16 Top history books like Cruiser: The Life and Loss of HMAS Perth and Her Crew by Mike Carlton

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Cruiser: The Life and Loss of HMAS Perth and Her Crew

By: Mike Carlton

4.50

Format: 706 pages, Hardcover

Of all the Australians who fought in World War II, none saw more action nor endured so much of its …

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Cover of The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper

1. The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)

By: Jane Harper

4.32

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for t… read more

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  • australia
Cover of Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors by James D. Hornfischer

2. Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors

By: James D. Hornfischer

3.74

Format: 296 pages,

"Son, we're going to Hell." The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a yo… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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3. Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2)

By: Jane Harper

3.24

Format: 0 pages, Hardcover

Five women go on a hike. Only four return. Jane Harper, the New York Times bestselling author of Th… read more

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  • australia

4. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

By: Ben Macintyre

4.22

Format: None pages,

The incredible untold story of WWII s greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern m… read more

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5. Horrie The War Dog

By: Roland Perry

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

In the harsh Libyan desert in World War II, Private Jim Moody found a starving puppy. Moody adopted… read more

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6. 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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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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7. The Survivors

By: Jane Harper

3.76

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets... Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day… read more

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  • australia
Cover of The Amur River: Between Russia And China by Colin Thubron

8. The Amur River: Between Russia And China

By: Colin Thubron

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A dramatic and ambitious new journey from our greatest travel writer. The Amur River is almost unk… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World by Edward Shawcross

9. The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World

By: Edward Shawcross

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The true operatic tragedy of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into pow… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45 by Andreas Hartinger

10. Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45

By: Andreas Hartinger

4.53

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

The veteran tells his grandson about his World War II experiences, without pathos, but with grippin… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Rough nature shapes tough people"

-Andreas Hartinger, Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45

"On, onward ... until the eyes shut …"

-Andreas Hartinger, Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45

"Only those who really experienced the war will want to preserve peace with all their might"

-Andreas Hartinger, Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45

"War always claims the best. Those selfless fighters who at all times, in life, in death, in victory or defeat, establish the ethos of pure comradeship and genuine soldierhood"

-Andreas Hartinger, Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45

Cover of Crisis Convoy: The Story of HX231, A Turning Point in the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two) by Peter Gretton

11. Crisis Convoy: The Story of HX231, A Turning Point in the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

By: Peter Gretton

4.21

Format: 155 pages, Kindle Edition

An engrossing account by the Royal Navy commander who led the escort of convoy HX231 during the Bat… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII by J.E. Johnson

12. Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII

By: J.E. Johnson

4.48

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

Johnnie Johnson joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as a week-end flier, and finis… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Epic Siege at the Heart of WWII's Greatest Battle by Iain MacGregor

13. The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Epic Siege at the Heart of WWII's Greatest Battle

By: Iain MacGregor

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

To the Soviet Union, the sacrifices that enabled the country to defeat Nazi Germany in the Great Pa… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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14. The Battle of Long Tan

By: Peter FitzSimons

4.53

Format: 604 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest V… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
  • australia
Cover of 1945: Victory in the West by Peter Caddick-Adams

15. 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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  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Whispering Death: Australian Airmen in the Pacific War by Mark D. Johnston

16. Whispering Death: Australian Airmen in the Pacific War

By: Mark D. Johnston

4.35

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

In Whispering Death, Mark Johnston, one of Australia's leading experts on World War II, explains vi… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
Cover of The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins: Australia's greatest explorer by Peter FitzSimons

17. The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins: Australia's greatest explorer

By: Peter FitzSimons

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia's most adventurous… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Tiger Man of Vietnam (Hachette Military Collection) by Frank Walker

18. The Tiger Man of Vietnam (Hachette Military Collection)

By: Frank Walker

4.20

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The Vietnamese hilltribes made him a demi-god. The CIA wanted to kill him. This is the remarkable t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of The Battle of the Bismarck Sea by Michael Veitch

19. The Battle of the Bismarck Sea

By: Michael Veitch

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In the thick of World War II, during the first week of March 1943, Japan made a final, desperate lu… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Sub Hunters: Australian Sunderland Squadrons in the Defeat of Hitler's U-boat Menace 1942-43 by Anthony Cooper

20. Sub Hunters: Australian Sunderland Squadrons in the Defeat of Hitler's U-boat Menace 1942-43

By: Anthony Cooper

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

1943 was the turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic, when the balance of forces, technologies … read more

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Cover of Cruiser: The Life and Loss of HMAS Perth and Her Crew by Mike Carlton

21. Cruiser: The Life and Loss of HMAS Perth and Her Crew

By: Mike Carlton

4.50

Format: 706 pages, Hardcover

Of all the Australians who fought in World War II, none saw more action nor endured so much of its … read more

Similar categories in Mike Carlton's Cruiser: The Life and Loss of HMAS Perth and Her Crew book and Mike Carlton's Cruiser: The Life and Loss of HMAS Perth and Her Crew

  • history
  • maritime
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • naval history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • australia
Cover of Red Lead: The legendary Australian ship's cat who survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railway by Roland Perry

22. Red Lead: The legendary Australian ship's cat who survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railway

By: Roland Perry

4.14

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

The legendary Australian ship's cat who survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railw… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war

14 best-selling nonfiction books like Cruiser: The Life and Loss of HMAS Perth and Her Crew by Mike Carlton

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Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors

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3.74

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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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The Amur River: Between Russia And China

Colin Thubron

3.98

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Edward Shawcross

4.26

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Stephen R. Platt

4.23

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Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

Tom Holland

4.15

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Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

Tom Holland

4.22

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The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

Anna Keay

4.39

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