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Order the Official 2020 Marine Corps Reading List
The 2020 Marine Corps Reading list was recently published in ALMAR 023/20 and with some major updates. The USMC Reading List contains 50 books and is broken up between Profession Of Arms, innovation, Leadership, Strategy, CMC Choice, Fundamentals, podcast & Periodicals.
The Marine Corps puts out their reading list annually and it is published through the Marine Corps University Library.
Profession of Arms
- AFTER ACTION: THE TRUE STORY OF A COBRA PILOT’S JOURNEY by
- BLACK HEARTS: ONE PLATOON’S DESCENT INTO MADNESS IN IRAQ’S TRIANGLE OF DEATH by
- FIRST TO FIGHT: AN INSIDE VIEW OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS by
- FORGOTTEN WARRIORS: THE 1ST PROVISIONAL MARINE BRIGADE, THE CORPS ETHOS, AND THE KOREAN WAR by
- HESITATION KILLS: A FEMALE MARINE OFFICER’S COMBAT EXPERIENCE IN IRAQ by
- THE LAST STAND OF FOX COMPANY: A TRUE STORY OF U.S. MARINES IN COMBAT by
- MARINE SNIPER: 93 CONFIRMED KILLS by
- THE MARINES OF MONTFORD POINT: AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK MARINES by
- NEPTUNE’S INFERNO: THE U.S. NAVY AT GUADALCANAL by
- WE WERE ONE: SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THE MARINES WHO TOOK FALLUJAH by
- WOMEN AT WAR: IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND OTHER CONFLICTS by
Innovation
- ASSAULT FROM THE SEA: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE by
- CODE TALKER: THE FIRST AND ONLY MEMOIR BY ONE OF THE ORIGINAL NAVAJO CODE TALKERS OF WWII by
- CURIOUS: THE DESIRE TO KNOW AND WHY YOUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT by
- ISSUES ON MY MIND: STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE by
- LEARNING WAR: THE EVOLUTION OF FIGHTING DOCTRINE IN THE U.S. NAVY, 1898–1945 by
- THE MASTER ALGORITHM: HOW THE QUEST FOR THE ULTIMATE LEARNING MACHINE WILL REMAKE OUR WORLD by
- MILITARY INNOVATION IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD by
- ON CALL IN HELL: A DOCTOR’S IRAQ WAR STORY by
- SGT RECKLESS: AMERICA’S WAR HORSE by
- THE WHITE DONKEY: TERMINAL LANCE by
- WIRED FOR WAR: THE ROBOTICS REVOLUTION AND CONFLICT IN THE 21ST CENTURY by
Leadership
- CALL SIGN CHAOS: LEARNING TO LEAD by
- DARE TO LEAD: BRAVE WORK. TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. WHOLE HEARTS by
- IT WORKED FOR ME: IN LIFE AND LEADERSHIP by
- THE LEADER’S BOOKSHELF by
- LEGACY by
- RESILIENCE: HARD-WON WISDOM FOR LIVING A BETTER LIFE by
- SMARTER FASTER BETTER: THE SECRETS OF BEING PRODUCTIVE IN LIFE AND BUSINESS by
- START WITH WHY: HOW GREAT LEADERS INSPIRE EVERYONE TO TAKE ACTION by
- TRIBE: ON HOMECOMING AND BELONGING by
- UNBROKEN: A WORLD WAR II STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE, AND REDEMPTION by
- YOU ARE WORTH IT: BUILDING A LIFE WORTH FIGHTING FOR by
Strategy
- CYBERSECURITY AND CYBERWAR: WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW by
- FLEET TACTICS AND NAVAL OPERATIONS (3rd ED.) by
- GOOD TO GREAT: WHY SOME COMPANIES MAKE THE LEAP AND OTHERS DON’T by
- HUMILITY IS THE NEW SMART: RETHINKING HUMAN EXCELLENCE IN THE SMART MACHINE AGE by
- LIKEWAR: THE WEAPONIZATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA by
- MONSOON: THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN POWER by
- A NEW CONCEPTION OF WAR: JOHN BOYD, THE U.S. MARINES, AND MANEUVER WARFARE by
- ONE HUNDRED DAYS : THE MEMOIRS OF THE FALKLANDS BATTLE GROUP COMMANDER by
- RED STAR OVER THE PACIFIC: CHINA’S RISE AND THE CHALLENGE TO U.S. MARITIME STRATEGY by
- THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by
- THE UNDOING PROJECT: A FRIENDSHIP THAT CHANGED OUR MINDS by
CMC Choice
- THE KILL CHAIN: DEFENDING AMERICA IN THE FUTURE OF HIGH-TECH WARFARE by
Foundational
- CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA by
- LEARNING (MCDP-7) by
- WARFIGHTING (MCDP-1) by
Podcasts
- Sea Control (CIMSEC)
- DODReads: What Are You Reading?
- The Dead Prussian
- Horns of a Dilemma
- Net Assessment (War on the Rocks)
- Modern War Institute Podcast
- War Room (US Army War College)
- Wavell Room: Contemporary British Military Thought
- TED Talks Daily
- WSJ The Future of Everything
- Global News Podcast (BBC)
- The Truth of the Matter
- The Security Studies Podcast
- US-China Dialogue Podcast
- Council on Foreign Relations
- The Backstory
Periodicals
- The Cove
- The Forge
- Grounded Curiosity
- Journal of Advanced Military Studies (JAMS)
- Leatherneck
- Marine Corps Gazette
- Modern War Institute
- Proceedings (US Naval Institute)
- Small Wars Journal
- The Strategy Bridge
- War on the Rocks
- Yellow Sheet (Marine Corps Aviation Association)
We are able to send to all Military FPO / AP addresses and can accept GSC Credit cards under the Micro-purchase level.