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Title Author
- One of our submarines Edward Young
- Why should Britain Tremble Chas Cooke
- Secrets of the Conqueror (Untold story) Stuart Prebble
- HMS Dolphin (Gosport’s Submarine Base) Keith Hall
- Unbroken – The story of a submarine Alastair Mars
- Sea Wolves Tim Clayton
- Blind man’s buff (Cold war espionage) Sherry Sontag/Chris Drew
- Standby to Surface Ian Franklin (Fiction – Written by a submariner based upon “O boats”
- The Silent Service John Parker
- Echoes of my life Philip Carter (Letters from a young RN Submariner)
- Stand by to Surface Ian Franklin
- My bloody efforts Stephan Bridgman
- Midget s/m Cdr (life of G.Place VC) Paul Watkins
- If you can’t take a joke Bob Clarke
- War beneath the waves Don Keith
- Cry from the deep (Sinking of Kursk) Ramsey Flynn
- Concepts in submarine design Roy Burcher
- The hunt for Red October Tom Clancy
- The death of USS Thresher Norman Polmar
- Poseidon – China’s Secret Steven R. Schwankert
- All hands down Kenneth Sewell & Jerome Preisler
- Spy Sub Roger C. Dunham
- Hostile Waters The Death of K-219 Peter Huchthausen
- Stalking the Red Bear Peter Sasgen
- Blackett’s War Stephen Budiansky
- The History of the British U Class Submarine – Derek Walters
- Submarine Chuck Lawliss
- Nuclear Submariners Antony Loveless
- Submariners: Life in submarines Brian Win
- Complete idiot’s guide to submarines Michael Benson
- Illustrated directory of S/Ms of the world David Miller
- Cold War Submarines (Design & Build) Norman Polmar
- Russian Submarines, Guardians of the motherland Wayne Frey
- Submarine Design Ulrich Gabler
- Sub:An Oral History of U.S. Navy Submarines – Mark Roberts
- Submarine Stories: Recollections from the Diesel Boats – Paul Stillwell
- Unrestricted Warfare James F. DeRose
- British Submarines of WW1 Innes McCartney
- Final Patrol Don Keith
- Royal Naval submarines 1901 – present day – Maurice Cocker
- The submariners: life in British submarines 1901-1999 ; an anthology of personal experience – John Winton
- Submarine Warriors Edwyn Gray
- My Navy. The voyage of a submarine cook – Clay Westfall
- The diary of a U Boat Commander Anonymous (Click on the link you’ll find it quite interesting)
- Sub: Life on board Danny Danziger
- Blue and Gold Monica Helms
- Valhalla Monica Helms
- Find ‘Em, Chase ‘Em, Sink ‘Em: The Mysterious Loss of the WWII Submarine USS Gudgeon
By Mike Ostlund
- USS Cod WWII Submarine Memorial Photo Museum Guide
Randall S. Shoker
- Final Patrol: True Stories of World War II Submarines
Don Keith
- Spadefish: On Patrol with a Top-Scoring WWII Submarine
Stephen L. Moore
- U. S. Submarines in World War II: An Illustrated History of the Pacific Submarine War
Larry Kimmett & Margaret Regis
- The Luck Of The Draw – The Memoir Of A World War II Submariner: From Savo Island To The Silent Service
C. Kenneth Ruiz, John Bruning
- In the Course of Duty: The Heroic Mission of the USS Batfish
Don Keith
- U.S. Subs Down Under: Brisbane 1942-1945
David Jones, Peter Nunan
- U.S. Submarines 1941-1945
Jim Christley
- US Submarine Crewman 1941-45
Robert Hargis
- The Last Patrol
Harry Holmes
- Red Scorpion The War Patrols of the USS Rasher Peter T. Sasgen
- Hellions of the Deep
Robert Gannon
- Gallant Lady: A Biography of the USS Archerfish Ken Henry, Don Keith
- Overdue and Presumed Lost: The Story of the USS Bullhead Martin Sheridan
