12 best-selling biography books like Topgun: An American Story by Dan Pedersen

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Topgun: An American Story

By: Dan Pedersen

4.28

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"If you loved the movie, you will love the real story in the book." -- Fox & Fri…

If you liked the biography plot in Topgun: An American Story by Dan Pedersen , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Chickenhawk

By: Robert Mason

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

A true story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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2. Apache. Ed Macy

By: Ed Macy

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Designed in the mid 1980s to take on the Soviets, the Apache is the most sophisticated fighting hel… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction

3. SOG: Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam

By: John L. Plaster

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Major John L. Plaster, a three-tour veteran of Vietnam tells the story of the most highly classifie… read more

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

4. The Night Stalkers

By: Michael J. Durant , Steven Hartov

3.90

Format: 77 pages,

From the authors of the bestselling In the Company of Heroes come the thrilling, never-before-heard… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction

5. Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds

By: Robin Olds , Ed Rasimus , Christina Olds

3.41

Format: 32 pages,

The widely anticipated memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot, Robin Olds Robin Olds was a… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction

6. Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat

By: Dan Hampton

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

151 combat missions 21 hard kills on surface-to-air-missile sites 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses wi… read more

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7. Topgun Days: Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks

By: Dave "Bio" Baranek

4.43

Format: 63 pages,

Dave Baranek (callsign Bio) was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a nava… read more

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8. 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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9. 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
  • audiobook
"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

10. Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16

By: Dan Hampton

4.06

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling author of Viper Pilotand retired USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton offers … read more

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11. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

By: None , Ben R. Rich

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind the high… read more

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12. Hogs in the Sand: A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal

By: Buck Wyndham

4.28

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

I am awed by my destructive power. With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index fin… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
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13. Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

By: Kevin Maurer

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Kevin Maurer―the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day ―comes t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Topgun: An American Story by Dan  Pedersen

14. Topgun: An American Story

By: Dan Pedersen

4.28

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"If you loved the movie, you will love the real story in the book." -- Fox & Fri… read more

Similar categories in Dan Pedersen's Topgun: An American Story book and Dan Pedersen's Topgun: An American Story

  • american history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Art of Clear Thinking: A Stealth Fighter Pilot's Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions

By: Hasard Lee

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

THE #2 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Based on a career of making high-stakes, split-second decisi… read more

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  • aviation
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by William H. McRaven

16. Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

By: William H. McRaven

4.44

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"They were survivors. They didn't complain. They didn't blame others for their misfortune. They worked hard and expected the same from their children. They treasured their friendships. They fought for…"

-William H. McRaven, Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

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17. Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

By: Mike Bannister

4.54

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

October 24th 2023 will mark 20 years since Concorde disappeared from our skies. Yet still Mike Bann… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Typhoon

By: Mike Sutton

4.40

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrilling account of the Typhoon FGR4s in the war against ISIS, from the RAF Wing Commander who… read more

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  • biography
  • military fiction
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Jet Girl: My Life in War, Peace, and the Cockpit of the Navy's Most Lethal Aircraft by Caroline    Johnson

19. Jet Girl: My Life in War, Peace, and the Cockpit of the Navy's Most Lethal Aircraft

By: Caroline Johnson

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, unique insider’s view of what it’s like to be a woman aviator in today’s US Navy—from pedi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft by Peter Westwick

20. Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft

By: Peter Westwick

4.15

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

The story behind the technology that revolutionized both aeronautics, and the course of history … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. In the Moon's House (Lady Astronaut)

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

3.95

Format: 23 pages, Kindle Edition

A new Lady Astronaut story! Dawn struggles to fit in with the rest of her team--the backup crew for… read more

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7 best-selling audiobook books like Topgun: An American Story by Dan Pedersen

Transform Your Habits

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

Chris Kyle , Scott McEwen , Jim DeFelice

4.03

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Topgun: An American Story

Dan Pedersen

4.28

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The Art of Clear Thinking: A Stealth Fighter Pilot's Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions

Hasard Lee

4.25

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Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

William H. McRaven

4.44

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Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege

Dan Mills

4.29

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Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home

Jeremy Clarkson

4.15

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Dan Pedersen

4.28

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Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

James Holland

4.47

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