6 best-selling military history books like Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine by Charles Lachman

Cover of Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine by Charles Lachman

Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine

By: Charles Lachman

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The white-knuckled war saga of the US Navy task force who achieved the impossible on June 4, 1944, …

If you liked the military history plot in Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine by Charles Lachman , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops

By: Damien Lewis

3.79

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

When France fell to the Nazis in the winter of 1939, Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared that… read more

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

2. Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East

By: James Holland

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

'A thrilling blow-by-blow account' The Times In February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, driv… read more

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

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

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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4. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

By: Douglas Brunt

4.23

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"

-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

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

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

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

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

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

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

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

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

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

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6. Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

By: Calder Walton

4.30

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The riveting, untold story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with le… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Cover of Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show by Tommy Tomlinson

8. Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show

By: Tommy Tomlinson

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Elephant in the Room comes the first inside account … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Tomlinson's Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show book and Charles Lachman's Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II by Alex Kershaw

9. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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10. 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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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Three Days at the Brink

By: Bret Baier

4.21

Format: 434 pages, Hardcover

“I not put this extraordinary book down. Three Days at the Brink is a masterpiece: elegantly writt… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. 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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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations by Patrick K. O'Donnell

13. The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations

By: Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Indispensables , the unknown and dramatic story of irregular gue… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower by Michel Paradis

14. The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower

By: Michel Paradis

4.46

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew … read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever by Rachel Lance

15. Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever

By: Rachel Lance

4.03

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers—men and women—who expo… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Vanishing Act: The Enduring Mystery Behind the Legendary Doolittle Raid over Tokyo by Dan Hampton

17. Vanishing Act: The Enduring Mystery Behind the Legendary Doolittle Raid over Tokyo

By: Dan Hampton

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes the gripping, untold story of a secret mis… read more

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

18. 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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  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine by Charles Lachman

19. Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine

By: Charles Lachman

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The white-knuckled war saga of the US Navy task force who achieved the impossible on June 4, 1944, … read more

Similar categories in Charles Lachman's Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine book and Charles Lachman's Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine

  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War by Raj Shah

20. 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
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Saturday: An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza by Trey Yingst

21. Black Saturday: An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza

By: Trey Yingst

4.60

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Fox News war correspondent Trey Yingst shares his gripping, firsthand account of the events of Octo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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4.51

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Douglas Brunt

4.23

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Erik Larson

4.24

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4.30

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Ruth Reichl

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