11 must-read biography books like Sniper in Helmand: Six Months on the Frontline by James Cartwright

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Sniper in Helmand: Six Months on the Frontline

By: James Cartwright

4.06

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

“A book that conveys the realities of life for the sniper in Afghanistan, the highs and lows, the f…

If you liked the biography plot in Sniper in Helmand: Six Months on the Frontline by James Cartwright , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Bravo Two Zero

By: Andy McNab

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In January 1991, eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission that was to i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
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2. Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege

By: Dan Mills

4.29

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Sniper One is the gritty, awe-inspiring true story that takes you right into the heart of the Iraq … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
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3. Hellfire

By: Ed Macy

4.30

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The true story of one man's determination to master the world's deadliest helicopter and of a split… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
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4. Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

By: Robert Whitaker

4.17

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker in… read more

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  • nonfiction
"...all I could think about was how both sets of parents had needed to make their decision, on whether to medicate their child, in a scientific vacuum. (p. 35)"

-Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

"If you expand the boundaries of mental illness, which is clealry what has happened in this country during the past twenty-five years, and you treat the people so diagnosed with psychiatric medication…"

-Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

"And what science had revealed was this: Prior to treatment, patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, depression, and other psychiatric disorders do not suffer from any known "chemical imbalance". Howev…"

-Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

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5. Afghan Heat: SAS Operations in Afghanistan

By: Steve Stone

3.59

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Afghan Heat is a fast paced story of an SAS operative on operations from SAS selection through to a… read more

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  • military fiction
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6. 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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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
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7. The Longest Kill: The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers

By: Craig Harrison , Craig Harrison

4.75

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as yo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war

8. Pathfinder

By: David Blakeley

3.70

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Nine men. 2,000 enemies. No back-up. No air support. No rescue. No chance... First in - the officia… read more

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9. Seven Troop

By: Andy McNab

3.73

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

In 1983 Andy McNab was assigned to B Squadron, one of the four Sabre Squadrons of the SAS, and with… read more

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10. Maverick One: The True Story of a Para, Pathfinder, Renegade

By: David Blakeley

3.72

Format: 224 pages,

The explosive sequel to the bestselling PATHFINDER. For the first time ever an elite British operat… read more

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11. Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way

By: Ruth Reichl

3.00

Format: 1118 pages,

Bestselling author Ruth Reichl examines her mother's life, giving voice to the universal unarticula… read more

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12. The First 100 Words in Spanish

By: Heather Amery

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

-- A basic vocabulary of 100 words is delightfully illustrated by Stephen Cartwright-- Foreign lang… read more

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13. Legion of the Damned

By: Sven Hassel

4.29

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Sven Hassel's iconic war novel about the Russian Front. 'An extraordinary book, which has captured … read more

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14. Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

By: David McCloskey

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad.… read more

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15. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
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16. French Foreign Legion Commando

By: Harry Dobson

4.38

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

A link to my website that contains a few pictures and blogs from my military LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA -T… read more

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17. Sniper in Helmand: Six Months on the Frontline

By: James Cartwright

4.06

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

“A book that conveys the realities of life for the sniper in Afghanistan, the highs and lows, the f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
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18. Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone

By: Nimsdai Purja

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781529312249. In Beyond Possible Nimsdai Purja tells the story … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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19. Iron Sniper (Caje Cole, #2)

By: David Healey

4.42

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer 1944. When German sniper Dieter Rohde’s older brother is unjustly shot for desertion by the … read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
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20. Danger Close: Commanding 3 PARA in Afghanistan

By: Stuart Tootal

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Colonel Stuart Tootal is the first senior commander to provide an account of the fighting in Afghan… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
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21. The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban

By: Andy McNab

4.47

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrilling retelling of a real-life hostage rescue mission, by SAS hero and million-selling auth… read more

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22. X Platoon

By: Steve Heaney

4.39

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

For three decades one of the most secretive units in the British military has been a mystery force … read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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23. Bullet Magnet

By: Mick Flynn

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A raw, honest and evocative account of life as the most highly decorated serving soldier in the Bri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
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24. The Hard Way: Adapt, Survive and Win

By: Mark Billingham

4.40

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.‘The SAS and all it stands for is exemplified in men such as Mark ‘Bill… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
Cover of Desert Sniper: How One Ordinary Brit Went to War Against ISIS by Ed Nash

25. Desert Sniper: How One Ordinary Brit Went to War Against ISIS

By: Ed Nash

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

What makes an ordinary but highly educated Englishman, with no previous military training, decide t… read more

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  • biography
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26. The Final Tour (John Flynn, #1)

By: A.J. Stewart

4.27

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

The new series from USA Today bestselling author AJ Stewart. Warrior. Patriot. Traitor? Jacques Fo… read more

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27. Examination Medicine: A Guide to Physician Training

By: Talley M.N.

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Examination Medicine is a very successful and highly used book among FRACP candidates preparing for… read more

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28. Gymnastics: Skills- Techniques- Training (Crowood Sports Guides)

By: Lloyd Readhead

4.06

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Crowood Sports Guides provide sound, practical advice that will make you a better sportsperson, whe… read more

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29. Frank Lloyd Wright

By: Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer

3.96

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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30. A Sniper's Conflict

By: Monty B.

4.05

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

The Author sets the scene with his early experiences as a sniper during his 2004 Cimic House Al-Ama… read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Trigger Time

By: Mick Flynn

4.51

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A small unit of British soldiers are beseiged on a hilltop, surrounded by Taliban. There is no way … read more

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  • military fiction

14 must-read nonfiction books like Sniper in Helmand: Six Months on the Frontline by James Cartwright

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Andy McNab

4.11

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

Dan Mills

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Hellfire

Ed Macy

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

Robert Whitaker

4.17

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Dan Mills

4.29

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Apache. Ed Macy

Ed Macy

4.18

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The Longest Kill: The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers

Craig Harrison , Craig Harrison

4.75

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3.72

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