7 Best biography books like Goodbye Vietnam by William Broyles Jr.

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Goodbye Vietnam

By: William Broyles Jr.

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

In this “essential” memoir, a former marine returns to Vietnam years later to try to make sense of …

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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

Similar categories in Donald L. Miller's Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany book and William Broyles Jr.'s Goodbye Vietnam

  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • 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. Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

By: Bill Bryson

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land, explaining how a dusty hamlet with neit… read more

Similar categories in Bill Bryson's Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States book and William Broyles Jr.'s Goodbye Vietnam

  • nonfiction

3. Eye of the Tiger: Memoir of a United States Marine, Third Force Recon Company, Vietnam

By: John Edmund Delezen

4.06

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

"We live together under the thick canopy, each searching for the other; the same leeches and mosqui… read more

Similar categories in John Edmund Delezen's Eye of the Tiger: Memoir of a United States Marine, Third Force Recon Company, Vietnam book and William Broyles Jr.'s Goodbye Vietnam

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • war
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4. The Quiet American

By: Graham Greene , Robert Stone

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam "I never knew a man… read more

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  • war

5. Dead Cert

By: Dick Francis

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

As jockey Alan York looked at the back of Bill Davidson astride the great horse Admiral, one thing … read more

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6. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

By: Chris Kyle , Scott McEwen , Jim DeFelice

4.03

Format: 502 pages, Paperback

From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States… read more

Similar categories in Chris Kyle's American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History book and William Broyles Jr.'s Goodbye Vietnam

  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
"But real life doesn't travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn't necessarily have that 'all lived happily ever after' bit. You have to work on where you're going."

-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

"In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers."

-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

"The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pa…"

-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

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7. Empire of the Summer Moon

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.23

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more

Similar categories in S.C. Gwynne's Empire of the Summer Moon book and William Broyles Jr.'s Goodbye Vietnam

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • war
"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

8. When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine

By: Monica Wood

4.06

Format: 32 pages,

1963, Mexico, Maine. The Wood family is much like its close, Catholic, immigrant neighbors, all dep… read more

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9. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II

By: Liza Mundy

4.00

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Hidden Figuresand The Girls of Atomic City, Code Girlsis the astonishing, untol… read more

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10. Goodbye to All That

By: Robert Graves

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

An autobiographical work that describes firsthand the great tectonic shifts in English society foll… read more

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11. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

By: Tim Marshall

4.20

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more

Similar categories in Tim Marshall's The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World book and William Broyles Jr.'s Goodbye Vietnam

  • nonfiction
"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"

-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

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12. 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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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
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13. Sharpe's Assassin (Sharpe, #21)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.SHA… read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Assassin (Sharpe, #21) book and William Broyles Jr.'s Goodbye Vietnam

  • military fiction
  • war
Cover of Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes by Tim  Brady

14. Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes

By: Tim Brady

4.01

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing WWII true story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence be… read more

Similar categories in Tim Brady's Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes book and William Broyles Jr.'s Goodbye Vietnam

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • war
Cover of Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper

15. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

By: Anderson Cooper

3.77

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more

Similar categories in Anderson Cooper's Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune book and William Broyles Jr.'s Goodbye Vietnam

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk by Robert Kershaw

16. Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk

By: Robert Kershaw

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Robert Kershaw creates a page-turning and ground-breaking history of a battle we thought we all alr… read more

Similar categories in Robert Kershaw's Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk book and William Broyles Jr.'s Goodbye Vietnam

  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of Goodbye Vietnam by William Broyles Jr.

17. Goodbye Vietnam

By: William Broyles Jr.

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

In this “essential” memoir, a former marine returns to Vietnam years later to try to make sense of … read more

Similar categories in William Broyles Jr.'s Goodbye Vietnam book and William Broyles Jr.'s Goodbye Vietnam

  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
Cover of Slow Horses (Slough House, #1) by Mick Herron

18. Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

By: Mick Herron

4.00

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agent… read more

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"Half of the future is buried in the past. That was the prevailing Service culture."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"​This is how River Cartwright slipped off the fast track and joined the slow horses."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"Why am I telling you this?' 'So you'll have an excuse to kill me?' 'That's probably it."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"God,’ said Jackson Lamb. ‘Is it me, or did all the fun go out of everything round about 1979?"

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

11 Best nonfiction books like Goodbye Vietnam by William Broyles Jr.

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

Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

Bill Bryson

3.73

Eye of the Tiger: Memoir of a United States Marine, Third Force Recon Company, Vietnam

John Edmund Delezen

4.06

Transform Your Habits

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

Chris Kyle , Scott McEwen , Jim DeFelice

4.03

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20 Top history books like Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk by Robert Kershaw

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

Russia's Last Gasp: The Eastern Front 1916-17

Prit Buttar

3.93

Transform Your Habits

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Barbara W. Tuchman

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

Neil Price

4.18

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