6 Best historical books like Flying Forts by Martin Caidin

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Flying Forts

By: Martin Caidin

4.40

Format: 472 pages, Kindle Edition

There is no such thunder in history -- nor ever will be again -- as the deep-throated roar of the m…

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Cover of Journey's End by R.C. Sherriff

1. Journey's End

By: R.C. Sherriff

3.86

Format: 114 pages, Hardcover

The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editi… read more

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  • historical
  • war
"You must always think of it like that if you can. Think of it all as - as romantic. It helps."

-R.C. Sherriff, Journey's End

Cover of The Bourne Legacy (Jason Bourne, #4) by Eric Van Lustbader

2. The Bourne Legacy (Jason Bourne, #4)

By: Eric Van Lustbader

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

JASON BOURNE RETURNS FROM THE SHADOWS AS THE WORLD'S #1 ASSASSIN... Once, Jason Bourne was notoriou… read more

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3. Space Cadet

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This is the seminal novel of a young man's education as a member of an elite, paternalistic non-mil… read more

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4. Hell's Angels: The True Story of the 303rd Bomb Group in World War II

By: Jay A. Stout

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

During the air battles that destroyed Nazi Germany's ability to wage war, one bomb group was especi… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Gun Games (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, #20) by Faye Kellerman

5. Gun Games (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, #20)

By: Faye Kellerman

3.84

Format: 135 pages,

Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus are back in this gripping mystery involving a secret cabal of some of… read more

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6. Whip Hand (Sid Halley, #2)

By: Dick Francis

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

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7. The First And The Last

By: Adolf Galland

2.74

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A fearless leader with 104 victories to his name, Galland was a legendary hero in Germany's Luftwaf… read more

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

8. Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)

By: Richard Adams

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage an… read more

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9. The Men Who Killed the Luftwaffe: The U.S. Army Air Forces Against Germany in World War II

By: Jay A. Stout

1.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

- Dramatic story of World War II in the air - How the U.S. built an air force of 2.3 million men af… read more

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Cover of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Paul Fussell, Eugene B. Sledge

10. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

11. Eclipse of Reason

By: Max Horkheimer

3.67

Format: 350 pages,

"Max Horkheimer (1895-1973) was a leading figure in The Frankfurt School, a renowned body of philos… read more

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12. Combat Crew

By: John Comer

4.00

Format: 100 pages, Kindle Edition

Combat Crew is one of the best memoirs about the air war over Europe ever written. John Comer kept … read more

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13. Stormy Weather

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER "Hysterically funny...Hiaasen at his satirical best." - USA Today Two hone… read more

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14. The Bourne Sanction (Jason Bourne, #6)

By: Robert Ludlum , Eric Van Lustbader

4.47

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Jason Bourne needs to regain his life as David Webb so he accepts an invitation from his beloved me… read more

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15. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History by Kevin Maurer

16. Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

By: Kevin Maurer

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Kevin Maurer―the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day ―comes t… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
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17. Luck of the Draw

By: Frank Murphy

4.22

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and und… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Serenade to the Big Bird by Bert Stiles

18. Serenade to the Big Bird

By: Bert Stiles

3.95

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

At the age of twenty-two, Bert Stiles joined the American Air Force. Two years later he began his … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Combat Diaries: True Stories from the Frontlines of World War II by Mike Guardia

19. The Combat Diaries: True Stories from the Frontlines of World War II

By: Mike Guardia

4.40

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

From the beaches of Normandy to the shores of Iwo Jima. Harrowing tales of combat…as told by the me… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Genesis (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery, #12) by Robin Cook

20. Genesis (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery, #12)

By: Robin Cook

3.85

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times-bestselling author Robin Cook takes on the ripped-from-the-headlines topic of harnes… read more

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Cover of Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II by James  Holland

21. Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II

By: James Holland

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy l… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Crisis Convoy: The Story of HX231, A Turning Point in the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two) by Peter Gretton

