7 Best war books like Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II by Frank Blaichman

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Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

By: Frank Blaichman

4.32

Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition

Frank Blaichman was sixteen years old when the war broke out. In 1942, the killings began in Poland…

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1. Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

By: Irvine Welsh

4.05

Format: 548 pages, Paperback

Mark Renton has it all: he's good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a place at universit… read more

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"Perversity and obstinacy are integral tae the Scottish character."

-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

"but ah'm hugging Janey and thinking about how much a life can change in the time it takes tae fix up."

-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

"Sitting in the brightly lit library, surrounded by books, in total silence, that was ma personal zenith."

-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

"Schopenhauer was right: Life has to be about disillusionment stumbling inexorably towards the totally fucked."

-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

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2. Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor

By: Martin Greenfield , Wynton C. Hall

3.73

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

He's been called "America's greatest living tailor" and "the most interesting man in the world." No… read more

Similar categories in Martin Greenfield's Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor book and Frank Blaichman's Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

  • history
  • memoir
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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3. The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies

By: Jason Fagone

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Joining the ranks of Hidden Figuresand In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the gr… read more

Similar categories in Jason Fagone's The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies book and Frank Blaichman's Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

By: Vincent Bugliosi , Curt Gentry

4.06

Format: 687 pages, Paperback

Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Deciding that his own life expectancy was directly proportional to his usefulness to Manson, Crockett made himself very useful, volunteering his truck to haul in supplies, and so forth."

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"Noting that it would be a long trial, with many witnesses, I recall the old Chinese proverb, "The palest ink is better than the best memory," urging the jury to take detailed notes to aid them in the…"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"For a lawyer to do less than his utmost is, I strongly feel, a betrayal of his client. Though in criminal trials one tends to focus on the defense attorney and his client the accused, the prosecutor …"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"One day Manson tried with me. I stared right back, holding his gaze until his hands started shaking. During the recess, I slid my chair over next to his and asked, "What are you trembling about, Char…"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

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5. Backstage with the Original Hollywood Square

By: Adrienne Armstrong , Alex Trebek , Peter Marshall

3.95

Format: 288 pages,

Host Peter Marshall recounts his years on this revolutionary hit game show, featuring stories of st… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Armstrong's Backstage with the Original Hollywood Square book and Frank Blaichman's Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

  • nonfiction

6. The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau

By: Alex Kershaw

3.97

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The riveting true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War… read more

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7. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps

By: Andrea Warren

4.28

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Andrea Warren presents a life-changing story of a young boy's struggle for sur… read more

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8. All That I Am

By: Anna Funder

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

All That I Amis a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and … read more

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9. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny

By: Bob Newhart

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first book ever from an icon of American comedy--a hilarious combination of stories from his ca… read more

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10. A Night to Remember

By: Walter Lord , Nathaniel Philbrick

3.67

Format: 208 pages,

The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic, in a 50th anniversary edition w… read more

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11. The Games of Enemies and Allies (Magic on Main Street, #2)

By: K.M. Shea

4.56

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

At night they’re enemies. During the day they’re friends. Only one of them is aware of this… My … read more

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12. The Order of Blood and Ruin (Magic on Main Street #3)

By: K.M. Shea

4.53

Format: 495 pages, Kindle Edition

They used to be enemies. Now they’re partners. I never imagined Considine Maledictus—one of the … read more

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13. Robin

By: Dave Itzkoff

4.11

Format: 527 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff, the definitive biography of Robin Williams – a c… read more

Similar categories in Dave Itzkoff's Robin book and Frank Blaichman's Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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14. Dead Men's Trousers (Mark Renton, #5)

By: Irvine Welsh

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A spectacular return of the wild, dissolute gang from Trainspotting, from the author the New York T… read more

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"Ah fuckin hate the way some American cunts call lassies cunts. Fuckin offensive, that shite."

-Irvine Welsh, Dead Men's Trousers (Mark Renton, #5)

"I'm glad our slivers of existence intersected in a Venn diagram between the crushing slabs of oblivion on either side of them"

-Irvine Welsh, Dead Men's Trousers (Mark Renton, #5)

"I pay more tax registered in Holland than I would in the USA, but better gieing to the Dutch to build dams than the Yanks to build bombs."

