12 Best nonfiction books like My Brother in Arms: The Exceptional Life of Mark Andrew Forester, United States Air Force Combat Controller by Thad Forester

Cover of My Brother in Arms: The Exceptional Life of Mark Andrew Forester, United States Air Force Combat Controller by Thad Forester

My Brother in Arms: The Exceptional Life of Mark Andrew Forester, United States Air Force Combat Controller

By: Thad Forester

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

On September 29, 2010 Mark Forester was killed in action while fighting terrorists in Uruzgan Provi…

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Cover of No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer

1. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

By: Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer

4.02

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
"Just get to lunch,"

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

"There is no honor in sending men to die for something you won't even fight for yourself"

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

"I had no idea if the photos [of Osama bin Laden's dead body] would ever be made public, and I didn't care."

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

"Before I left, I noticed a shelf that ran above the door. It was just above where he [bin Laden] was standing when we got to the third deck. I slid my hand up and felt two guns, which urned out to be…"

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

Cover of The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander by Pete Blaber

2. The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

By: Pete Blaber

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

As a commander in Delta Force-the most elite counter-terrorist organization in the world-Pete Blabe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
"The ultimate goal of this book is to share what I consider to be life-saving and life-changing lessons that I was fortunate enough to learn as a key participant in many of recent history’s most impac…"

-Pete Blaber, The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

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3. Grit

By: Angela Duckworth

4.67

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth sho… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

4. Leaders Eat Last

By: Simon Sinek

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The highly anticipated follow-up to Simon Sinek's global bestseller Start with WhySimon Sinek is an… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. Truman

By: David McCullough

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of City of Bones (Harry Bosch, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #10) by Michael    Connelly

6. City of Bones (Harry Bosch, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #10)

By: Michael Connelly

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Trade Paperback

Detective Harry Bosch tears open a 20-year-old murder case - with an explosive ending that leave al… read more

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7. Dead Center: A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War

By: Ed Kugler

4.48

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DEATH BUSINESS, EACH DAWN COULD BE YOUR LAST. Raw, straightforward, and powerful… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war

8. Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae

By: Steven Pressfield

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

In 480 B.C., two million Persian invaders come to the mountain pass of Thermopylae in eastern Greec… read more

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9. The Final Mission of Extortion 17: Special Ops, Helicopter Support, SEAL Team Six, and the Deadliest Day of the U.S. War in Afghanistan

By: Ed Darack

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

On August 6, 2011, a U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter approached a landing zone in Afghanistan 4… read more

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10. The Gray Man (Gray Man, #1)

By: Mark Greaney

3.92

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

To those who lurk in the shadows, he's known as the Gray Man. He is a legend in the covert realm, m… read more

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11. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

By: Candice Millard

4.24

Format: None pages,

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more

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12. 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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13. Fearless: The Heroic Story of One Navy SEAL's Sacrifice in the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden and the Unwavering Devotion of the Woman Who Loved Him

By: Eric Blehm

4.34

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

Fearless takes you deep into SEAL Team Six, straight to the heart of one of it's most legendary ope… read more

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14. Intensity

By: Dean Koontz

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

Past midnight, Chyna Shepard, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first … read more

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15. None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism

By: Michael Hirsh

3.64

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

From award-winning journalist and combat veteran Michael Hirsh comes the thrilling inside story of … read more

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Cover of Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force by Dan Schilling

16. Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force

By: Dan Schilling

4.30

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special O… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
Cover of Only the Dead (Terminal List #6) by Jack Carr

17. Only the Dead (Terminal List #6)

By: Jack Carr

4.55

Format: 562 pages, Kindle Edition

Navy SEAL James Reece faces a devastating global conspiracy in this high-adrenaline thriller that i… read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of In the Blood (Terminal List, #5) by Jack Carr

18. In the Blood (Terminal List, #5)

By: Jack Carr

4.50

Format: 459 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling Terminal List series continues as James Reece embarks on a global… read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of The Terminal List (Terminal List, #1) by Jack Carr

19. The Terminal List (Terminal List, #1)

By: Jack Carr

4.28

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the Ame… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
"Revisionist views of the Constitution by opportunistic politicians and unelected judges with agendas that reinterpret the Bill of Rights to take power away from the people and consolidate it at the f…"

-Jack Carr, The Terminal List (Terminal List, #1)

Cover of True Believer (Terminal List, #2) by Jack Carr

20. True Believer (Terminal List, #2)

By: Jack Carr

4.34

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

In acclaimed author Jack Carr’s follow-up to The Terminal List, former Navy SEAL James Reece’s skil… read more

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  • military fiction
"To those before us, to those amongst us, to those we'll see on the other side, Lord let me not prove unworthy of my brothers."

