5 best-selling history books like Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea) by Edwin P. Hoyt

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Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea)

By: Edwin P. Hoyt

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The first definitive account of one of the most critical naval battles of World War II in the pacif…

If you liked the history plot in Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea) by Edwin P. Hoyt , here is a list of 5 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

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 Edwin P. Hoyt's Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea)

  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
  • 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. Red Storm Rising

By: Tom Clancy

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Audio Cassette

"Allah!"With that shrill cry, three Muslim terrorists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, creating a … read more

Similar categories in Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising book and Edwin P. Hoyt's Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea)

  • military fiction
  • war
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3. The Case of the Constant Suicides (Dr. Gideon Fell, #13)

By: John Dickson Carr

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Having lost all his money in hare-brained get-rich-quick schemes, old Angus Campbell has nothing to… read more

Similar categories in John Dickson Carr's The Case of the Constant Suicides (Dr. Gideon Fell, #13) book and Edwin P. Hoyt's Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea)

"Alan Campbell opened one eye. From somewhere in remote distances, muffled beyond sight or sound, his soul crawled back painfully, through subterranean corridors, up into his body again. Toward the la…"

-John Dickson Carr, The Case of the Constant Suicides (Dr. Gideon Fell, #13)

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4. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943

By: Antony Beevor

4.32

Format: 494 pages, Paperback

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also chan… read more

Similar categories in Antony Beevor's Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 book and Edwin P. Hoyt's Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea)

  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war

5. Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.40

Format: 96 pages,

Mystery novelist Harriet Vane knew all about poisons, and when her fiance died in the manner prescr… read more

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6. 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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7. Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

By: Zane Grey , None

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Lassiter is a gunslinger, an avenger in black. In a remote Utah town, he saves beautiful rancher Ja… read more

Similar categories in Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1) book and Edwin P. Hoyt's Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea)

"I've seen runnin' molasses that was quicker 'n him."

-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

"Where I was raised a woman's word was law. I ain't quite outgrowed that yet."

-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

"So that's troublin' you? I reckon it needn't. You see it was this way. I come round the house an' seen that fat party an' heard him talkin' loud. Then he seen me, an' very impolite goes straight for …"

-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

"While she waited there she forgot the prospect of untoward change. The bray of a lazy burro broke the afternoon quiet, and it was comfortingly suggestive of the drowsy farmyard, and the open corrals,…"

-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

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8. Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.24

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

Society’s eligible women are in mourning. Lord Peter Wimsey has married at last, having finally suc… read more

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"in the linked arms of Bacchus and Aphrodite."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)

"Remorse is eating his soul like a caterpillar in a cabbage."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)

"his thoughts revolving silently in this squirrel-cage of mystification."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)

"But that's men all over ... Poor dears, they can't help it. They haven't got logical minds."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)

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9. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

Similar categories in Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War: A Scenario book and Edwin P. Hoyt's Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea)

  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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10. In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.11

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of the Revolutionary War finale from the New York Times bestselling author of I… read more

Similar categories in Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown book and Edwin P. Hoyt's Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea)

  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
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11. Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea)

By: Edwin P. Hoyt

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The first definitive account of one of the most critical naval battles of World War II in the pacif… read more

Similar categories in Edwin P. Hoyt's Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea) book and Edwin P. Hoyt's Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea)

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • naval history
  • world war ii

6 Best military fiction books like Blue Skies And Blood (Battle of the Coral Sea) by Edwin P. Hoyt

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4.18

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4.20

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Antony Beevor

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Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.24

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Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

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4.09

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