21 must-read nonfiction books like Beyond Valor: A World War II Story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race against Time by Jon Erwin

Cover of Beyond Valor: A World War II Story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race against Time by Jon Erwin

Beyond Valor: A World War II Story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race against Time

By: Jon Erwin

4.22

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Beyond Valor is one soldier’s extraordinary tale of bravery, heroism, faith, and devotion. On Ap…

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Cover of Eight Survived: The Harrowing Story Of The Uss Flier And The Only Downed World War Ii Submariners To Survive And Evade Capture by Douglas Campbell, Douglas A.  Campbell

1. Eight Survived: The Harrowing Story Of The Uss Flier And The Only Downed World War Ii Submariners To Survive And Evade Capture

By: Douglas Campbell , Douglas A. Campbell

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The incredible wartime saga of the only American submarinersto survive the sinking of their ship an… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose

2. Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed t… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
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Cover of In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides

3. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

By: Hampton Sides

4.27

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
"We live in weary suspense," DeLong wrote. "Wintering in the pack may be a thrilling thing to read about alongside a warm fire, but the actual thing is sufficient to make any man prematurely old."

-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

"When De Long arrived in California with Emma that May, he went straight down to the yard and feasted his eyes upon his new ship. He was smitten by the transformation that had taken place during his a…"

-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Cover of Wish You Well by David Baldacci

4. Wish You Well

By: David Baldacci

4.04

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her f… read more

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"It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have."

-David Baldacci, Wish You Well

"And he goes round with a fat roll of dollar bills, and got this nice farm, and all them fancy machines, and man let his family starve.’ - Louisa Mae Cardinal"

-David Baldacci, Wish You Well

"See, that why I ain’t go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Want’a talk to God, well I say, ‘howdy-howdy, God,’ and we jaw fer a bit.’ - Jimmy ‘Diamond’ Skinner"

-David Baldacci, Wish You Well

"Lou looked at Davis there praying like God was in his heart and home, while his family remained behind in rags and fear and would have starved except for the kindness of Louisa Cardinal. She could on…"

-David Baldacci, Wish You Well

Cover of The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family by Martha Raddatz

5. The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family

By: Martha Raddatz

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From ABC White House correspondent Martha Raddatz, the story of a brutal forty-eight-hour firefight… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II by Gregory A. Freeman

6. The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

By: Gregory A. Freeman

4.36

Format: None pages,

An astonishing, never-before-told story of the Second World War, based on newly declassified docume… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football by Jim Dent

7. Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football

By: Jim Dent

4.11

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Jim Dent, author of the New York Timesbestselling The Junction Boys,returns with his most powerful … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak by Andy   Hall

8. Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak

By: Andy Hall

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Denali's Howlis the white-knuckle account of one of the most deadly climbing disasters of all time.… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

9. Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus

By: Mark Dever

3.33

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

Before ascending to heaven, Jesus instructed his followers to "make disciples of all nations." But … read more

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10. Brothers In Battle, Best of Friends

By: William Guarnere , Robyn Post , Edward Heffron

3.96

Format: None pages,

Tom Hanks introduces the "remarkable" (Publishers Weekly) story of two inseparable friends and sold… read more

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11. The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach

By: John C. McManus

3.91

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A white-knuckle account of the 1st Infantry Division's harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern secto… read more

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12. The Escape (John Puller, #3)

By: David Baldacci

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

It's a prison unlike any other. Military discipline rules. Its security systems are unmatched. None… read more

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13. Field of Fire (Jericho Quinn, #7)

By: Marc Cameron

3.86

Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition

"One of the hottest new authors in the thriller genre."--Brad Thor ATTACK ON AMERICA The first targ… read more

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14. Jubal Sackett

By: Louis L'Amour

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

In Jubal Sackett, the second generation of Louis L'Amour's great American family pursues a destiny … read more

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15. Pacific Alamo: The Battle for Wake Island

By: John F. Wukovits

4.18

Format: 578 pages,

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

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

By: Bob Drury

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's h… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Minute to Midnight (Atlee Pine, #2) by David Baldacci

17. A Minute to Midnight (Atlee Pine, #2)

By: David Baldacci

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

FBI Agent Atlee Pine returns to her Georgia hometown to reopen the investigation of her twin sist… read more

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Cover of The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell

18. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

Cover of The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom by Larry Loftis

19. The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom

By: Larry Loftis

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Florida Book Awards Gold Medalist New York Times bestselling author and … read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality by Michael J. Fox

20. No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality

By: Michael J. Fox

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our live… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity by Bill O'Reilly

21. Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the latest book in the multimillion-selling Killing Series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard tell… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II by Anne R. Keene

22. The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II

By: Anne R. Keene

3.60

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in th… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Pick up any photograph of Ted Williams in 1943 and there’s a good chance you’ll see him seated on a footlocker beside Babe Ruth or perched on a chipped cement wall wearing a jersey stitched with dark…"

-Anne R. Keene, The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II

Cover of Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation by Pete Hegseth

23. Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation

By: Pete Hegseth

4.07

Format: 288 pages, ebook

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! FOX News host Pete Hegseth is back with what he says is his most i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • christian
  • history
Cover of Wishtress by Nadine Brandes

24. Wishtress

By: Nadine Brandes

4.03

Format: 453 pages, Hardcover

She didn't ask to be the Wishtress. Myrthe was born with the ability to turn her tears into wish… read more

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  • christian
"When one fills each day with life, it makes time multiply"

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

"We may be on opposite sides, but that doesn't mean we're enemies."

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

"I've heard you. I want you to know that.' He held my gaze, his expression intense and determined. 'I know you're trying to get to the Well."

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

Cover of The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush

25. The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts

By: Loren Grush

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America… read more

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  • history
  • biography
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Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

26. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

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  • military fiction
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  • world war ii
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Cover of Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice by Chris Wallace

27. Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice

By: Chris Wallace

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Following Chris Wallace’s “riveting” (The New York Times) and “propulsive” (Time) #1 national bests… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War by Neal Bascomb

28. The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War

By: Neal Bascomb

4.04

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Neal Bascomb, New York Times best-selling author, delivers the spellbinding story of the downed All… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
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Cover of Coffin Corner Boys: One Bomber, Ten Men, and Their Harrowing Escape from Nazi-Occupied France (World War II Collection) by Carole Engle Avriett

29. Coffin Corner Boys: One Bomber, Ten Men, and Their Harrowing Escape from Nazi-Occupied France (World War II Collection)

By: Carole Engle Avriett

4.19

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

"Gripping…filled with…dramatic escapes, moments of surprising humanity, and acts of bravery." —Publ… read more

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  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Dirt: Growing Strong Roots in What Makes the Broken Beautiful by Mary Marantz

30. Dirt: Growing Strong Roots in What Makes the Broken Beautiful

By: Mary Marantz

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Dirt is a story about the places where we start . From a single-wide trailer in the mountains of ru… read more

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  • christian
  • biography
Cover of Beyond Valor: A World War II Story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race against Time by Jon Erwin

31. Beyond Valor: A World War II Story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race against Time

By: Jon Erwin

4.22

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Beyond Valor is one soldier’s extraordinary tale of bravery, heroism, faith, and devotion. On Ap… read more

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  • biography
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  • world history
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  • world war ii
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19 best-selling history books like Beyond Valor: A World War II Story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race against Time by Jon Erwin

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3.98

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Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

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4.27

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4.06

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