17 Top world war ii books like The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy by Mark Zuehlke

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The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy

By: Mark Zuehlke

4.15

Format: 552 pages, Hardcover

Stretching like an armor-toothed belt across Italy's upper thigh, the Gothic Line was the most fort…

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

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Cover of Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

2. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more

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  • italy
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Cover of Target Tirpitz: X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters - The Epic Quest to Destroy Hitler's Mightiest Warship by Patrick Bishop

3. Target Tirpitz: X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters - The Epic Quest to Destroy Hitler's Mightiest Warship

By: Patrick Bishop

4.15

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

A gripping account of the epic hunt for Hitler’s most terrifying battleship – the legendary Tirpitz… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • germany
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt by William L. Shirer

4. The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

By: William L. Shirer

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built. But the Allies had to sink it - or risk losing th… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
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  • world war ii
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Cover of A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

5. A Moveable Feast

By: Ernest Hemingway

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Begun in the autumn of 1957 and published posthumously in 1964, Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Enterprise: America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II by Barrett Tillman

6. Enterprise: America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II

By: Barrett Tillman

4.18

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Offering a naval history of the entire Pacific Theater in World War II through the lens of its most… read more

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

7. The First Victory: The Second World War and the East Africa Campaign

By: Andrew Stewart

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Surprisingly neglected in accounts of Allied wartime triumphs, in 1941 British and Commonwealth for… read more

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

8. 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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  • history
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  • 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

9. The Forgotten Legion (Forgotten Legion Chronicles, #1)

By: Ben Kane

4.04

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

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10. The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

By: Joe Haldeman

4.14

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce ali… read more

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  • military fiction
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"Don't worry about that, Man, just make out my ticket."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"I was too old-fashioned male-chauv to allow that; we discussed for a minute and I wound up with the couch"

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"Doctors don’t seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

11. The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach

By: John C. McManus

3.91

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A white-knuckle account of the 1st Infantry Division's harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern secto… read more

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12. Carrier Pilot: One of the greatest pilot's memoirs of WWII - a true aviation classic.

By: None

3.97

Format: None pages,

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13. The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945

By: Max Hastings

4.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Examining the espionage and intelligence stories in World War II, on a global basis, bringing toget… read more

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14. The Longest Day

By: Cornelius Ryan

4.25

Format: 131 pages,

The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpa… read more

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15. Those Who Fall: An Unforgettable Chronicle of War in the Air

By: None

3.91

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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16. Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

By: Bob Odenkirk

3.60

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

In this hilarious, heartfelt memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Nob… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The 'better angels of our nature' may be the ones we want leading us forward, but the worser angels are the ones that we seem to want to watch onscreen."

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

"I figured I'd work in forestry, since I like the outdoors. In fact, in high school I filled out some kind of career-planning assessment and it said just that: 'Go into the forest and don't come back."

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

"Cads kill me. Men who go through life making wisecracks, being overtly rude, taking advantage, being self-obsessed disasters. They're just funny to me. Because of this hobbyhorse, one of my favorite …"

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

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17. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

By: Ben Macintyre

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the hea… read more

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  • audiobook
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18. Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

By: Tom Holland

4.15

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivat… read more

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  • italy
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day by James  Holland

19. Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

By: James Holland

4.47

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated military historian James Holland chronicles the experiences in World War II of the legen… read more

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  • history
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20. Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France

By: James Holland

4.45

Format: 650 pages, Hardcover

D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Alli… read more

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Cover of Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 by Max Hastings

21. Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942

By: Max Hastings

4.25

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operati… read more

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  • history
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  • war
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  • world war ii
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  • audiobook
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22. Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe

By: James Holland

4.33

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took place, larger even than the Nor… read more

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  • italy
  • history
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Cover of Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3) by Stephen Fry

23. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

By: Stephen Fry

4.35

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more

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  • history
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"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

Cover of A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II by Harry H. Crosby

24. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

By: Harry H. Crosby

4.58

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more

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  • military fiction
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Cover of The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1) by Pierre Clostermann

25. The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1)

By: Pierre Clostermann

4.57

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

'THE BIG SHOW is as close as you'll ever get to fighting for your life from the cockpit of a Spitfi… read more

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Cover of Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII by J.E. Johnson

26. Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII

By: J.E. Johnson

4.48

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

Johnnie Johnson joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as a week-end flier, and finis… read more

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  • world war ii
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Cover of The Greatest Raid of All: Operation Chariot and the Mission to Destroy the Normandie Dock at St Nazaire (Daring Military Operations of World War Two) by C.E. Lucas Phillips

27. The Greatest Raid of All: Operation Chariot and the Mission to Destroy the Normandie Dock at St Nazaire (Daring Military Operations of World War Two)

By: C.E. Lucas Phillips

4.30

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

A vivid account of the famous St Nazaire Raid that demonstrates the sheer bravery of the British Co… read more

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Cover of The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle against ISIS by Margaret Coker

28. The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle against ISIS

By: Margaret Coker

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad comes the gripping and heroic story of an el… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Fighter Group: The 352nd "Blue-Nosed Bastards" in World War II by Jay A. Stout

29. Fighter Group: The 352nd "Blue-Nosed Bastards" in World War II

By: Jay A. Stout

4.32

Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition

Jay Stout breaks new ground in World War II aviation history with this gripping account of one of t… read more

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  • history
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  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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30. No Moon Tonight

By: Don Charlwood

4.20

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A Bomber Command classic depicting the deep feelings associated with the human cost of the air war … read more

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Cover of The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy by Mark Zuehlke

31. The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy

By: Mark Zuehlke

4.15

Format: 552 pages, Hardcover

Stretching like an armor-toothed belt across Italy's upper thigh, the Gothic Line was the most fort… read more

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  • military history
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13 must-read audiobook books like The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy by Mark Zuehlke

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Donald L. Miller

4.18

The First Victory: The Second World War and the East Africa Campaign

Andrew Stewart

4.16

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Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

Bob Odenkirk

3.60

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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Ben Macintyre

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Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1)

Ian Mackersey

4.24

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Duel of Eagles: The Classic Pilot's Account of the Battle of Britain (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 1)

Peter Townsend

4.55

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Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

Terence Robertson

4.61

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