-long feuds rise to the surface in this stunning crime novel, set in a spe… read more

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10. Kill Your Husbands

By: Jack Heath

3.77

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A witty, page-turning, twisty whodunit from the bestselling author of the Hangman series, perfect f… read more

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"Burn your bras. Kill your husbands."

-Jack Heath, Kill Your Husbands

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11. Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1)

By: Margaret Hickey

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterio… read more

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12. The Cryptic Clue (The Tea Ladies, #2)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Look who's back in hot water! The highly anticipated new novel in The Tea Ladies cosy crime series,… read more

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13. Foul Play (DCI Jack Hawksworth #5)

By: Fiona McIntosh

4.09

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Superstar footballer Luca Bruni is being blackmailed for a night of lust he swears he didn’t partic… read more

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14. Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2)

By: Margaret Hickey

4.07

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

Stone Town is captivating new rural crime drama from the author of the bestselling Cutters End. … read more

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15. The Daughter's Tale

By: Armando Lucas Correa

3.73

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

BERLIN, 1939. The dreams that Amanda Sternberg and her husband, Julius, had for their daughters are… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
Cover of Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943 by Max Hastings

16. Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943

By: Max Hastings

4.15

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Operation Chastise, the destruction of the Mohne and Eder dams in north-west Germany by the RAF’s 6… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Barney Greatrex: From Bomber Command to the French Resistance - the stirring story of an Australian hero by Michael Veitch

17. Barney Greatrex: From Bomber Command to the French Resistance - the stirring story of an Australian hero

By: Michael Veitch

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The incredible untold World War II story of Australian hero BARNEY GREATREX - from Bomber Command t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • war
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18. Letters from Berlin

By: Tania Blanchard

3.98

Format: 448 pages, ebook

From the bestselling author of The Girl from Munich and Suitcase of Dreams comes an unforgettable t… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
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19. Australia's Secret Army

By: Michael Veitch

4.48

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

Established after World War I by the Royal Australian Navy, the Coast Watchers were a loose organis… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

By: Michael Robotham

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN 9781668030998 can be found here The mystery of Evie C… read more

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"We exist before we are born and after we die."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"... everything I want is on the other side of fear."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"... as though men were the solution to every problem."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"Introspection leads to self-analysis, which leads to self-hatred."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

Cover of Bastard Behind the Lines: The extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese by Tom Gilling

21. Bastard Behind the Lines: The extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese

By: Tom Gilling

3.74

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

He escaped from Singapore's Changi prisoner of war camp to become one of Australia's great World Wa… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

6 Best history books like Bastard Behind the Lines: The extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese by Tom Gilling

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Albert B. Facey , A.B. Facey

4.23

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Bill Bryson

3.42

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Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

Ben Macintyre

4.25

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Max Hastings

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Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles

Bernard Cornwell

4.23

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Donald L. Miller

4.18

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

James Holland

4.47

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Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

Antony Beevor

4.21

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