Recommended Reading List

The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation has compiled a list of Marine Corps related works of fiction and non-fiction. Many of these books have received an award from the Foundation's Annual Awards Program. They further the understanding of Marine Corps history, traditions, culture and service. The Foundation honors their work in recognition of the difficulty and importance of accurately telling the Marine Corps story.

Many of these books can be purchased through the Museum Store. However, during the Museum closing, you can purchase many of them online through Amazon and still support the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and Museum. Sign up for AmazonSmile and select the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation as your official charity. Learn more about AmazonSmile here. ​
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  • Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by James Mattis and Bing West
  • You are Worth It by Kyle Carpenter
  • Flags of our Fathers by James Bradley, MCHF Greene Award Winner, 2000
  • Generation Kill by Evan Wright, MCHF Greene Award Winner, 2005
  • One Bullet Away, The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel Fick, MCHF Greene Award Winner, 2006
  • The Last Stand of Fox Company by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, MCHF Greene Award Winner, 2010
  • Into the Fire by Dakota Meyer & Bing West, MCHF Greene Award Winner, 2013
  • Last Stand at Khe Sanh by Gregg Jones, MCHF Greene Award Winner, 2015 
  • Hue 1968, A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden, MCHF Greene Award Winner, 2018
  • On Desperate Ground: The Marines at the Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle by Hampton Sides, MCHF Greene Award Winner, 2019
  • Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes, MCHF Webb Award Winner, 2011
  • Redeployment by Phil Klay, MCHF Webb Award Winner, 2015
  • The White Donkey by Maximilian Uriarte, MCHF Webb Award Winner, 2017
  • The Frozen Hours by Mr. Jeff Shaara, MCHF Webb Award Winner, 2018
  • Tanks in Hell by Oscar Gilbert and Romain Cansiere, MCHF Greene Award Winner, 2016
  • Sparta by Roxana Robinson, MCHF Webb Award Winner, 2014
  • Waiting for Eden by Elliot Ackerman, MCHF Webb Award Winner, 2019
About the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
Dedicated to the preservation and promulgation of Marine Corps history, culture and traditions, and the education of all American of its virtues, the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation was established in 1979 as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The Foundation supports the historical programs of the Marine Corps in ways not possible through government funds. The Foundation provides grants and scholarships for research and the renovation, restoration, and commissioning of historical Marine Corps artifacts and landmarks. Having secured the necessary funding for the complete construction of the National Museum of the Marine Corps and Heritage Center, located in Triangle, Virginia, the Foundation’s current primary mission is to vigorously seek financial support to expand programs at the National Museum of the Marine Corps and beyond its walls. For more information, visit marineheritage.org.