- The Bravest Man: The Story of Richard O’Kane & U.S. Submariners in the Pacific War William Touhy
- Slade Cutter: Submarine Warrior Carl Lavo
- United States Submarines David Hinkle
- Wolf Pack: The American Submarine Strategy That Helped Defeat Japan Steven Trent Smith
- The Submarine: A History Thomas Parrish
- U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History Norman Friedman
- Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan Clay Blair
- US SUBMARINE OPERATIONS IN WW II Theodore Roscoe
- Clear the Bridge! The War Patrols of the USS Tang Richard O’Kane
- Final Dive The Gallant and Tragic Career of the WW II Submarine USS Snook Rick Cline
- U.S.S. Tang (SS-306): American Submarine War Patrol Reports
J.T. McDaniel
- U.S.S. Wahoo (SS-238): American Submarine War Patrol Reports
J.T. McDaniel
- U.S.S. Cod (SS-224): American Submarine War Patrol Reports
J.T. McDaniel
- U.S.S. Barb (SS-220): American Submarine War Patrol Reports
J.T. McDaniel
- Thunder Below! The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in WW II Eugene Fluckey
- Silent Running My Years on a WW II Attack Submarine James Calvert
- Submarine! Edward L. Beach
- Take Her Deep! A Submarine Against Japan in WW II I.J. Galantin
- Wake of the Wahoo The Heroic Story of America’s Most Daring WW II Submarine, USS Wahoo Sterling J. Forest
- Salt and Steel Reflections of a Submariner Edward L. Beach
- Pigboat 39 An American Sub Goes to War Bobette Gugliotta
- War Beneath the Sea Submarine Conflict During WW II Peter Padfield
- USS Pampanito: Killer Angel Gregory Michno
- Nothing Friendly in the Vicinity My Patrols on the Submarine USS Guardfish During WW II Claude C. Conner
- War in the Boats My WW II Submarine Battles Capt. William J. Ruhe USN (Ret)
- The Three lives of USS Drum Thomas M. Bowser
- Back from the Deep The Strange Story of the Sister Subs Squalus and Sculpin Carl Lavo
- Steel Shark in the Pacific : USS Pampanito SS-383 By Walter W. Jaffee
- Bowfin The True Story of America’s Fleet Submarine in WW II by Edwin P. Hoyt
- Submarine Grayback The Life and Death of the WW II Sub USS Grayback by Rick Cline
- SUBS AGAINST THE RISING SUN by Keith Milton
- Hell Above, Deep Water Below by Dale Russell
- The Terrible Hours The man behind the greatest submarine rescue in history by Peter Maas
- Combined Fleet Decoded The Secret History of American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in WW II by John Prados
- Allied Submarine Attacks of World War II European Theatre of Operations 1939-1945 by Jurgen Rohweron
- History of United States Naval Operations in WW II 15 Volume Set by Samuel Eliot Morison
- Submarines of World War II by Erminio Bagnasco
- Submarine Commander A story of WW II and Korea by Paul R. Schratz
- Maru Killer: The War Patrols of the Uss Seahorse By Dave Bouslog
- Submarines of World War II
By John Ward
- Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions: May 1942-August 1942, Vol. 4
By Samuel Eliot Morison
- Torpedoman By Ron Smith
- Shinano The Sinking of Japan’s Secret Supership by Joseph Enright
- Batfish The Champion Submarine Killer Submarine of WW II by Hughston E. Lowder
- US Submarine Attacks During World War II by John D. Alden
- Through Hell and Deep Water by Charles A. Lockwood VADM and Hans Christian Adamson
- Submarines of World War II
By John Ward
- Ghost of War: The Sinking of the Awa Maru and Japanese-American Relations, 1945-1995
By Roger Dingman
- U.S. Subs in Action
By Robert C. Stern