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Veterans Day

Celebrate Veterans Day with these fiction and non-fiction titles that depict the lives of soldiers.

Chicago Public Library

30 items

  • The 15:17 to Paris

    the True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes

    Sadler, Anthony,
    Book, 2016New York : PublicAffairs, [2016] — HV6433.B4S23 2016
  • American Sniper

    the Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

    Kyle, Chris, 1974-2013
    Book, 2012New York : William Morrow, c2012. — DS79.76.K95 2012
  • American Wife

    Love, War, Faith, and Renewal

    Kyle, Taya, 1974-
    Book, 2015New York : William Morrow and Company, 2015. — DS79.76.K96 2015
  • Ashley's War

    the Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield

    Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach
    Book, 2015New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015] — DS371.43.W55T93 2015
  • Be Safe, Love Mom

    a Military Mom's Stories of Courage, Comfort, and Surviving Life on the Home Front

    Brye, Elaine Lowry,
    Book, 2015New York : PublicAffairs, [2015] — U21.5.B76 2015
  • Code Girls

    the Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

    Mundy, Liza, 1960-
    Book, 2017New York : Hachette Books, 2017. — D810.C88M86 2017
  • Fighting Blind

    a Green Beret's Story of Extraordinary Courage

    Castro, Iván, 1967-
    Book, 2016New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016. — DS79.766.C38A3 2016
  • Forgotten

    the Untold Story of D-Day's Black Heroes, at Home and at War

    Hervieux, Linda
    Book, 2015New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015] — D769.343320th.H467 2015
  • Book, 2017New York : Penguin Press, 2017. — E672.C47 2017
  • Grunt

    the Curious Science of Humans at War

    Roach, Mary
    Book, 2016New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016] — U43.U4R63 2016b
  • Huế 1968

    the Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam

    Bowden, Mark, 1951-
    Book, 2017New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017. — DS557.8.H83B68 2017
  • Book, 2019New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2019] — FICTION
  • Places and Names

    on War, Revolution, and Returning

    Ackerman, Elliot,
    Book, 2019New York, New York : Penguin Press, [2019] — DS79.766.A25A3 2019
  • Book, 2019New York, NY : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press, 2019. — PN6727.S564P77 2019
  • Red Platoon

    a True Story of American Valor

    Romesha, Clinton,
    Book, 2016New York, New York : Dutton, [2016] — DS371.4123.K36R76 2016b
  • Book, 2014New York : The Penguin Press, 2014. — FICTION
  • Sacred Duty

    a Soldier's Tour at Arlington National Cemetery

    Cotton, Tom,
    Book, 2019New York, NY : William Morrow, [2019] — UA293d.C68 2019