Military Fiction for Operation Paperback

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A highly requested genre for troops and veterans is military fiction.  We've selected a group of excellent options to get you started!  Several are the beginning of a series.
In the Notes section of your order, just include "For Operation Paperback - Do Not Ship."

Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War By Karl Marlantes Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780802145314
Availability: Available at One of Our Locations
Published: Grove Press - May 10th, 2011

Featured in PBS's The Vietnam War series by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick.

The New York Times bestselling, powerhouse (TIME Magazine) debut from Vietnam War veteran, Karl Marlantes.


Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae By Steven Pressfield Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780553580532
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Published: Bantam - September 1st, 1999

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Steven Pressfield brings the battle of Thermopylae to brilliant life.”—Pat Conroy

At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army.


Master and Commander (Aubrey/Maturin Novels #1) By Patrick O'Brian Cover Image
$15.95
Currently Unavailable
ISBN: 9780393307054
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - August 17th, 1990

The beginning of the sweeping Aubrey-Maturin series. "The best sea story I have ever read."—Sir Francis Chichester


The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great By Steven Pressfield Cover Image
$17.00
Currently Unavailable
ISBN: 9780553382051
Published: Bantam - September 27th, 2005

I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. So begins Alexander’s extraordinary confession on the eve of his greatest crisis of leadership. By turns heroic and calculating, compassionate and utterly merciless, Alexander recounts with a warrior’s unflinching eye for detail the blood, the terror, and the tactics of his greatest battlefield victories.


The Hunt for Red October (Movie Tie-In) (A Jack Ryan Novel #1) By Tom Clancy Cover Image
$9.99
Currently Unavailable
ISBN: 9780440001027
Published: Berkley - August 7th, 2018

Don't Miss the Original Series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Starring John Krasinski!

The #1 New York Times bestseller that launched the phenomenal career of Tom Clancy—the gripping military thriller that introduced the world to his unforgettable hero, Jack Ryan.


The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War (Civil War Trilogy #2) By Michael Shaara Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780345407276
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Published: Ballantine Books - May 28th, 1996

“My favorite historical novel . . . a superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant.”—James M. McPherson
 


Sharpe's Tiger: The Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 By Bernard Cornwell Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780060932305
Availability: Available at One of Our Locations
Published: Harper Paperbacks - October 23rd, 2012

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the first exciting adventure in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty’s Army at the siege of Seringapatam.