Jocko Willink Book Recommendations
Jocko Willink is an American retired officer of the United States Navy, who served in the Navy SEAL teams.
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Panzram
A Journal of Murder
by Thomas E. Gaddis
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 158 (Source)
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How to be Strong, Healthy and Happy
by Bob Hoffman
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 27 (Source)
About Face
The Odyssey of an American Warrior
by Colonel David H. Hackworth
"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 (Source)
The Gulag Archipelago (3 books)
Jocko Willink covered this series in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 156 (Source)
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Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 78 (Source)
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Jordan Peterson, Esther Perel, Emma Watson, Naval Ravikant, David Blaine, Terry Crews, Jimmy Fallon, Tony Robbins, Simon Sinek, Michael Gervais, Daniel Pink, Ev Williams, Bryan Johnson, Dustin Moskovitz, Sam Altman, Ryan Holiday, Chelsea Handler, Maria Popova, Turia Pitt, Aniela Gregorek, Fedor Holz, Dave Elitch, PewDiePie, Chip Conley, Lex Fridman, Michael Hyatt, Jim Kwik, Robin Black, Steve Kerr, Alastair Humphreys, Mark Manson, Tom Bilyeu, Phil Jackson, Shane Parrish, Patrick Bet-David
Mind Over Muscle
Writings from the Founder of Judo
by Jigoro Kano
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 119 (Source)
The Book of Five Rings
by Miyamoto Musashi
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 80 (Source)
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Joe Rogan, Ryan Holiday, Naval Ravikant, PewDiePie, Lex Fridman
Psychology For The Fighting Man
What You Should Know About Yourself And Others
by Committee Of The National Research Counc
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 164 (Source)
12 Rules for Life
An Antidote to Chaos
by Jordan Peterson
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 98 (Source)
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Marc Andreessen, Naval Ravikant, George Raveling, PewDiePie, Ben Greenfield, Dominic D'Agostino
Hard-Core
Life of My Own
by Harley Flanagan
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 74 (Source)
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 97 (Source)
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Oprah Winfrey, Aubrey Marcus, Joel McHale, Charlize Theron, Sam Hinkie, Lex Fridman, Ryan Holiday
Serve to Lead
The British Army's Anthology on Leadership
by Winston Churchill
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 81 (Source)
Tools of Titans
The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
by Tim Ferriss
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 50 (Source)
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Tim Urban, Greg McKeown, Greg Norman, Daniel Pink, George Raveling, Kevin Rose, Mr. Money Mustache, Jodie Cook, Ben Greenfield
Musashi
An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era
by Eiji Yoshikawa
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 100 (Source)
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I Said No!
A Kid-to-kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private
by Kimberly King
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 70 (Source)
Blood Meridian
Or the Evening Redness in the West
by Cormac McCarthy
"Was able to show the darkness in humanity and there’s nothing pleasant in any way, shape or form." - Jocko Willink (Source)
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Wooden Leg
A Warrior Who Fought Custer
by Thomas B. Marquis
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 45 (Source)
The Killing Zone
My Life in the Vietnam War
by Frederick Downs Jr.
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 33 (Source)
Valleys of Death
A Memoir of the Korean War
by Bill Richardson
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 148 (Source)
Forgotten Highlander
An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific
by Alistair Urquhart
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 12 (Source)
Machete Season
The Killers in Rwanda Speak
by Jean Hatzfeld
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 16 (Source)
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Tribe of Mentors
Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
by Tim Ferriss
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 100 (Source)
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Unit 731 Testimony
Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
by Hal Gold
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 132 (Source)
The Trident
The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader
by Jason Redman
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 163 (Source)
Steel My Soldiers' Hearts
The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam
by Col. David H. Hackworth
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 28 (Source)
The Hundred Rules of War
by Tsukahara Bokuden
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 101 (Source)
Maps of Meaning
The Architecture of Belief
by Jordan Peterson
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 98 (Source)
The Rape of Nanking
The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
by Iris Chang
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 60 (Source)
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Man of War
An Eric Steele Novel
by Sean Parnell
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 192 (Source)
The Woman Who Could Not Forget
Iris Chang Before and Beyond The Rape of Nanking
by Ying-Ying Chang
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 60 (Source)
Fortunate Son
The Healing of a Vietnam Vet
by Lewis B. Puller Jr.
