11 must-read biography books like Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, World War II, and a Flyer's Life by Paul Hendrickson

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Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, World War II, and a Flyer's Life

By: Paul Hendrickson

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed and best-selling author of Hemingway’s Boat, the profoundly moving story of his …

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1. The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008

By: Thomas E. Ricks

3.72

Format: 224 pages,

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Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

2. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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3. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

By: Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876 by Bret Baier

4. To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876

By: Bret Baier

4.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller Fox News Channel’s Chief Political Anchor illuminates the heroic life … read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) by L.M. Sagas

5. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

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Cover of When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

6. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World by David L. Roll

7. Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World

By: David L. Roll

4.44

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history, from Fra… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe by William R. Hogan

8. Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe

By: William R. Hogan

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A fourth-generation soldier tells the story of his father’s tank battalion, the “Spearhead,” that s… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets by Michael Korda

9. Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets

By: Michael Korda

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier-poets in M… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy by Craig Whitlock

10. Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

By: Craig Whitlock

4.39

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest publi… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"After a decade of U.S. wars and surging defense budgets, an expectation of special treatment had taken root in the Navy. Many officers felt they were owed something extra for enduring long deployment…"

-Craig Whitlock, Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

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11. American Flygirl

By: Susan Tate Ankeny

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

One of WWII’s most uniquely hidden figures, Hazel Ying Lee was the first Asian American woman to ea… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of The Call to Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush: A Visual Biography by Jon Meacham

12. The Call to Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush: A Visual Biography

By: Jon Meacham

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In honor of the 100th anniversary of George H. W. Bush’s birth, this visually stunning chronicle fe… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World by Caroline Alexander

13. Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World

By: Caroline Alexander

4.00

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the NYT bestelling author, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most br… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Taking London: Winston Churchill and the Fight to Save Civilization by Martin Dugard

14. Taking London: Winston Churchill and the Fight to Save Civilization

By: Martin Dugard

4.32

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series—with m… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island: The World War II Battle That Saved Marine Corps Aviation by John R. Bruning

15. Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island: The World War II Battle That Saved Marine Corps Aviation

By: John R. Bruning

4.56

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The pivotal true story of the first fifty-three days of the standoff between Imperial Japanese and … read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
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16. Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, World War II, and a Flyer's Life

By: Paul Hendrickson

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed and best-selling author of Hemingway’s Boat, the profoundly moving story of his … read more

Similar categories in Paul Hendrickson's Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, World War II, and a Flyer's Life book and Paul Hendrickson's Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, World War II, and a Flyer's Life

  • american history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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17. Worst Case Scenario

By: T.J. Newman

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Following her explosive debut thriller Falling and its harrowing follow-up Drowning, #1 internation… read more

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Cover of Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War by Raj Shah

18. Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War

By: Raj Shah

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon—the Defense Innovation Unit, also known… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Tom Clancy Shadow State (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel Book 12) by M.P. Woodward

19. Tom Clancy Shadow State (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel Book 12)

By: M.P. Woodward

4.57

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

Surviving a helicopter crash in the Vietnamese Highlands is only the start of the challenges facing… read more

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Cover of America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War by H.W. Brands

20. America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

By: H.W. Brands

4.37

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands narrates the fierce debate over Amer… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Strategists: Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler--How War Made Them and How They Made War by Phillips Payson O'Brien

21. The Strategists: Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler--How War Made Them and How They Made War

By: Phillips Payson O'Brien

4.28

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Churchill. Hitler. Stalin. Mussolini. Roosevelt. Five of the most impactful leaders of WW2, each wi… read more

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

17 Best history books like Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, World War II, and a Flyer's Life by Paul Hendrickson

Transform Your Habits

Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Transform Your Habits

To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876

Bret Baier

4.40

Transform Your Habits

When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

Garrett M. Graff

4.59

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19 must-read audiobook books like Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets by Michael Korda

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

Andrea Wulf

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

Steve Coll

4.44

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