Best Submarine Nonfiction Books

1.
Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage 4.23 avg rating — 10,809 ratings
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Heroes Beneath the Waves: True Submarine Stories of the Twentieth Century
Heroes Beneath the Waves: True Submarine Stories of the Twentieth Century 3.70 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and her Courageous Crew
Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and her Courageous Crew 4.14 avg rating — 2,497 ratings
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Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-boat Battles of World War II
Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-boat Battles of World War II 4.35 avg rating — 2,480 ratings
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Thunder Below!: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II
Thunder Below!: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II 4.48 avg rating — 2,782 ratings
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Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II 4.36 avg rating — 34,836 ratings
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Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine
Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine 4.40 avg rating — 562 ratings
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The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History 4.09 avg rating — 2,858 ratings
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Clear the Bridge!: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang
Clear the Bridge!: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang 4.45 avg rating — 786 ratings
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The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945
The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945 4.25 avg rating — 275 ratings
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Silent Running
Silent Running 4.21 avg rating — 659 ratings
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Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters, 1939-1942
Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters, 1939-1942 4.12 avg rating — 488 ratings
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Dark Waters: An Insider's Account of the NR-1, The Cold War's Undercover Nuclear Sub
Dark Waters: An Insider's Account of the NR-1, The Cold War's Undercover Nuclear Sub 4.18 avg rating — 168 ratings
14.
The Submarine: A History
The Submarine: A History 3.77 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Wake of the Wahoo: The Heroic Story of America's Most Daring WWII Submarine, USS Wahoo
Wake of the Wahoo: The Heroic Story of America's Most Daring WWII Submarine, USS Wahoo 4.42 avg rating — 146 ratings
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Red November: Inside the Secret U.S.-Soviet Submarine War
Red November: Inside the Secret U.S.-Soviet Submarine War 4.03 avg rating — 1,158 ratings
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Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S.
Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S. 3.90 avg rating — 940 ratings
18.
Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted, 1942-1945
Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted, 1942-1945 4.35 avg rating — 196 ratings
19.
The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan
The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan 4.23 avg rating — 1,389 ratings
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Rising Tide: The Untold Story of the Russian Submarines that Fought the Cold War
Rising Tide: The Untold Story of the Russian Submarines that Fought the Cold War 3.89 avg rating — 235 ratings
21.
A Time to Die: The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy
A Time to Die: The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy 4.25 avg rating — 1,110 ratings
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Steel Boat, Iron Hearts: A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505
Steel Boat, Iron Hearts: A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505 4.38 avg rating — 1,266 ratings
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U-Boat Commander: A Periscope View of the Battle of the Atlantic
U-Boat Commander: A Periscope View of the Battle of the Atlantic 4.20 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Stalking the Red Bear: The True Story of a U.S. Cold War Submarine's Covert Operations Against the Soviet Union
Stalking the Red Bear: The True Story of a U.S. Cold War Submarine's Covert Operations Against the Soviet Union 3.82 avg rating — 636 ratings
25.
The Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic 3.95 avg rating — 192 ratings
25.
Silent and Unseen: On Patrol in Three Cold War Attack Submarines
Silent and Unseen: On Patrol in Three Cold War Attack Submarines 3.95 avg rating — 37 ratings
27.
30,000 Leagues Undersea: True Tales of a Submariner and Deep Submergence Pilot
30,000 Leagues Undersea: True Tales of a Submariner and Deep Submergence Pilot 4.33 avg rating — 67 ratings
28.
Dönitz: The Last Fuhrer
Dönitz: The Last Fuhrer 3.89 avg rating — 85 ratings
29.
Operation Storm: Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II
Operation Storm: Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II 4.10 avg rating — 186 ratings
30.
Sub Chaser
Sub Chaser 1.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Navy Times Book of Submarines: A Political, Social, and Military History
The Navy Times Book of Submarines: A Political, Social, and Military History 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings
32.
The USS Flier: Death and Survival on a World War II Submarine
The USS Flier: Death and Survival on a World War II Submarine 3.79 avg rating — 39 ratings
33.
Hell Above, Deep Water Below
Hell Above, Deep Water Below really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
33.
Sink 'Em All: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
Sink 'Em All: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific 4.23 avg rating — 1,546 ratings
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U.S.S. Seawolf: Submarine Raider of the Pacific
U.S.S. Seawolf: Submarine Raider of the Pacific 4.39 avg rating — 3,153 ratings
33.
Silent Warriors: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
Silent Warriors: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific 4.50 avg rating — 387 ratings
33.
Find 'em, Chase 'em, Sink 'em: The Mysterious Loss of the WWII Submarine USS Gudgeon
Find 'em, Chase 'em, Sink 'em: The Mysterious Loss of the WWII Submarine USS Gudgeon 4.34 avg rating — 50 ratings
33.
I-boat captain
I-boat captain 3.61 avg rating — 31 ratings
33.
Monturiol's Dream: The Extraordinary Story of the Submarine Inventor Who Wanted to Save the World
Monturiol's Dream: The Extraordinary Story of the Submarine Inventor Who Wanted to Save the World 4.05 avg rating — 42 ratings
33.
Reflections Through the Periscope: My love letter to Dad
Reflections Through the Periscope: My love letter to Dad it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Black May: The Epic Story of the Allies' Defeat of the German U-Boats in May 1943
Black May: The Epic Story of the Allies' Defeat of the German U-Boats in May 1943 3.86 avg rating — 368 ratings
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Latte Dreams: My one shot at coffee shop ownership
Latte Dreams: My one shot at coffee shop ownership 4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Death at a Distance: The Loss of the Legendary USS Harder
Death at a Distance: The Loss of the Legendary USS Harder really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
43.
The Laughing Cow: A U-Boat Captain's Story
The Laughing Cow: A U-Boat Captain's Story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Yanagi: The Secret Underwater Trade Between Germany & Japan 1942-1945
Yanagi: The Secret Underwater Trade Between Germany & Japan 1942-1945 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Adventures of the U-202
The Adventures of the U-202 3.73 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Thetis Down: The Slow Death of a Submarine
Thetis Down: The Slow Death of a Submarine 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan
Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan 4.33 avg rating — 413 ratings
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Shadow Divers
Shadow Divers 4.36 avg rating — 34,836 ratings
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Red Scorpion: The War Patrols of the USS Rasher
Red Scorpion: The War Patrols of the USS Rasher 3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine 4.15 avg rating — 286 ratings
52.
Operation Drumbeat: Germany's U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II
Operation Drumbeat: Germany's U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II 4.21 avg rating — 515 ratings
53.
U-Boat: The Secret Menace (Weapons Book, #1)
U-Boat: The Secret Menace (Weapons Book, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Shooting the War: The Memoir and Photographs of a U-Boat Officer in World War II
Shooting the War: The Memoir and Photographs of a U-Boat Officer in World War II 3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Luck of the Draw: The Memoir of a World War II Submariner: From Savo Island to the Silent Service
The Luck of the Draw: The Memoir of a World War II Submariner: From Savo Island to the Silent Service 4.20 avg rating — 66 ratings
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War Plan Red (Jake Scott #1)
War Plan Red (Jake Scott #1) 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Under Pressure: The Final Voyage of Submarine S-Five
Under Pressure: The Final Voyage of Submarine S-Five
by: A.J. Hill
4.31 avg rating — 101 ratings