13 must-read biography books like No Moon Tonight by Don Charlwood

Cover of No Moon Tonight by Don Charlwood

No Moon Tonight

By: Don Charlwood

4.20

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A Bomber Command classic depicting the deep feelings associated with the human cost of the air war …

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Cover of Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

1. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Cover of Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford

2. Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

By: Anthony Swofford

3.69

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Anthony Swofford's Jarhead is the first Gulf War memoir by a frontline infantry marine, and it is a… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
"Every war is different. Every war is the same."

-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

"It occured to me that we will never be young again."

-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

"My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness."

-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

"When you fail, you disgrace yourself and others. When you succeed, be proud and others will be proud for you."

-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

Cover of Wings on My Sleeve (Phoenix Press) by None, Eric M.  Brown

3. Wings on My Sleeve (Phoenix Press)

By: None , Eric M. Brown

4.38

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Eric Brown went to Germany in 1939 on an exchange course, and his first experience of the war came … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4) by Ian Fleming

4. Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)

By: Ian Fleming

3.64

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

"Listen, Bond," said Tiffany Case. "It’d take more than Crabmeat Ravigotte to get me into bed with … read more

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"Ir ļoti skumji mazgāt ve­ļu, ja tajā nav neviena vīrieša krekla."

-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)

"Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other."

-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)

"Outside the bus the smell of sulphur hit Bond with sickening force. It was a horrible smell, from somewhere down in the stomach of the world."

-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)

"Bond sat for a moment frozen to his chair. Suddenly, there flashed unwanted into his mind that most sinister line in poetry: 'They reckon ill who leave me out. When me they fly, I am the wings."

-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)

Cover of Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2) by Ian Fleming

5. Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

By: Ian Fleming

3.63

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

How is this for an evocative passage from the second Bond novel? "Her hair was black and fell to… read more

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"Don't lose faith in your stars."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"You start to die the moment you are born. The whole of life is cutting through the pack with death. So take it easy."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

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6. The Last Enemy

By: Richard Hillary

4.25

Format: 159 pages,

THE LAST ENEMY recounts Richard Hillary's experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, i… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Man With the Golden Gun (James Bond, #13) by Ian Fleming

7. The Man With the Golden Gun (James Bond, #13)

By: Ian Fleming

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

The Man with the Golden Gun is the 13th novel written by Ian Fleming, featuring the fictional Briti… read more

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8. The First And The Last

By: Adolf Galland

2.74

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A fearless leader with 104 victories to his name, Galland was a legendary hero in Germany's Luftwaf… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction

9. First Light

By: Geoffrey Wellum

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

"In First Light, Geoffrey Wellum tells the inspiring, often terrifying true story of his coming of … read more

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10. The Forgotten Legion (Forgotten Legion Chronicles, #1)

By: Ben Kane

4.04

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

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11. To Hell and Back

By: Tom Brokaw , Audie Murphy

4.25

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

The classic bestselling war memoir by the most decorated American soldier in World War II, back in … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
"Suddenly I see the comedy of little men, myself included, who are pitted against a riddle that is as vast and indifferent as the blue sky above us. (pg. 170)"

-Tom Brokaw, To Hell and Back

"Perhaps it is the knowledge that we carry in our hearts that nobody ultimately wins. Somewhere we all go down. Force used tyrannically is our common enemy. Why align ourselves with it in whatever sha…"

-Tom Brokaw, To Hell and Back

"Now comes the picture of mass defeat, the most awesome spectacle of the war. It is in the bent bodies of old women who poke among ruins seeking some miserable object that will link their lives with t…"

-Tom Brokaw, To Hell and Back

12. A Darkness More Than Night (Harry Bosch, #7; Terry McCaleb, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #9)

By: Michael Connelly

4.28

Format: 364 pages, Kindle

Terry McCaleb, the retired FBI agent who starred in the bestseller "Blood Work," is asked by the LA… read more

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13. 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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14. The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan Universe, #4)

By: Tom Clancy

4.16

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Here is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so… read more

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15. The Silver Eagle (Forgotten Legion Chronicles, #2)

By: Ben Kane

3.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The second novel in the Forgotten Legion Chronicles takes Romulus, Brennus, Tarquinius and Fabiola,… 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

16. 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
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • 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

17. Stormy Weather

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER "Hysterically funny...Hiaasen at his satirical best." - USA Today Two hone… read more

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18. Moonraker (James Bond, #3)

By: Ian Fleming

3.80

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

‘For several minutes he stood speechless, his eyes dazzled by the terrible beauty of the greatest w… read more

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"Champagne and Benzedrine! Never again."

-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)

"In angry protest the red telephone splintered the silence."

-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)

"They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive."

-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)

"And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger."

-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)

19. The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945

By: Max Hastings

4.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Examining the espionage and intelligence stories in World War II, on a global basis, bringing toget… read more

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20. Cujo

By: Stephen King

3.79

Format: 432 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Durante toda su vida Cujo fue un buen perro, un San Bernardo grandote, pacífico, juguetón y amante … read more

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"The monster nevers dies."

-Stephen King, Cujo

"There is no bad time for good news."

-Stephen King, Cujo

"No hago más que percibirle... sentirle... en todos los rincones."

-Stephen King, Cujo

"Aspiraba el olor de la locura en un viento que aún no había llegado."

-Stephen King, Cujo

21. The Longest Day

By: Cornelius Ryan

4.25

Format: 131 pages,

The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpa… read more

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22. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

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"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

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23. Silverview

By: John Le Carré

3.66

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In Silverview, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past s… read more

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"Sometimes the whole of marriage was a cover story."

-John Le Carré, Silverview

"Een radicaal is een radicaal. Het maakt niet uit of het een ex-communist is of een ex-wat dan ook. Het is en blijft dezelfde man. Je manier van denken verandert niet omdat die tot een andere conclusi…"

-John Le Carré, Silverview

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24. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients

By: Adam Kay

3.91

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing p… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day by James  Holland

25. 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
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie

26. 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
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • 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

Cover of Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II by Adam Makos

27. 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
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII by J.E. Johnson

28. 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
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Enemy Coast Ahead by Guy Gibson

29. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of No Moon Tonight by Don Charlwood

30. No Moon Tonight

By: Don Charlwood

4.20

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A Bomber Command classic depicting the deep feelings associated with the human cost of the air war … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy by Mark Zuehlke

31. The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy

By: Mark Zuehlke

4.15

Format: 552 pages, Hardcover

Stretching like an armor-toothed belt across Italy's upper thigh, the Gothic Line was the most fort… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

14 best-selling history books like No Moon Tonight by Don Charlwood

Transform Your Habits

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

Anthony Swofford

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Wings on My Sleeve (Phoenix Press)

None , Eric M. Brown

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Last Enemy

Richard Hillary

4.25

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9 best-selling historical books like Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II by Adam Makos

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 Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

Alex Kershaw

4.17

Transform Your Habits

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Transform Your Habits

The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

Bob Drury

4.34

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