My favorite military historical fiction
Discover the best military historical fiction books with our curated list of top favorites. Dive into epic battles, heroic tales, and gripping wartime stories that bring history to life.

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Master and Commander (Vol. Book 1) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
by Patrick O'Brian
The beginning of the sweeping Aubrey-Maturin series. "The best sea story I have ever read."—Sir Francis Chichester This, the first in the splendid series of …

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The Last Kingdom
by Bernard Cornwell
In the middle years of the ninth-century, the fierce Danes stormed onto British soil, hungry for spoils and conquest. Kingdom after kingdom fell to the …

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Starship Troopers
by Robert Anson Heinlein
In a futuristic military adventure, a recruit goes through the roughest boot camp in the universe and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry in …

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Semper Fi
by W. E. B. Griffin
Marine Kenneth McCoy works as a spy in China and the United States in order to avert a looming threat from the Japanese in 1941.

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All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
The masterpiece of the German experience during World War I, considered by many the greatest war novel of all time—with an Oscar–winning film adaptation now …

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Fields of Fire
by James Webb
" ... A much decorated former marine who fought and was wounded in Vietnam, Webb tells the story of a platoon of Marines fighting in …