Books Recommended by Jocko Willink
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Scars and Stripes
An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself
Tim Kennedy
Source: "[The author] is a Green Beret, Sniper, UFC Fighter, movie/TV star, entrepreneur, and all-around great human being." - Jocko Willink
2 recommenders
Blood Meridian
Or the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthy
Source: "Was able to show the darkness in humanity and there’s nothing pleasant in any way, shape or form." - Jocko Willink
1 recommender
About Face
The Odyssey of an American Warrior
Colonel David H. Hackworth
Source: "I had [this book] next to my bed in Ramadi. I literally read it every night. That’s how I'd fall asleep." - Jocko Willink
1 recommender
The Gulag Archipelago (3 books)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Source: Jocko Willink covered this series in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 156
Ordinary Men
Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
Christopher R. Browning
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 85
2 recommenders
Panzram
A Journal of Murder
Thomas E. Gaddis
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 158
2 recommenders
How to be Strong, Healthy and Happy
Bob Hoffman
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 27
1 recommender
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 78
28 recommendersBryan JohnsonChelsea HandlerDaniel PinkDavid BlaineDustin MoskovitzEmma WatsonEsther PerelEv WilliamsJim KwikJimmy FallonJocko WillinkJordan PetersonLex FridmanMaria PopovaMichael GervaisNaval RavikantRyan HolidaySam AltmanSimon SinekTerry CrewsTony RobbinsPewDiePieShane ParrishMark MansonPhil JacksonTom BilyeuSteve KerrPatrick Bet-David
Mind Over Muscle
Writings from the Founder of Judo
Jigoro Kano
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 119
1 recommender
The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 80
Psychology For The Fighting Man
What You Should Know About Yourself And Others
Committee Of The National Research Counc
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 164
1 recommender
12 Rules for Life
An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan Peterson
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 98
Hard-Core
Life of My Own
Harley Flanagan
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 74
1 recommender
Serve to Lead
The British Army's Anthology on Leadership
Winston Churchill
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 81
1 recommender
Tools of Titans
The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Tim Ferriss
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 50
Musashi
An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era
Eiji Yoshikawa
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 100
2 recommenders
I Said No!
A Kid-to-kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private
Kimberly King
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 70
1 recommender
Wooden Leg
A Warrior Who Fought Custer
Thomas B. Marquis
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 45
1 recommender
The Killing Zone
My Life in the Vietnam War
Frederick Downs Jr.
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 33
1 recommender
Valleys of Death
A Memoir of the Korean War
Bill Richardson
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 148
1 recommender
Forgotten Highlander
An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific
Alistair Urquhart
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 12
1 recommender
The Terminal List
A Thriller
Jack Carr
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 183
2 recommenders
Tribe of Mentors
Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Tim Ferriss
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 100
Machete Season
The Killers in Rwanda Speak
Jean Hatzfeld
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 16
2 recommenders
Unit 731 Testimony
Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
Hal Gold
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 132
1 recommender
The Trident
The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader
Jason Redman
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 163
1 recommender
Steel My Soldiers' Hearts
The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam
Col. David H. Hackworth
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 28
1 recommender
The Hundred Rules of War
Tsukahara Bokuden
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 101
1 recommender
1 recommender
1 recommender
Maps of Meaning
The Architecture of Belief
Jordan Peterson
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 98
1 recommender
The Rape of Nanking
The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
Iris Chang
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 60
2 recommenders
True Believer
James Reece, Book 2
Jack Carr
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 183
2 recommenders
The Woman Who Could Not Forget
Iris Chang Before and Beyond The Rape of Nanking
Ying-Ying Chang
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 60
1 recommender
Man of War
An Eric Steele Novel
Sean Parnell
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 192
1 recommender
1 recommender
2 recommenders
Fortunate Son
The Healing of a Vietnam Vet
Lewis B. Puller Jr.
