Looking for the best military and history books of 2024? Join us for this year’s 2024 Book Guide episode!

Host Dale Throneberry is joined by Marc Leepson, arts editor, senior writer and columnist for The VVA Veteran, the national magazine published by the VVA.

Dale and Marc talk about the best military and history books of 2024. Just in time for the holiday giving season!

Here are the books we discussed:

1. The Vietnam War: A Military History by Geoffrey Wawro
2. Drafted by Rick Parker
3. The Heart That Fed by Carl Sciacchitano
4. If I Don't Laugh, I'll Cry by Molly Stillman
5. Diplomats at War by Charles Trueheart
6. The Women by Kristin Hannah
7. Home Before Morning by Lynda Van Devanter
8. Healing Wounds by Diane Carlson Evans
9. Found by Jack McLean
10. Loon by Jack McLean
11. The Face of the Enemy by David Chung
12. In the Shadow of Vietnam: The Gallant Life of Fr.Phillip Salois. by Julian Ayotte, Paul Caranci, and Fr. Phillip Salois
13. Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War. By Shannon Kent
14. Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged. By Robert L. O’Connell
15. Jeep Show by Robert B. O’Connor
16. Veterans Benefits for You: Get What You Deserve. By Dr. Paul Lawrence
17. If I Don’t Laugh, I’ll Cry by Molly Stillman
18. The Heart That Fed by Carl Sciacchitano
19. Diary of A Young Man: 1968-1969: Coming of Age at a Cultural Crossroads. By Dan Dana
20. Always Faithful: The Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter. By Major Tom Schueman and Zainullah Zaki
21. I Will Tell No War Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid About World War II. By Howard Mansfield
22. The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW's Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton. by Marc Leepson

All of these books can be found online or at your favorite bookstore. Enjoy!