12 Books to Read This Veteran’s Day!

1. Black Halk Down

by Mark Bowden

Genres: History, Non-fiction, War, Military History

Goodreads Rating: 4.3

2. Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

by Evan Wright

Genres: Non-fiction, Military, History, War, Military History

Goodreads Rating: 4.3

3. The Things They Carried

by Tim O’Brien

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, War

Goodreads Rating: 4.1

4. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

by Marcus Lutterll & Patrick Robinson

Genres: Military, History, Biography, Memoir

Goodreads Rating: 4.4

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

by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, & Jim DeFelice

Genres: Non-fiction, Biography, Military, History, War, Memoir

Goodreads Rating: 4.0

6. Fearless: The Heroic Story of One Navy SEAL’s Sacrifice in the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden and the Unwavering Devotion of the Woman Who Loved Him

by Eric Blehm

Genres: Non-fiction, Biography, Military, History, War, Memoir

Goodreads Rating: 4.5

7. Unspoken Abandonment: Sometimes the Hardest Part of Going to War Is Coming Home

by Bryan A. Wood

Genres: Non-fiction, Military, Biography, War, History

Goodreads Rating: 4.1

8. Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan

by Sean Parnell

Genres:  Non-fiction, Military, War, History

Goodreads Rating: 4.4

9. Matterhorn

by Karl Marlantes

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Military Fiction, War

Goodreads Rating: 4.2

10. The Good Soldiers

by David Finkel

Genres: Non-fiction, War, History, Military

Goodreads Rating: 4.2

11. Flags of Our Fathers

by James D. Bradley & Ron Powers

Genres: History, Non-fiction, War, Military, World War II

Goodreads Rating: 4.2

12. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

by Mark Owen & Kevin Maurer