-Irvine Welsh, Dead Men's Trousers (Mark Renton, #5)

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15. Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes

By: Tim Brady

4.01

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing WWII true story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence be… read more

Similar categories in Tim Brady's Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes book and Frank Blaichman's Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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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

Similar categories in Damien Lewis's SAS great escapes book and Frank Blaichman's Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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17. The Girl with the Diary (Last Words #1)

By: Shari J. Ryan

4.53

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

“What if you never come back?” I asked. “I will find you, Amelia. I promise I will find you.” “Wh… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
  • holocaust
"I love you are my Last Words, and they will always belong to you."

-Shari J. Ryan, The Girl with the Diary (Last Words #1)

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18. My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor

By: Selma van de Perre

4.17

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An international bestseller, this powerful memoir by a ninety-eight-year-old Jewish Resistance figh… read more

Similar categories in Selma van de Perre's My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor book and Frank Blaichman's Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

  • history
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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19. The Tuscan Orphan

By: Siobhan Daiko

4.13

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

1944 - When an air raid strikes the hospital she’s been working in, Carrie’s life irrevocably chang… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
Cover of Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1) by Jeremy Howard-Williams

20. Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1)

By: Jeremy Howard-Williams

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

An engrossing memoir of one RAF fighter pilot’s battle against the Luftwaffe in the dead of night.I… read more

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21. Two Against the Ice: A Classic Arctic Survival Story and a Remarkable Account of Companionship in the Face of Adversity

By: Ejnar Mikkelsen

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Farlig tomandsfærd handler om et af den grønlandske histories mest eventyrlige afsnit. Bogen fortæl… read more

Similar categories in Ejnar Mikkelsen's Two Against the Ice: A Classic Arctic Survival Story and a Remarkable Account of Companionship in the Face of Adversity book and Frank Blaichman's Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

  • survival
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
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22. The Soldier's Letters (Last Words #3)

By: Shari J. Ryan

4.47

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

“Survive for as long as you can, fight until you can’t fight any longer, and if this war ever ends,… read more

Similar categories in Shari J. Ryan's The Soldier's Letters (Last Words #3) book and Frank Blaichman's Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

  • world war ii
  • holocaust
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23. The Orphan's Mother

By: Marion Kummerow

4.54

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

1945, the German-Polish border: With Nazis on one side and Soviet forces approaching on the other, … read more

Similar categories in Marion Kummerow's The Orphan's Mother book and Frank Blaichman's Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

  • world war ii
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24. Out of Istanbul: A Journey of Discovery along the Silk Road

By: Bernard Ollivier

4.10

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

Acclaimed journalist Bernard Ollivier begins his epic journey on foot across the Silk Road. Upon re… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
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25. Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot: Defending the Reich Against the RAF and the USAAF

By: Wolfgang Fischer

4.18

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Within weeks of war being declared, Wolfgang Fischer had volunteered to join the Luftwaffe and spen… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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26. Shocking Psychological Studies and the Lessons They Teach

By: Thad A. Polk

4.00

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

We live in a time of amazing new technologies - and an unparalleled level of surveillance. Virtuall… read more

Similar categories in Thad A. Polk's Shocking Psychological Studies and the Lessons They Teach book and Frank Blaichman's Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

  • nonfiction
Cover of Hiding in Plain Sight: My Holocaust Story of Survival by Beatrice Sonders

27. Hiding in Plain Sight: My Holocaust Story of Survival

By: Beatrice Sonders

4.21

Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition

After decades of concealing the full account of her experiences, Holocaust survivor Beatrice Sonder… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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28. Bering Sea Strong: How I Found Solid Ground on Open Ocean

By: Laura Hartema

3.97

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Full of unusual characters, mischief, camaraderie, and testosterone-fueled man gossip.Bering Sea St… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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29. Obedient Unto Death: A Panzer-Grenadier of the Leibstandarte- SS Adolf Hitler Reports

By: Werner Kindler

3.89

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

“Kindler’s detailed, often harrowing account of armored operations of the elite German Leibstandart… read more

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30. Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

By: Frank Blaichman

4.32

Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition

Frank Blaichman was sixteen years old when the war broke out. In 1942, the killings began in Poland… read more

Similar categories in Frank Blaichman's Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II book and Frank Blaichman's Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II

  • survival
  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • polish literature
  • holocaust
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31. The Kaiser's Pirates: Hunting Germany's Raiding Cruisers in World War I

By: Nick Hewitt

4.04

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The Kaiser’s Pirates is a dramatic and little-known story of World War I, when the actions of a few… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

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