13 Best war books like Das Boot by Lothar-Günther Buchheim

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Das Boot

By: Lothar-Günther Buchheim , None

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

It is autumn, 1941, and a German U-boat commander and his crew set out on yet another hazardous pat…

If you liked the war plot in Das Boot by Lothar-Günther Buchheim, None , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Forgotten Soldier

By: Guy Sajer

4.38

Format: 465 pages, Paperback

Forgotten Soldier  recounts the horror of World War II on the eastern front, as seen through the ey… read more

Similar categories in Guy Sajer's The Forgotten Soldier book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • war
"The problems I had existed before I did, and I discovered them."

-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier

"No time to spare: the expression assumed its full significance, as so many expressions do in wartime."

-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier

"Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in love."

-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier

"And I can remember a tear running down my frozen cheek—a tear neither of pain nor of joy but of emotion created by intense experience."

-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier

Cover of Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean, Clint Willis

2. Where Eagles Dare

By: Alistair MacLean , Clint Willis

3.44

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

Forbidding peaks, resourceful commandos, beautiful spies, nonstop action, and neck-snapping plot tw… read more

Similar categories in Alistair MacLean's Where Eagles Dare book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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 Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • war
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4. The Coming of the Third Reich

By: Richard J. Evans

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

From one of the world's most distinguished historians, a magisterial new reckoning with Hitler's ri… read more

Similar categories in Richard J. Evans's The Coming of the Third Reich book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • world war ii
  • war
Cover of Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow

5. Vietnam: A History

By: Stanley Karnow

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and balanced account we have."--Boston Globe. "Superb, balance… read more

Similar categories in Stanley Karnow's Vietnam: A History book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • military fiction
  • war
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6. The Thin Red Line

By: James Jones

4.10

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

"When compared to the fact that he might very well be dead by this time tomorrow, whether he was co… read more

Similar categories in James Jones's The Thin Red Line book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Run Silent Run Deep

By: Edward L. Beach

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

An American equivalent of Das Boot, this gripping, bestselling novel of submarine warfare inspired … read more

Similar categories in Edward L. Beach's Run Silent Run Deep book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • classics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Das Boot by Lothar-Günther Buchheim, None

8. Das Boot

By: Lothar-Günther Buchheim , None

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

It is autumn, 1941, and a German U-boat commander and his crew set out on yet another hazardous pat… read more

Similar categories in Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • german literature
  • classics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War

By: David Halberstam

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"In a grand gesture of reclamation & remembrance, Mr Halberstam has brought the war back home."--NY… read more

Similar categories in David Halberstam's The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • military fiction
  • war

10. A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France

By: Caroline Moorehead

4.01

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

They were teachers, students, chemists, writers, and housewives; a singer at the Paris Opera, a mid… read more

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11. The Cruel Sea

By: Nicholas Monsarrat

2.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

A powerful novel of the North Atlantic in World War II, this is the story of the British ships Comp… read more

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12. Kiss and Tell: A Romantic Résumé, Ages 0 to 22

By: MariNaomi

5.00

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

From her father and mother's interracial marriage to her own "you show me yours, I'll show you mine… read more

Similar categories in MariNaomi's Kiss and Tell: A Romantic Résumé, Ages 0 to 22 book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

13. A History of Warfare

By: John Keegan

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

The acclaimed author of The Face of Battle examines centures of conflict in a variety of diverse so… read more

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14. Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-boat Battles of World War II

By: Herbert A. Werner

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The former German U-boat commander Herbert Werner navigates readers through the waters of World War… read more

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15. The Three Witches and The Master

By: Max Nowaz

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more

Similar categories in Max Nowaz's The Three Witches and The Master book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • fiction
"Where’s my uncle?"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

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16. The Good Shepherd

By: C.S. Forester

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

The Good Shepherd has been adapted into a major motion picture, Greyhound, scripted by and starring… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Forester's The Good Shepherd book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • classics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.29

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

This book covers the things I was forced to leave out of "A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume O… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • war
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18. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.29

Format: 470 pages, ebook

Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • war
"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

Cover of The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1) by Robert         Reid

19. The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

By: Robert Reid

4.30

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early 16th century in the city of Mora, capital of Kermin, a cruel new ruler has come to pow… read more

Similar categories in Robert Reid's The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1) book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Raimund, we must promise each other that if one of us leaves Mora it must be both. We must leave together."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

"At seventeen the young woman had worked out how to improve her future prospects; she would seduce the Prince."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

"Rafe smiled again. “I think Aleana can teach you how to work in a team and maybe you can teach her to be less reckless."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

"Audun, there is something I must now explain to you. You are the illegitimate son of Alberon, who now calls himself Emperor of the North."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

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20. Magenta

By: John Payton Foden

4.27

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Magenta is a harrowing journey into war-torn Sarajevo, and into the blackest reaches of the human c… read more

Similar categories in John Payton Foden's Magenta book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There was a story out there, in a scary place, and she had to bear witness."

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

"She polished her words like smooth river rocks lying perfectly organized in brilliant rainbow shades under crystal clear, slow moving water."

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

"Stefan, please, get to work.  Take a picture of this. You want a photo? Of this? War in all its ugliness.  A Pulitzer Prize awaits. You want me to document a war crime? Your war crime? Yes.  I do. Yo…"

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

"Stefan with his camera at the ready photographed a church and mosque and synagogue reduced to a cross and a crescent and a star, solitary monuments to what people once believed.  They silently passed…"

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

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21. The Bismarck Episode

By: Russell Grenfell

4.07

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

May 1941. British morale was low. The sinking of the Bismarck was a matter of life and death. But b… read more

Similar categories in Russell Grenfell's The Bismarck Episode book and Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot

  • world war ii
  • military fiction

8 Top fiction books like Das Boot by Lothar-Günther Buchheim

Transform Your Habits

Where Eagles Dare

Alistair MacLean , Clint Willis

3.44

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The Thin Red Line

James Jones

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Run Silent Run Deep

Edward L. Beach

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Das Boot

Lothar-Günther Buchheim , None

3.66

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11 Top fiction books like The Thin Red Line by James Jones

Transform Your Habits

The Naked and the Dead

Norman Mailer

3.95

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The Caine Mutiny

Herman Wouk

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Matterhorn

Karl Marlantes

3.30

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The Unknown Soldier

Väinö Linna

3.83

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