18 Top nonfiction books like The Americans at Normandy: The Summer of 1944--The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise by John C. McManus

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The Americans at Normandy: The Summer of 1944--The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise

By: John C. McManus

4.38

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In The Americans at D-Day , the first volume of this series, John C. McManus showed us the American…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Americans at Normandy: The Summer of 1944--The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise by John C. McManus , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Sharpe's Fury (Sharpe, #11) by Bernard Cornwell

1. Sharpe's Fury (Sharpe, #11)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.13

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Richard Sharpe, the former private in His Majesty's army who now commands a company of riflemen, fi… read more

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  • military history
Cover of Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow

2. Washington: A Life

By: Ron Chernow

4.16

Format: 904 pages, Hardcover

The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Many mickles make a muckle."

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

Cover of Sharpe's Escape (Sharpe, #10) by Bernard Cornwell

3. Sharpe's Escape (Sharpe, #10)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the tenth installment in the world-renowne… read more

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  • military history
Cover of The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal by David E. Hoffman

4. The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal

By: David E. Hoffman

4.16

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history The Dead Handcomes the riveting story of a sp… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris by Alex Kershaw

5. Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris

By: Alex Kershaw

4.50

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

The best-selling author of The Liberatorbrings to life the incredible true story of an American doc… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 by Max Hastings

6. Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945

By: Max Hastings

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

In September 1944, the Allies believed that Hitler's army was beaten and expected the bloodshed to … read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history

7. Savages

By: Don Winslow

3.57

Format: 256 pages,

Part-time environmentalist and philanthropist Ben and his ex-mercenary buddy Chon run a Laguna Beac… read more

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8. American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies

By: Michael W. Kauffman

3.08

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

It is a tale as familiar as our history primers: A deranged actor, John Wilkes Booth, killed Abraha… read more

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9. The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great

By: Steven Pressfield

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life.So begins Alexander's extraordinary confes… read more

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Cover of Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II by Charles B. MacDonald

10. Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II

By: Charles B. MacDonald

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

As a newly commisioned Captain of a veteran Army regiment, MacDonald's first combat was war at its … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Storm Watch (Joe Pickett, #23) by C.J. Box

11. Storm Watch (Joe Pickett, #23)

By: C.J. Box

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett investigates a mysterious death at a secret remote high-tech facili… read more

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12. Dark Angel (Letty Davenport, #2)

By: John Sandford

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

First, "Investigator,' now 'Dark Angel.' A stunning new series from John Sandford. This time we … read more

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Cover of The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West by Chris Wimmer

13. The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West

By: Chris Wimmer

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narrati… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 by Ian W. Toll

14. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

By: Ian W. Toll

4.76

Format: 944 pages, Hardcover

Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"

-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

Cover of We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City by Justin Fenton

15. We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City

By: Justin Fenton

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Baltimore, 2015. Riots were erupting across the city as citizens demanded justice for Freddie Gray,… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle by Hampton Sides

16. On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle

By: Hampton Sides

4.57

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, a chronicle… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Sand & Steel: The D-Day Invasions and the Liberation of France by Peter Caddick-Adams

17. Sand & Steel: The D-Day Invasions and the Liberation of France

By: Peter Caddick-Adams

4.63

Format: 1025 pages, Hardcover

Peter Caddick-Adams's account of the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 matches the monumental … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

18. 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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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

19. Blacktop Wasteland

By: S.A. Cosby

4.08

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Beauregard "Bug" Montage: husband, father, honest car mechanic. But he was once known - from North … read more

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"The truth had a strange way of ending an argument."

-S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland

Cover of The Battle of the Bulge: Britain's Untold Story (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

20. The Battle of the Bulge: Britain's Untold Story (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.22

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

An eye-opening account of the forgotten involvement of British soldiers in the Battle of the Bulge.… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy by David Corn

21. American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy

By: David Corn

4.33

Format: 18 pages, Audiobook

#1 New York Times bestselling author and investigative reporter David Corn tells the wild and harro… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"We can have an American president who does not govern with negativism and fear of the future."

-David Corn, American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy

Cover of The Long March on Rome: The Forgotten War (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

22. The Long March on Rome: The Forgotten War (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.29

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A lively and highly readable study of the often-overlooked Italian Campaign, from the invasion of S… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II by Adam Makos

23. Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II

By: Adam Makos

4.53

Format: 395 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the international bestseller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Coral Sea 1942: Turning the Tide by Richard   Freeman

24. Coral Sea 1942: Turning the Tide

By: Richard Freeman

4.14

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

In May 1942, the Americans discovered the Japanese planned to take Port Moresby in New Guinea. Aft… read more

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  • world war ii
  • american history
  • history
  • military history
Cover of War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (World War Two at Sea) by John Winton

25. War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (World War Two at Sea)

By: John Winton

4.29

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima; the War in the Pacific was one … read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
Cover of The Sniper: The Untold Story of the Marine Corps' Greatest Marksman of All Time by Jim Lindsay

26. The Sniper: The Untold Story of the Marine Corps' Greatest Marksman of All Time

By: Jim Lindsay

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Jim Lindsay's The Sniper reveals, for the first time ever, the full story of the deadliest sniper i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines: From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan by Saul David

27. Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines: From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan

By: Saul David

4.58

Format: 628 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning historian Saul David reveals the searing experience of the Devil Dogs of World War II… read more

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  • world war ii
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39) by Michael    Connelly

28. The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39)

By: Michael Connelly

4.47

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the… read more

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Cover of Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman

29. 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 The Americans at Normandy: The Summer of 1944--The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise by John C. McManus

30. The Americans at Normandy: The Summer of 1944--The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise

By: John C. McManus

4.38

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In The Americans at D-Day , the first volume of this series, John C. McManus showed us the American… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29) by Lee Child

31. In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29)

By: Lee Child

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and… read more

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20 Best history books like The Americans at Normandy: The Summer of 1944--The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise by John C. McManus

Transform Your Habits

Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal

David E. Hoffman

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris

Alex Kershaw

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945

Max Hastings

3.75

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23 Top history books like Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines: From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan by Saul David

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Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Forgotten Soldier

Guy Sajer

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Road Of Bones: The Siege Of Kohima 1944 The Epic Story Of The Last Great Stand Of Empire

Fergal Keane

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Battle of Midway

Craig L. Symonds

3.50

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