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A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 64,112 ratings — published 1645
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War War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 24,520 ratings — published 2010
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
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avg rating 4.56 — 3,812,355 ratings — published 2023
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The Art of War The Art of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 588,430 ratings — published -500
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Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 17,080 ratings — published 1716
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Tao of Jeet Kune Do Tao of Jeet Kune Do (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 8,527 ratings — published 1975
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On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 4,562 ratings — published 2004
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Divergent (Divergent, #1) Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 4,451,282 ratings — published 2011
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Bravo Two Zero Bravo Two Zero (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 16,495 ratings — published 1991
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.12 — 3,820,992 ratings — published 2010
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A Hard Place: A Sergeant's Tale A Hard Place: A Sergeant's Tale (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 33 ratings — published 2007
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Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
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avg rating 4.46 — 134,990 ratings — published 2020
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Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
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avg rating 4.23 — 183,161 ratings — published 2018
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Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2) Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
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avg rating 4.24 — 228,435 ratings — published 2018
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
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avg rating 4.11 — 395,564 ratings — published 2017
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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
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avg rating 4.22 — 327,644 ratings — published 2006
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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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avg rating 4.48 — 1,043,826 ratings — published 2006
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Matterhorn Matterhorn (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 48,619 ratings — published 2010
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 12,454 ratings — published 1995
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Red Storm Rising Red Storm Rising (Audio Cassette)
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avg rating 4.21 — 85,721 ratings — published 1986
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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avg rating 4.36 — 4,271,544 ratings — published 2009
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 10,149,594 ratings — published 2008
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,493,455 ratings — published 1985
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Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 310 ratings — published 1467
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Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
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avg rating 4.36 — 161,213 ratings — published 2018
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A Fighter's Heart: One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting A Fighter's Heart: One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 2,842 ratings — published 2006
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The Things They Carried The Things They Carried (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 352,687 ratings — published 1990
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
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avg rating 4.15 — 527,813 ratings — published 2018
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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 142,916 ratings — published 2012
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Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
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avg rating 4.32 — 433,351 ratings — published 2016
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The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943 The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 916 ratings — published 2011
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Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.23 — 25,761 ratings — published 1957
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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avg rating 4.62 — 4,189,081 ratings — published 2007
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What It is Like to Go to War What It is Like to Go to War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 9,970 ratings — published 2011
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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5) Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,227,210 ratings — published 2025
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This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #7) This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #7)
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avg rating 4.68 — 117,512 ratings — published 2024
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The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6) The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)
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avg rating 4.65 — 142,548 ratings — published 2023
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The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5) The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)
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avg rating 4.69 — 167,149 ratings — published 2022
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The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4) The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)
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avg rating 4.54 — 195,765 ratings — published 2021
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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3) The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)
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avg rating 4.40 — 238,375 ratings — published 2021
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Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2) Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)
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avg rating 4.49 — 292,660 ratings — published 2021
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Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1) Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 444,610 ratings — published 2020
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Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 7,709 ratings — published 2019
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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
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avg rating 4.25 — 81,253 ratings — published 2023
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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
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avg rating 4.36 — 2,791,379 ratings — published 2023
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The Combat Codes (The Combat Codes Saga, #1) The Combat Codes (The Combat Codes Saga, #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,966 ratings — published 2021
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The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2) The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
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avg rating 4.38 — 701,886 ratings — published 2007
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Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
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avg rating 4.28 — 111,300 ratings — published 2021
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Bushido: The Soul of Japan Bushido: The Soul of Japan (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 10,628 ratings — published 1899
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Living the Martial Way: A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think Living the Martial Way: A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 1,413 ratings — published 1992
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Norman Mailer
“Red had a deep loathing of the night before them. He had been through so much combat, had felt so many kinds of terror, and had seen so many men killed that he no longer had any illusions about the inviolability of his own flesh. He knew he could be killed; it was something he had accepted long ago, and he had grown a shell about that knowledge so that he rarely thought of anything further ahead than the next few minutes…”
Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead

James D. Hornfischer
“...the experience of battle forever divides those who talk of nothing else but its prospect from those who talk of everything else but its memory.”
James D. Hornfischer

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