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Military Fiction

Military fiction mainly deals with military operations, adventures, memoirs etc. by country's military wing - army, air force or navy. It has few sub-genres like military thriller, military historical fiction, military science fiction etc. Military fiction may have an angle of civilian intelligence agencies but the majority of plot revolves around military operations or situations. Earlier a sub-genre of the espionage fiction/thriller genre, military fiction is becoming an independent genre of its own. Some famous authors include Tom Clancy, Harry Patterson (pseudonym Jack Higgins), Alistair M ...more

New Releases Tagged "Military Fiction"

My Blade, Your Back (Dark Forces, #2)
Burn the World Down (Unsanctioned Book 1)
Your Knife, My Heart (Dark Forces, #1)
Family of Spies
Midnight Flyboys: The American Bomber Crews and Allied Secret Agents Who Aided the French Resistance in World War II
Tom Clancy Executive Power (Jack Ryan #21)
Burning for Alexander (Made Marian Legacy #2)
The Two Swords of Christ: Five Centuries of War between Islam and the Warrior Monks of Christendom
Ashfall: A Dark Military Romance

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Lists

Something like Normal by Trish DollerFull Measures by Rebecca YarrosEyes Turned Skyward by Rebecca YarrosBroken by Lauren LayneI'll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios
YA / NA Characters in the Military
67 books — 187 voters
A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienInside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà LạiThe Boy From Block 66 by Limor RegevMagenta by John Payton Foden
Military Fiction
784 books — 399 voters

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379 books — 585 voters
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509 books — 335 voters

The Buy-In by Emma St. ClairSummerhaven by Tiffany OdekirkThe Bluff by Emma St. ClairHunted by K.M. SheaEloise and the Grump Next Door by Emma St. Clair
2022 Swoony Awards
516 books — 597 voters
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Great Military Techno-Thrillers
86 books — 149 voters

Military Fiction Books

The Art of War
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
The Things They Carried
All Quiet on the Western Front
Starship Troopers
The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Dear Aaron
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Related Genres

War
Military History
Military Romance
Warfare
War Stories

Quotes Tagged “Military Fiction”

Orson Scott Card
“ Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they've been given. ...more ”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game
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George Orwell
“ People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. ”
― George Orwell
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Videos Tagged “Military Fiction”

Love in Condition Yellow: Sophia Raday
Love in Condition Yellow: Sophia Raday
Interview with Michael Z. Williamson, Part 1
Interview with Michael Z. Williamson, Part 1
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Groups Tagged "Military Fiction"

Welcome to Between the Lines Book Club! This book club is for people who enjoy reading for enjo…more
2 members, last active 5 years ago
Armored Piercing Taskforce Place for fans of Armored Piercing to hang out and chill.
1 member, last active 6 days ago
US Air Force Reading Club Book club for the US Air Force...
3 members, last active 5 years ago
Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
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