20 must-read history books like Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin

Cover of Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin

Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

By: Bob Drury , Tom Clavin

4.19

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Flags of Our Fathers , Halsey’s Typhoon chronicles the ep…

If you liked the history plot in Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon by Alex Kershaw

1. The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

By: Alex Kershaw

4.17

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under t… read more

Similar categories in Alex Kershaw's The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Their Backs against the Sea: The Battle of Saipan and the Largest Banzai Attack of World War II by Bill Sloan

2. Their Backs against the Sea: The Battle of Saipan and the Largest Banzai Attack of World War II

By: Bill Sloan

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The battle of Saipan lasted twenty-five hellish days in the summer of 1944, and the stakes couldn't… read more

Similar categories in Bill Sloan's Their Backs against the Sea: The Battle of Saipan and the Largest Banzai Attack of World War II book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour by James D. Hornfischer

3. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour

By: James D. Hornfischer

2.50

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do … read more

Similar categories in James D. Hornfischer's The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • history
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin

4. Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

By: Bob Drury , Tom Clavin

4.19

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Flags of Our Fathers , Halsey’s Typhoon chronicles the ep… read more

Similar categories in Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • american history
  • survival
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • naval history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James D. Bradley

5. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage

By: James D. Bradley

3.86

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

The classic New York Timesbestselling story of heroism and sacrifice--by the author of Flags of Our… read more

Similar categories in James D. Bradley's Flyboys: A True Story of Courage book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick

6. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author ofIn the Heart of the Seaand Mayflower, brings his prod… read more

Similar categories in Nathaniel Philbrick's Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • american history
  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction

7. Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

By: Hampton Sides

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Magnificent History of How the West Was Really Won--a Sweeping Tale of Shame and Glory In the fal… read more

Similar categories in Hampton Sides's Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war

8. The Pacific

By: Hugh Ambrose

3.49

Format: 465 pages,

Penguin delivers you to the front lines of The Pacific Theater with the real-life stories behind th… read more

Similar categories in Hugh Ambrose's The Pacific book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

Cover of The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt

9. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

By: Douglas Brunt

4.23

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more

Similar categories in Douglas Brunt's The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"

-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

Cover of The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America by James L. Swanson

10. The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

By: James L. Swanson

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of the New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Moon comes a spellbinding ac… read more

Similar categories in James L. Swanson's The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by Evan Thomas

11. Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II

By: Evan Thomas

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a cru… read more

Similar categories in Evan Thomas's Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

12. 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

Similar categories in Alex Kershaw's Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

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

Similar categories in Chris Wimmer's The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • historical
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire by Bret Baier

14. Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire

By: Bret Baier

4.37

Format: 416 pages, ebook

President Reagan's dramatic battle to win the Cold War is revealed as never before by the #1 bestse… read more

Similar categories in Bret Baier's Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • historical
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White Jr.

15. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more

Similar categories in Ronald C. White Jr.'s On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang by Tom Clavin

16. The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang

By: Tom Clavin

3.67

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multipl… read more

Similar categories in Tom Clavin's The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

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

17. 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

Similar categories in Hampton Sides's On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival by Tom Clavin

18. Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival

By: Tom Clavin

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive.On August 13, 1944,… read more

Similar categories in Tom Clavin's Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

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

19. 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

Similar categories in Harry H. Crosby's A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • 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

20. 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

Similar categories in Mark Harmon's Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Panzer Killers: The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division's Charge into the Third Reich by Daniel P. Bolger

21. The Panzer Killers: The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division's Charge into the Third Reich

By: Daniel P. Bolger

4.12

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A general-turned-historian reveals the remarkable battlefield heroics of Major General Maurice Rose… read more

Similar categories in Daniel P. Bolger's The Panzer Killers: The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division's Charge into the Third Reich book and Bob Drury's Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

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

9 must-read historical books like Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin

Transform Your Habits

The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

Alex Kershaw

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue

Bob Drury , Tom Clavin

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

Douglas Brunt

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

View all the books

18 best-selling audiobook books like The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt

Transform Your Habits

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 Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

Douglas Brunt

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.