6 must-read nonfiction books like The Luck of the Draw: The Memoir of a World War II Submariner: From Savo Island to the Silent Service by C. Kenneth Ruiz

Cover of The Luck of the Draw: The Memoir of a World War II Submariner: From Savo Island to the Silent Service by C. Kenneth Ruiz

The Luck of the Draw: The Memoir of a World War II Submariner: From Savo Island to the Silent Service

By: C. Kenneth Ruiz

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A coin flip likely saved the life of Kenneth C. Ruiz. It was August 1942 and he was fresh out of th…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Luck of the Draw: The Memoir of a World War II Submariner: From Savo Island to the Silent Service by C. Kenneth Ruiz , here is a list of 6 books like this:

1. Extreme Measures (Mitch Rapp, #11)

By: Vince Flynn

4.00

Format: 96 pages,

Now, with Rapp away on assignment in Pakistan, CIA Director Irene Kennedy turns to his protegee Mik… read more

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2. The Bad Weather Friend

By: Dean Koontz

3.89

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

Benny is so nice they feel compelled to destroy him, but he has a friend who should scare the hell … read more

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3. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

By: Brad Meltzer

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. The Secret (Jack Reacher #28)

By: Lee Child

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

1992. Eight respectable, upstanding people have been found dead across the US. These deaths look li… read more

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  • military fiction
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5. Code Red (Mitch Rapp #22)

By: Kyle Mills

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Mitch Rapp makes a mortal enemy of Russia in this high-octane and “ripped straight from next week’s… read more

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6. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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7. Better Off Dead (Jack Reacher, #26)

By: Lee Child

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Reacher never backs down from a problem. And he's about to find a big one, on a deserted Arizona r… read more

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8. 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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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
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9. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

By: Robert Leckie

4.22

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC Here is one of the most riveting first-per… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"There was no feeling of dedication because it was absolutely involuntary. I do not doubt that if the Marines had asked for volunteers for an impossible campaign such as Guadalcanal, almost everyone n…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

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10. Hey Doc!: The Battle of Okinawa As Remembered by a Marine Corpsman

By: Ed Wells

4.36

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

An amazing story of perseverance and everyday courage. This is the wartime memories of a Marine Cor… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Oath of Loyalty (Mitch Rapp, #21)

By: Kyle Mills

4.48

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Mitch Rapp confronts a very different kind of killer in the explosive new thriller in Vince Flynn’s… read more

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12. Driving the Tide (After Dunkirk #6)

By: Lee Jackson

4.53

Format: 552 pages, Kindle Edition

As the Allies prepare to liberate France at the height of World War II, one family will do everythi… read more

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  • world war ii
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13. The Luck of the Draw: The Memoir of a World War II Submariner: From Savo Island to the Silent Service

By: C. Kenneth Ruiz

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A coin flip likely saved the life of Kenneth C. Ruiz. It was August 1942 and he was fresh out of th… read more

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