8 Best adventure books like Commando: Memoirs of a Fighting Commando In World War Two (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) by John Durnford-Slater

Cover of Commando: Memoirs of a Fighting Commando In World War Two (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) by John Durnford-Slater

Commando: Memoirs of a Fighting Commando In World War Two (Greenhill Military Paperbacks)

By: John Durnford-Slater

4.04

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

John Durnford-Slater raised and trained the first Commando unit in 1940, became an outstanding lead…

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Cover of Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose

1. Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed t… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
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2. Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)

By: Lee Child

4.22

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

From a helicopter high above the empty California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night… read more

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  • adventure
"Now they broke my toothbrush, I don't own anything."

-Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)

"Slippery slope. I carry a spare shirt, pretty soon I'm carrying spare pants. Then I'd need a suitcase. Next thing I know, I've got a house and a car and a savings plan and I'm filling out all kinds o…"

-Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)

Cover of Fix Bayonets! by John W. Thomason

3. Fix Bayonets!

By: John W. Thomason

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Doughboys were the American soldiers who entered the Great War in the last year of the conflict… read more

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  • history
Cover of And No Birds Sang by Farley Mowat, Robert MacNeil, Charles Martin Smith

4. And No Birds Sang

By: Farley Mowat , Robert MacNeil , Charles Martin Smith

3.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

In July 1942, Farley Mowat was an eager young infantryman bound for Europe and impatient for combat… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history

5. A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940

By: William R. Trotter

3.49

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

In 1939, tiny Finland waged war - the kind of war that spawns legends - against the mighty Soviet U… read more

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6. The Gods of Guilt (Mickey Haller, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #23)

By: Michael Connelly

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Defense attorney Mickey Haller returns with a haunting case in the gripping new thriller from #1 Ne… read more

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7. 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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8. Zero Night: The Untold Story of World War Two's Greatest Escape

By: Mark Felton

3.27

Format: 64 pages,

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9. Blue Moon (Jack Reacher, #24)

By: Lee Child

3.96

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

“This is a random universe,” Reacher says. “Once in a blue moon things turn out just right.” Th… read more

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  • adventure
Cover of Black Ice (Scot Harvath, #20) by Brad Thor

10. Black Ice (Scot Harvath, #20)

By: Brad Thor

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

The new Cold War is about to go hot. #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and #1 Publisher… read more

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  • adventure
Cover of Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

11. 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
  • history
Cover of Shadows Reel (Joe Pickett, #22) by C.J. Box

12. Shadows Reel (Joe Pickett, #22)

By: C.J. Box

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett’s job has many times put his wife and daughters in harm’s way. Now … read more

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  • adventure
Cover of Mercy (Atlee Pine, #4) by David Baldacci

13. Mercy (Atlee Pine, #4)

By: David Baldacci

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

FBI Agent Atlee Pine’s harrowing search for her long-lost sister Mercy reaches a boiling point in t… read more

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Cover of Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice by Tom Clavin

14. Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice

By: Tom Clavin

3.63

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story… read more

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  • history
  • adventure
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15. The Paris Affair

By: Melanie Hudson

4.44

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Nurse Edith Cavell, o… read more

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  • world war ii
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16. SAS great escapes

By: Damien Lewis

4.26

Format: 10 pages, Audible Audio

No food. No water. Out of ammo. Safety is south. But between there and here is 150 miles of barren … read more

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  • history
Cover of America's Forgotten Army: The True Story of the U.S. Seventh Army in WWII - And An Unknown Battle that Changed History (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

17. America's Forgotten Army: The True Story of the U.S. Seventh Army in WWII - And An Unknown Battle that Changed History (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.25

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

An enthralling account of the World War Two exploits of the U.S. Seventh Army, from Sicily to Franc… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
Cover of Red War (Mitch Rapp, #17) by Kyle Mills

18. Red War (Mitch Rapp, #17)

By: Kyle Mills

4.23

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times bestselling series returns with Mitch Rapp racing to prevent Russia’s gravely… read more

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  • adventure
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19. The Twenty-Ninth Day

By: Alex Messenger

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old’s dream adventure,… read more

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Cover of Escape From Arnhem: A Canadian Among the Lost Paratroops (Memoirs from World War Two) by Leo Heaps

20. Escape From Arnhem: A Canadian Among the Lost Paratroops (Memoirs from World War Two)

By: Leo Heaps

4.25

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

The remarkable true story of a Canadian paratrooper’s escape from behind enemy lines following the … read more

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Cover of Bletchley Park and D-Day: The Untold Story of How the Battle for Normandy Was Won by David Kenyon

21. Bletchley Park and D-Day: The Untold Story of How the Battle for Normandy Was Won

By: David Kenyon

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has beco… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
Cover of 8 Miraculous Months in the Malayan Jungle: A WWII Pilot's True Story of Faith, Courage, and Survival by Donald J. "DJ" Humphrey II

22. 8 Miraculous Months in the Malayan Jungle: A WWII Pilot's True Story of Faith, Courage, and Survival

By: Donald J. "DJ" Humphrey II

4.46

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

A Grueling Survival Story About a WWII Hero’s Fight for Freedom On January 11, 1945, Major Donald … read more

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  • history
Cover of The Lion and the Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy by Alexander   Rose

23. The Lion and the Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy

By: Alexander Rose

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Washington’s Spies, the thrilling story of the Confed… read more

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  • history
Cover of The Fleet That Had To Die by Richard Hough

24. The Fleet That Had To Die

By: Richard Hough

4.09

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

By autumn 1904, the Russo-Japanese war had been raging for six months. Routed in Manchuria, the Rus… 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

25. 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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  • history
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26. U-Boat Killer

By: Donald Macintyre

4.25

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

U-Boat Killer, first published in 1956, is an exciting account of a British Royal Navy destroyer in… read more

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  • history
Cover of Duel in the Dark: A Fighter Pilot's Story of the Blitz (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 2) by Peter Townsend

27. Duel in the Dark: A Fighter Pilot's Story of the Blitz (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 2)

By: Peter Townsend

4.33

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A WAR HERO – DASHING AND DISTINGUISHED’ NEW YORK TIMES Adolf Hitler’s plan to eliminate Britain f… read more

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28. Ride the Devil's Herd: Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle Against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang

By: John Boessenecker

3.94

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A Pim County Public Library Southwest Books of the Year 2021 A True West Reader’s Choice for Best … read more

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Cover of Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next by John  Nichol

29. Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next

By: John Nichol

4.47

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Previously published as After the Flood. Former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Ni… read more

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Cover of Commando: Memoirs of a Fighting Commando In World War Two (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) by John Durnford-Slater

30. Commando: Memoirs of a Fighting Commando In World War Two (Greenhill Military Paperbacks)

By: John Durnford-Slater

4.04

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

John Durnford-Slater raised and trained the first Commando unit in 1940, became an outstanding lead… read more

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  • history
  • adventure
Cover of Hitler's Armada: The Royal Navy & the Defence of Great Britain April–October 1940 by Geoff Hewitt

31. Hitler's Armada: The Royal Navy & the Defence of Great Britain April–October 1940

By: Geoff Hewitt

3.70

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

“Any historian or general lover of history in Hitler, or the importance of the Germany Navy in WWII… read more

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Stephen E. Ambrose

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Alex Kershaw

4.32

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John F. Wukovits

4.33

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Bernard Cornwell

4.15

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4.24

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