9 Top military history books like Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson

Cover of Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

By: Marcus Luttrell , Patrick Robinson

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan fo…

If you liked the military history plot in Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

1. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

By: Jocko Willink , Leif Babin

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestseller Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Le… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

2. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

By: Laura Hillenbrand

4.38

Format: 475 pages, Hardcover

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeare… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
"Without dignity, identity is erased."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

"A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

"Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

"I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled...and I just wanted to keep being filled."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

Cover of No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer

3. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

By: Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer

4.02

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from th… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"Just get to lunch,"

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

"There is no honor in sending men to die for something you won't even fight for yourself"

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

"I had no idea if the photos [of Osama bin Laden's dead body] would ever be made public, and I didn't care."

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

"Before I left, I noticed a shelf that ran above the door. It was just above where he [bin Laden] was standing when we got to the third deck. I slid my hand up and felt two guns, which urned out to be…"

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

Cover of The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior by None, Robert  O'Neill

4. The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

By: None , Robert O'Neill

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL T… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"The troop commander's name was Rich...[and] he was one of the best leaders I've ever known. His motto, which I've stolen from him, is, 'Nobody ever worked for me. They worked with me."

-None, The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

"...the daily morning muster began beneath a sign that said, 'Are you ready for war today? You should be.' SEALs hadn't fired a shot in anger for years. But nobody ever admitted that around civilians,…"

-None, The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

Cover of Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose

5. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Cover of SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper by Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin

6. SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper

By: Howard E. Wasdin , Stephen Templin

3.77

Format: 67 pages,

The New York Times best selling book that takes you inside SEAL Team Six - the covert squad that ki… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff

7. 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi

By: Mitchell Zuckoff

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of B… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers by Gary Brozek, Nicholas Irving

8. The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

By: Gary Brozek , Nicholas Irving

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Groundbreaking, thrilling and revealing, The Reaper is the astonishing memoir of Special Operations… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson

9. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

By: Marcus Luttrell , Patrick Robinson

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan fo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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10. Black Hawk Down

By: Mark Bowden

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction

11. Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

By: Eric L. Haney

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Now the inspiration for the CBS Television drama, "The Unit." Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's… read more

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12. Flags of Our Fathers

By: James D. Bradley , Ron Powers

3.50

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

Captures the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag … read more

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13. Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor

By: Clinton Romesha

3.97

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

The only comprehensive, firsthand account of the thirteen hour firefight at the Battle of Keating b… read more

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14. The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi

By: Kevin Lacz , Ethan E. Rocke , Lindsey Lacz

4.33

Format: 228 pages, ebook

"One of the very best books to come out of the war in Iraq," (Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, bestselling a… read more

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Cover of American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice

15. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

By: Chris Kyle , Scott McEwen , Jim DeFelice

4.03

Format: 502 pages, Paperback

From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"But real life doesn't travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn't necessarily have that 'all lived happily ever after' bit. You have to work on where you're going."

-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

"In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers."

-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

"The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pa…"

-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

16. We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

By: Harold G. Moore , Joseph L. Galloway

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both releva… read more

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17. Fearless: The Heroic Story of One Navy SEAL's Sacrifice in the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden and the Unwavering Devotion of the Woman Who Loved Him

By: Eric Blehm

4.34

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

Fearless takes you deep into SEAL Team Six, straight to the heart of one of it's most legendary ope… read more

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18. No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL

By: Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer

4.24

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

The second book by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen, following his multimillion-copy classic about the bi… read more

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Cover of Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War by Dakota Meyer, None

19. Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War

By: Dakota Meyer , None

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“The story of what Dakota did . . . will be told for generations.” — President Barack Obama, from r… read more

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  • history
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  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction

20. Seal of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the Life of LT. Michael P. Murphy, USN

By: Gary Williams

3.96

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Lt. Michael Patrick Murphy, a Navy SEAL, earned the Medal of Honor on 28 June 2005 for his bravery … read more

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Cover of Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins

21. Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

By: David Goggins

4.32

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Best SellerOver 5 million copies soldFor David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare --… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
"I don't stop when I'm tired. I stop when I'm done"

-David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

"No one is going to come help you. No one's coming to save you."

-David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

"You are stopping you, you are giving up instead of getting hard."

-David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

"You can be born in a fucking sewer and still be the baddest motherfucker on earth."

-David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

11 must-read history books like Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson

Transform Your Habits

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand

4.38

Transform Your Habits

No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

None , Robert O'Neill

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

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14 must-read history books like The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers by Gary Brozek, Nicholas Irving

Transform Your Habits

No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

None , Robert O'Neill

4.42

Transform Your Habits

The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen

Marcus Luttrell , Brandon Webb , John David Mann

3.86

Transform Your Habits

SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper

Howard E. Wasdin , Stephen Templin

3.77

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