Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseMarine Sniper by Charles HendersonOne Shot - One Kill by Charles W. SasserThe Forgotten Soldier by Guy SajerChickenhawk by Robert Mason
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
441 books — 592 voters
Polar Star by Martin Cruz SmithThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyRed Storm Rising by Tom ClancyThe Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman
Best Submarine Thrillers
122 books — 95 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Long Walk by Slavomir RawiczThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerThree Came Home by Agnes Newton KeithThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Best Survival Stories
1,152 books — 1,605 voters
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Trippy Books
848 books — 900 voters

The One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard
Motivational and Self-Improvement Books
2,993 books — 3,019 voters
Fields of Fire by James WebbThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraCross of Iron by Willi HeinrichMister Roberts by Thomas HeggenThe Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
Historical Military Fiction
385 books — 134 voters

From Foxhole to Freedom by H. Dale HelmIn Hostile Skies by James M. DavisThe Forgotten Soldier by Guy SajerA Soldier's Story by Omar N. BradleyU-Boat 977 by Heinz Schaeffer
Best Military Autobiographies
139 books — 9 voters
Goodbye, Darkness by William ManchesterGhost Soldiers by Hampton SidesMiracle at Midway by Gordon W. PrangeEmpire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
World War II - Pacific Theatre
302 books — 125 voters

The Last Days of Hitler by Hugh Trevor-RoperThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerBerlin Diary by William L. ShirerA History of the Luftwaffe by John KillenHitler by Alan Bullock
best books about Nazi Germany
120 books — 52 voters
Co. Aytch by Sam R. Watkins
Civil War Essentials
116 books — 23 voters

Freefall by William Hoffer
Planes - accidents
79 books — 31 voters

The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,967 books — 5,252 voters

On the Beach by Nevil ShuteBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLucifer's Hammer by Larry NivenAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,762 books — 26,000 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandGlenn Beck's Common Sense by Glenn BeckParliament of Whores by P.J. O'RourkeBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
942 books — 1,099 voters

1776 by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerGhost Soldiers by Hampton SidesIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
Best History Books
3,718 books — 3,755 voters
The Unobservable Universe by Scott M. Tyson
Everyone must read these
13 books — 2 voters

The Final Countdown by Martin CaidinRemember the Alamo! by Kevin D. Randle
Time Loops
138 books — 122 voters

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
German Modernism
17 books — 2 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandSiddhartha by Hermann HesseFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Cult Classics
1,568 books — 2,119 voters

Expedition Whydah by Barry CliffordThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerA Night to Remember by Walter LordIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Shipwrecks!
119 books — 96 voters
Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Best Books About Explorers
112 books — 39 voters


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