6 must-read world war ii books like X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken by Dermot Turing

Cover of X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken by Dermot Turing

X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken

By: Dermot Turing

4.01

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

December, 1932: In the bathroom of a Belgian hotel, a French spymaster photographs secret documents…

If you liked the world war ii plot in X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken by Dermot Turing , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh

1. The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

By: Simon Singh

4.30

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In his first book since the bestselling Fermat’s Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping hist… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • technology
"Po první světové válce se Spojenci nebáli nikoho."

-Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

"...říká se, že zkratka NSA ve skutečnosti znamená „Never Say Anything"

-Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

"„Každý, kdo přemýšlí o kvantové mechanice, aniž by se mu zatočila hlava, jí nerozumí."

-Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

"Polský úspěch v prolomení Enigmy byl dán třemi faktory: strachem, matematikou a špionáží."

-Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

Cover of The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, Josef Lada, Cecil Parrott

2. The Good Soldier Švejk

By: Jaroslav Hašek , Josef Lada , Cecil Parrott

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

In The Good Soldier Svejk, celebrated Czech writer and anarchist Jaroslav Hasek combined dazzling w… read more

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  • war
Cover of Connections by James  Burke

3. Connections

By: James Burke

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

In this bestselling book, James Burke examines the ideas, inventions, and coincidences that have cu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • technology

4. In a Sunburned Country

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER Every time Bill Bryson walks out… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

5. Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945

By: Leo Marks

4.09

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

In 1942, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to fight … read more

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6. Under the Udala Trees

By: Chinelo Okparanta

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by Nigeria's folktales and its war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful … read more

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7. A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)

By: Ellis Peters

4.39

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ellis Peters' introduction to the murderous medieval world of Brother Cadfael... A Morbid Taste for… read more

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8. Enigma

By: Robert Harris

3.92

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

A gripping World War II mystery novel with a cryptographic twist, Enigma's hero is Tom Jericho, a b… read more

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9. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

By: Abhijit V. Banerjee , Esther Duflo

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year Award Billions of g… read more

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10. Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies

By: Ben Macintyre

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

In his celebrated bestsellers Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat, Ben Macintyre told the dazzling… read more

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11. Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

By: Scott Jurek , Steve Friedman

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force--and darling--in the grueling and gro… read more

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12. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

By: Robert Coram

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

John Boyd may be the most remarkable unsung hero in all of American military history. Some remember… read more

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Cover of Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself by Rich Roll

13. Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

By: Rich Roll

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this edition can be found here. Finding Ultra is an incredible but true a… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I loved the pain, and the pain loved me back."

-Rich Roll, Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

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14. The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the Forgotten Essence of Human Movement

By: Shane Benzie

4.08

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

'Heads up – here's how to run like a pro' - The Times'A fascinating book' - Adharanand Finn, author… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
Cover of 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career by Meb Keflezighi

15. 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career

By: Meb Keflezighi

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Four-time Olympian Meb Keflezighi shares lessons learned from each of the 26 marathons he's run in … read more

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  • nonfiction
"To my classmates, teammates, teachers, coaches, and friends, and the people in the medical field who encouraged and challenged me to be my best in every aspect of life."

-Meb Keflezighi, 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career

"Un mod prin care maratonul se deosebește de alte curse îl reprezintă faptul că lecțiile lui au deseori paralele cu restul vieții tale. Răbdarea necesară ca să stăpânești maratonul este o abilitate tr…"

-Meb Keflezighi, 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career

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16. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

By: Paul Newman

3.89

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America by Victor Davis Hanson

17. The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America

By: Victor Davis Hanson

4.38

Format: 448 pages, Audiobook

The New York Times bestselling author of The Case for Trump explains the decline and fall of the on… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond by George Friedman

18. The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond

By: George Friedman

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

*One of Bloomberg's Best Books of the Year*The master geopolitical forecaster and New York Times be… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg

19. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

By: Bent Flyvbjerg

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers by Andy Greenberg

20. Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers

By: Andy Greenberg

4.36

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

A chilling, globe-spanning detective story, tracking an elite group of Russian hackers and the futu… read more

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  • history
  • technology
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley by Jimmy Soni

21. The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley

By: Jimmy Soni

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER National Bestseller * New York Times Editors’ Choice * … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • technology
Cover of The Fighting Tenth: The Tenth Submarine Flotilla and the Siege of Malta (Submarine Warfare in World War Two) by John Wingate

22. The Fighting Tenth: The Tenth Submarine Flotilla and the Siege of Malta (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

By: John Wingate

4.33

Format: 475 pages, Kindle Edition

An epic account of ‘the most concentrated submarine battle in history’.Ideal for fans of Max Hastin… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Our Man in Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor by Steve Kemper

23. Our Man in Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor

By: Steve Kemper

4.37

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, behind-the-scenes account of the personalities and contending forces in Tokyo during th… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1) by Jeremy Howard-Williams

24. Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1)

By: Jeremy Howard-Williams

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

An engrossing memoir of one RAF fighter pilot’s battle against the Luftwaffe in the dead of night.I… read more

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Cover of Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence by James Bamford

25. Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence

By: James Bamford

3.64

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

James Bamford, the bestselling author of  The Puzzle Palace  and  Body of Secrets , unveils a hidde… read more

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  • espionage
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Geniuses at War: Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of the Digital Age by David A. Price

26. Geniuses at War: Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of the Digital Age

By: David A. Price

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of the team who built the world's first digital electronic computer at Bletchley P… read more

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  • espionage
  • science
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • technology
Cover of Churchill's Shadow Raiders: The Race to Develop Radar, World War II's Invisible Secret Weapon by Damien Lewis

27. Churchill's Shadow Raiders: The Race to Develop Radar, World War II's Invisible Secret Weapon

By: Damien Lewis

4.40

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning war reporter and internationally bestselling author Damien Lewis, a blistering a… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II by Catherine Musemeche

28. Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II

By: Catherine Musemeche

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Magnificently researched, brilliantly written, Lethal Tides is immensely entertaining and reads li… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The True Story of the Great Escape: Stalag Luft III, March 1944 by Jonathan F. Vance

29. The True Story of the Great Escape: Stalag Luft III, March 1944

By: Jonathan F. Vance

4.31

Format: 541 pages, Kindle Edition

The real history behind the classic war movie and the men who plotted the daring escape from a Nazi… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of 1945: Victory in the West by Peter Caddick-Adams

30. 1945: Victory in the West

By: Peter Caddick-Adams

4.55

Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition

'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to … read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken by Dermot Turing

31. X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken

By: Dermot Turing

4.01

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

December, 1932: In the bathroom of a Belgian hotel, a French spymaster photographs secret documents… read more

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  • espionage
  • science
  • history
  • mathematics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • technology

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Simon Singh

4.30

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James Burke

4.00

In a Sunburned Country

Bill Bryson

3.42

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The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the Forgotten Essence of Human Movement

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4.08

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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Tom Hanks

3.70

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My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.20

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Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

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