-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)

"Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimum food or water, in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon, and he made his web gear…"

-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)

Cover of Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the 116 Days that Changed the World by Chris Wallace

21. Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the 116 Days that Changed the World

By: Chris Wallace

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Chris Wallace, the veteran journalist and anchor of Fox News Sunday, comes an electrifying beh… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7) by Jack Carr

22. Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)

By: Jack Carr

4.54

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbe… read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of Hill 29 Vietnam 1968: 8th Cav/Blue Ghost by Gareth Style

23. Hill 29 Vietnam 1968: 8th Cav/Blue Ghost

By: Gareth Style

4.19

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

It has been almost two years since this book has been published. It has sold over 2,000 copies and… read more

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  • war
Cover of Sooley by John Grisham

24. Sooley

By: John Grisham

4.13

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first … read more

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"Men, we don't deserve respect. Yet. Respect is out there on the floor, just waiting for us to go get it."

-John Grisham, Sooley

Cover of Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967 by Doyle D. Glass

25. Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967

By: Doyle D. Glass

4.56

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

Redesigned cover art and upgraded manuscript to showcase the true story of 164 Marines and Navy Cor… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
"A hailstorm of rocket-propelled grenades, thundering mortars, and AK-47 machine-gun fire strafed the exposed men from all directions. The Marines of Mike Company had walked into an ambush laid by ove…"

-Doyle D. Glass, Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967

Cover of LRRP (Provisional) 2nd Bde 4th Infantry Division Vietnam 1966-67 by Frank Camper

26. LRRP (Provisional) 2nd Bde 4th Infantry Division Vietnam 1966-67

By: Frank Camper

4.45

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

True story of the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division's small, ragtag "provisional" long range patro… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
Cover of Special Men: A LRP's Recollections by Dennis Foley

27. Special Men: A LRP's Recollections

By: Dennis Foley

4.46

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A recipient of two Purple Hearts gives readers an inside view of US Army special forces through his… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Never Quit: From Alaskan Wilderness Rescues to Afghanistan Firefights as an Elite Special Ops PJ by Jimmy Settle

28. Never Quit: From Alaskan Wilderness Rescues to Afghanistan Firefights as an Elite Special Ops PJ

By: Jimmy Settle

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Never Quit is the true story of how Jimmy Settle, an Alaskan shoe store clerk, became a Special For… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
Cover of Warpath: One Vietnam Veteran's Journey through War, Disillusionment, Guilt and Recovery by A.J.  Moore

29. Warpath: One Vietnam Veteran's Journey through War, Disillusionment, Guilt and Recovery

By: A.J. Moore

4.30

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

They flew low and slow over the landing zone, trying to draw fire or detect signs of enemy activity… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
Cover of My Brother in Arms: The Exceptional Life of Mark Andrew Forester, United States Air Force Combat Controller by Thad Forester

30. My Brother in Arms: The Exceptional Life of Mark Andrew Forester, United States Air Force Combat Controller

By: Thad Forester

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

On September 29, 2010 Mark Forester was killed in action while fighting terrorists in Uruzgan Provi… read more

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  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
Cover of A Savage Joy: A Vietnam War Novel (The Airmen Series Book 14) by David Lee Corley

31. A Savage Joy: A Vietnam War Novel (The Airmen Series Book 14)

By: David Lee Corley

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s called the “Black Widow”, a CIA gunship with three high-speed Gatling guns tasked with interdi… read more

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7 Top biography books like My Brother in Arms: The Exceptional Life of Mark Andrew Forester, United States Air Force Combat Controller by Thad Forester

Transform Your Habits

No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

Pete Blaber

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Truman

David McCullough

3.31

Transform Your Habits

Dead Center: A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War

Ed Kugler

4.48

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11 Top audiobook books like Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force by Dan Schilling

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The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

None , Robert O'Neill

4.42

Transform Your Habits

The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan

Eric Blehm , None

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

Pete Blaber

4.33

The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan

Gregg Zoroya

3.92

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