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 122
1 recommender
The Eleventh Day
The Full Story of 9/11
Anthony Summers
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 119
1 recommender
Unit 731 - Laboratory of the Devil
Auschwitz of the East
Yan-jun Yang
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 132
1 recommender
1 recommender
Excursion to Hell
Mount Longdon : A Universal Story of Battle
Vincent Bramley
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 88
1 recommender
Battle Studies
Ancient and Modern Battle
Ardant du Picq
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 62
1 recommender
Into the Fire
A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
Dakota Meyer
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 115
1 recommender
Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Dick Winters
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 17
1 recommender
Stalingrad
Memories of Hell
Joachim Wieder
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 109
1 recommender
Instructions for His Generals
Frederick the Great
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 129
1 recommender
Hal Moore on Leadership
Winning when Outgunned and Outmanned
Harold G. Moore
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 107
1 recommender
Unflinching
The Making of a Canadian Sniper
Jody Mitic
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 24
1 recommender
1 recommender
SOG Chronicles
Volume One
John Stryker Meyer
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 180
1 recommender
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Barbara Demick
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 22
1 recommender
Through the Valley
My Captivity in Vietnam
William Reeder Jr.
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 63
1 recommender
The Knock at the Door
Three Gold Star Families Bonded by Grief and Purpose
Ryan Manion
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 201
1 recommender
We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young
Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Harold G. Moore
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 105
1 recommender
1 recommender
Navy SEAL Dogs
My Tale of Training Canines for Combat
Mike Ritland
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 113
1 recommender
De Re Militari
The Classic Treatise on Warfare at the Pinnacle of the Roman Empire's Power
Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 130
1 recommender
With the Old Breed
At Peleliu and Okinawa
E. B. Sledge
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 10
3 recommenders
The Clay Pigeons of St. Lo
Joseph Balkoski
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 87
1 recommender
I Heard My Country Calling
A Memoir
James Webb
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 149
1 recommender
Four Hours in My Lai
Michael Bilton
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 31
1 recommender
Everyday Heroes
Inspirational Stories from Men and Women in the Canadian Armed Forces
Jody Mitic
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 111
1 recommender
The Nightingale's Song
Robert Timberg
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 149
1 recommender
Red Blood, Black Sand
Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima
Chuck Tatum
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 19
1 recommender
1 recommender
I'm No Hero
A POW Story as Told to Glen DeWerff
Charlie Plumb
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 76
1 recommender
1 recommender
1 recommender
Trident K9 Warriors
My Tale from the Training Ground to the Battlefield with Elite Navy SEAL Canines
Mike Ritland
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 113
1 recommender
The Glory of the Trenches
An Interpretation
Coningsby Dawson
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 43
1 recommender
The Armed Forces Officer
Edition of 1950
U.S. Department of Defense
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 54
1 recommender
Team Dog
How to Train Your Dog--the Navy SEAL Way
Mike Ritland
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 113
1 recommender
Marine!
The Life of Chesty Puller
Burke Davis
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 121
1 recommender
Heart for the Fight
A Marine Hero's Journey from the Battlefields of Iraq to Mixed Martial Arts Champion
Brian Stann
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 59
1 recommender
He Was No Coward
The Harry Farr Story
Janet Booth
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 136
1 recommender
Reveries on the Art of War
Maurice de Saxe
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 110
1 recommender
Conversations with Major Dick Winters
Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers
Cole C. Kingseed
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 75
1 recommender
Brothers Forever
The Enduring Bond between a Marine and a Navy SEAL that Transcended Their Ultimate Sacrifice
Tom Sileo
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 72
1 recommender
Across The Fence
John Stryker Meyer
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 180
1 recommender
Men Against Fire
The Problem of Battle Command
S.L. A. Marshall
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 142
1 recommender
I Remember The Last War
Bob Hoffman
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 27
1 recommender
1 recommender
1 recommender
Hell Yes, I'd Do It Again
T. Fred Harvey
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 127
1 recommender
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris
Benjamin Harris
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 103
1 recommender
Platoon Leader
A Memoir of Command in Combat
James R. McDonough
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 29
1 recommender
On The Ground
The Secret War in Vietnam
John Stryker Meyer
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 181
1 recommender
Maurice's Strategikon
Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy
George T. Dennis
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 57
1 recommender
I Fought With Custer
The Story of Sergeant Windolph, Last Survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn
Charles Windolph
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 48
1 recommender
1 recommender
Company Commander
The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II
Charles B. Macdonald
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 67
1 recommender
Colder Than Hell
A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir
Joseph R. Owen
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 53
1 recommender
Omaha Beach and Beyond
The Long March of Sergeant Bob Slaughter
John Slaughter
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 26
1 recommender
Helmet for My Pillow
From Parris Island to the Pacific
Robert Leckie
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 71
1 recommender
By Honor Bound
Two Navy SEALs, the Medal of Honor, and a Story of Extraordinary Courage
Tom Norris
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 89
1 recommender
1 recommender
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