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 122 (Source)
The Eleventh Day
The Full Story of 9/11
by Anthony Summers
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 119 (Source)
Ordinary Men
Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
by Christopher R. Browning
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 85 (Source)
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A Soldier's Journal
by James Bollich
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 139 (Source)
Unit 731 - Laboratory of the Devil
Auschwitz of the East
by Yan-jun Yang
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 132 (Source)
Excursion to Hell
Mount Longdon : A Universal Story of Battle
by Vincent Bramley
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 88 (Source)
Battle Studies
Ancient and Modern Battle
by Ardant du Picq
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 62 (Source)
Into the Fire
A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
by Dakota Meyer
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 115 (Source)
Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
by Dick Winters
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 17 (Source)
The Art Of War
by Sun Tzu
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 23 (Source)
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Stalingrad
Memories of Hell
by Joachim Wieder
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 109 (Source)
Hal Moore on Leadership
Winning when Outgunned and Outmanned
by Harold G. Moore
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 107 (Source)
Instructions for His Generals
by Frederick the Great
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 129 (Source)
Unflinching
The Making of a Canadian Sniper
by Jody Mitic
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 24 (Source)
On Guerrilla Warfare
by Mao Tse-Tung
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 20 (Source)
SOG Chronicles
Volume One
by John Stryker Meyer
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 180 (Source)
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
by Barbara Demick
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 22 (Source)
The Knock at the Door
Three Gold Star Families Bonded by Grief and Purpose
by Ryan Manion
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 201 (Source)
Through the Valley
My Captivity in Vietnam
by William Reeder Jr.
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 63 (Source)
We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young
Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
by Harold G. Moore
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 105 (Source)
One Soldier's War
by Arkady Babchenko
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 18 (Source)
De Re Militari
The Classic Treatise on Warfare at the Pinnacle of the Roman Empire's Power
by Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 130 (Source)
Navy SEAL Dogs
My Tale of Training Canines for Combat
by Mike Ritland
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 113 (Source)
With the Old Breed
At Peleliu and Okinawa
by E. B. Sledge
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 10 (Source)
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The Clay Pigeons of St. Lo
by Joseph Balkoski
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 87 (Source)
Everyday Heroes
Inspirational Stories from Men and Women in the Canadian Armed Forces
by Jody Mitic
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 111 (Source)
Four Hours in My Lai
by Michael Bilton
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 31 (Source)
I Heard My Country Calling
A Memoir
by James Webb
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 149 (Source)
Red Blood, Black Sand
Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima
by Chuck Tatum
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 19 (Source)
The Nightingale's Song
by Robert Timberg
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 149 (Source)
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Fields of Fire
A Novel
by James Webb
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 149 (Source)
I'm No Hero
A POW Story as Told to Glen DeWerff
by Charlie Plumb
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 76 (Source)
All Out War
A Novel
by Sean Parnell
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 192 (Source)
The Armed Forces Officer
Edition of 1950
by U.S. Department of Defense
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 54 (Source)
Team Dog
How to Train Your Dog--the Navy SEAL Way
by Mike Ritland
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 113 (Source)
The Glory of the Trenches
An Interpretation
by Coningsby Dawson
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 43 (Source)
Marine!
The Life of Chesty Puller
by Burke Davis
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 121 (Source)
Trident K9 Warriors
My Tale from the Training Ground to the Battlefield with Elite Navy SEAL Canines
by Mike Ritland
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 113 (Source)
Heart for the Fight
A Marine Hero's Journey from the Battlefields of Iraq to Mixed Martial Arts Champion
by Brian Stann
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 59 (Source)
He Was No Coward
The Harry Farr Story
by Janet Booth
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 136 (Source)
Conversations with Major Dick Winters
Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers
by Cole C. Kingseed
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 75 (Source)
Across The Fence
by John Stryker Meyer
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 180 (Source)
Brothers Forever
The Enduring Bond between a Marine and a Navy SEAL that Transcended Their Ultimate Sacrifice
by Tom Sileo
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 72 (Source)
Reveries on the Art of War
by Maurice de Saxe
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 110 (Source)
Men Against Fire
The Problem of Battle Command
by S.L. A. Marshall
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 142 (Source)
I Remember The Last War
by Bob Hoffman
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 27 (Source)
Hell Yes, I'd Do It Again
by T. Fred Harvey
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 127 (Source)
Platoon Leader
A Memoir of Command in Combat
by James R. McDonough
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 29 (Source)
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris
by Benjamin Harris
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 103 (Source)
I Fought With Custer
The Story of Sergeant Windolph, Last Survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn
by Charles Windolph
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 48 (Source)
Maurice's Strategikon
Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy
by George T. Dennis
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 57 (Source)
On The Ground
The Secret War in Vietnam
by John Stryker Meyer
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 181 (Source)
Company Commander
The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II
by Charles B. Macdonald
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 67 (Source)
Colder Than Hell
A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir
by Joseph R. Owen
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 53 (Source)
Omaha Beach and Beyond
The Long March of Sergeant Bob Slaughter
by John Slaughter
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 26 (Source)
Helmet for My Pillow
From Parris Island to the Pacific
by Robert Leckie
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 71 (Source)
By Honor Bound
Two Navy SEALs, the Medal of Honor, and a Story of Extraordinary Courage
by Tom Norris
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 89 (Source)
