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

The Shattering Peace (Old Man's War, #7)
Terminal Velocity (Jack Ryan, Jr. #14)
While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East
The Killing Season: The Autumn of 1914, Ypres, and the Afternoon That Cost Germany a War
Unbroken (Amber Ridge #4)
Beckett (Warrior Security)
A Bitter Wind (Billy Boyle World War II #20)
The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb
Chasing the Sun (Star Harbor Book 1)
Corvus (Frontlines: Evolution, #2)
Traitorous Lies (Prey Security: Charlie Team #6)
Austin (The K9 Files #29)
Protective Assignment (Warrior Peak Sanctuary Book 1)
Final Deployment (Warhammer 40,000)
Variation
Great and Precious Things
Beckett (Warrior Security)
The Reality of Everything (Flight & Glory, #5)
In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29)
Unbound (Confluence Academy, #1)
Unbroken (Amber Ridge #4)
The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
Terminal Velocity (Jack Ryan, Jr. #14)
Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
The Patriot (Hayden Family, #1)
Whispers of You (Lost & Found, #1)
Sunday Morning (Sunday Morning, #1)
Daylight (Atlee Pine, #3)
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
A Soldier's Duty by Jean    JohnsonOn Basilisk Station by David WeberTrading in Danger by Elizabeth MoonDamnation by Jean    JohnsonAn Officer's Duty by Jean    Johnson
Heroines of Military Science Fiction
230 books — 110 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakJohnny Tremain by Esther ForbesWar Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Best Children's Books Involving War
180 books — 70 voters

The Grunt 1 by Latrivia S. NelsonBeast by Pepper PaceTrolling Nights by Savannah J. FriersonSpecial Forces - Fake Marriage  by Erosa KnowlesKincade's Rose by Aliyah Burke
Interracial Military
57 books — 71 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinOld Man's War by John ScalziThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanOn Basilisk Station by David Weber
Military Science Fiction
833 books — 1,132 voters

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)
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Terry Pratchett
The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking.
Terry Pratchett, Eric

Terry Pratchett
I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant," said Blouse. "Right you are, sir!" said the sergeant. "Carborundum! First man comes through that door runnin', I want him nailed to the wall!" He caught the lieutenant's eye, and added: "But not too hard! ...more
Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment

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