Most Popular Military Books of the 20th century

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A Chronicle of the Black Company #3

The White Rose

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1985

A Chronicle of the Black Company #2

Shadows Linger

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

October 1984

A Chronicle of the Black Company #1

The Black Company

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

May 1984

The War Book

James Sallis

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Anthology · Short Stories

November 20, 1969

The Dread Empire (prequels) #2

With Mercy Toward None

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1985

The Dread Empire (prequels) #1

The Fire in His Hands

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1984

A Chronicle of the Black Company #5

Dreams of Steel

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1990

A Chronicle of the Black Company #8

Water Sleeps

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1999

A Chronicle of the Black Company

The Silver Spike

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

September 1989

A Chronicle of the Black Company #4

Shadow Games

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

June 1989

The Dread Empire (main sequence) #3

All Darkness Met

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1980

The Dread Empire (main sequence) #2

October's Baby

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1980

Dirty White Boys

Stephen Hunter

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1994

Enigma

Robert Harris

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · War & Military · Alternate History · Historical Fiction

September 26, 1995

A Chronicle of the Black Company #7

She Is the Darkness

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1997

HMS Ulysses

Alistair MacLean

Suspense Thriller · War & Military · Adventure · Thriller

1955

The Dread Empire (main sequence) #1

A Shadow of All Night Falling

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1979

A Chronicle of the Black Company #6

Bleak Seasons

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1996

James Penney's New Identity

Lee Child

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1999

Laguna Heat

T. Jefferson Parker

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1985

Guns of Navarone #1

The Guns of Navarone

Alistair MacLean

War & Military · Movie · Thriller

1957

The Sharpe Series #13

Sharpe's Company

Bernard Cornwell

Historical Fiction

1982

Pincher Martin

William Golding

War & Military · Historical Fiction

1956

South by Java Head

Alistair MacLean

War & Military · Historical Fiction · Thriller

1958

The Sharpe Series #3

Sharpe's Fortress

Bernard Cornwell

Historical Fiction

1999

Corps #8

In Danger's Path

W.E.B. Griffin

War & Military · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Thriller

January 11, 1998

Dan Lenson Novels #5

Tomahawk

David Poyer

War & Military · Thriller

March 1, 1998

The Kat Bronsky Thrillers #1

The Last Hostage

John J. Nance

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 20, 1998

The Sharpe Series #2

Sharpe's Triumph

Bernard Cornwell

Historical Fiction

1998

The Return of Philo T. McGiffin

David Poyer

April 22, 1997

The Sharpe Series #1

Sharpe's Tiger

Bernard Cornwell

Historical Fiction

1997

Corps #7

Behind the Lines

W.E.B. Griffin

War & Military · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Thriller

January 3, 1996

The Sharpe Series #12

Sharpe's Battle

Bernard Cornwell

Historical Fiction

1995

Dan Lenson Novels #4

The Passage

David Poyer

War & Military · Thriller

December 1, 1994

Corps #6

Close Combat

W.E.B. Griffin

War & Military · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Thriller

December 1, 1993

Cauldron

Larry Bond

War & Military · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Thriller

June 1, 1993