22. Crisis Convoy: The Story of HX231, A Turning Point in the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

By: Peter Gretton

4.21

Format: 155 pages, Kindle Edition

An engrossing account by the Royal Navy commander who led the escort of convoy HX231 during the Bat… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of The Bomber Boys: Heroes Who Flew the B-17s in World War II by Travis L. Ayres

23. The Bomber Boys: Heroes Who Flew the B-17s in World War II

By: Travis L. Ayres

4.40

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

True tales of heroism and the men who fought and died in the skies of World War II Europe.In World … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Medic's Wife: A True Story of Love, Loss and Resilience Amidst the Holocaust and WWII (Historical Fiction Memoir) by Edmumd A. Kruszynski

24. The Medic's Wife: A True Story of Love, Loss and Resilience Amidst the Holocaust and WWII (Historical Fiction Memoir)

By: Edmumd A. Kruszynski

4.71

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

How far would you go to protect the one you love? Based on a true story.1944. During the chaos of W… read more

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Cover of Dark Waters, Starry Skies: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, March–October 1943 by Jeffrey R. Cox

25. Dark Waters, Starry Skies: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, March–October 1943

By: Jeffrey R. Cox

4.32

Format: 911 pages, Kindle Edition

Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced a fast-paced and absorbing read of the cruc… read more

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  • world war ii
Cover of To Save An Army: The Stalingrad Airlift by Robert Forsyth

26. To Save An Army: The Stalingrad Airlift

By: Robert Forsyth

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Using contemporary photographs and previously unpublished sources, Robert Forsyth analyses the huma… read more

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  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Things Our Fathers Saw—The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation-Volume II: War in the Air—From the Great Depression to Combat by Matthew A. Rozell

27. The Things Our Fathers Saw—The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation-Volume II: War in the Air—From the Great Depression to Combat

By: Matthew A. Rozell

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

~THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL IN THE BEST SELLING ‘The Things Our Fathers Saw’ SERIES~ — “I don’t think… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Flying Forts by Martin Caidin

28. Flying Forts

By: Martin Caidin

4.40

Format: 472 pages, Kindle Edition

There is no such thunder in history -- nor ever will be again -- as the deep-throated roar of the m… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Blue Water War: The Maritime Struggle in the Mediterranean and Middle East, 1940–1945 by Brian  Walter

29. The Blue Water War: The Maritime Struggle in the Mediterranean and Middle East, 1940–1945

By: Brian Walter

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For three millennia the Mediterranean Sea served as the center of western civilization and the scen… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Living in the Shadow of a Hell Ship: The Survival Story of U.S. Marine George Burlage, a WWII Prisoner-of-War of the Japanese (Volume 18) (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series) by Georgianne Burlage

30. Living in the Shadow of a Hell Ship: The Survival Story of U.S. Marine George Burlage, a WWII Prisoner-of-War of the Japanese (Volume 18) (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series)

By: Georgianne Burlage

4.83

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

U.S. Marine George Burlage was part of the largest surrender in American history at Bataan and Corr… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Flying with the Fifteenth Air Force: A B-24 Pilot's Missions from Italy during World War II by Tom Faulkner

31. Flying with the Fifteenth Air Force: A B-24 Pilot's Missions from Italy during World War II

By: Tom Faulkner

4.38

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1944 and 1945, Tom Faulkner was a B-24 pilot flying out of San Giovanni airfield in Italy as a m… read more

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14 best-selling history books like Flying Forts by Martin Caidin

Transform Your Habits

Hell's Angels: The True Story of the 303rd Bomb Group in World War II

Jay A. Stout

4.29

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The First And The Last

Adolf Galland

2.74

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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

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Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

Alex Kershaw

4.32

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I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

Martin Short

4.11

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The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916

Alistair Horne

4.29

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Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission

Bob Drury , Tom Clavin

3.72

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To Hell and Back

Tom Brokaw , Audie Murphy

4.25

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