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24 alternatives to Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

War and post-9/11 America during a Dallas Cowboys game.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk▲2

   War and post-9/11 America during a Dallas Cowboys game.

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Tom Clancy's The Division: New York Collapse▲58

   An interactive field guide to expand the popular video game

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Andy Grove▲76

   The life and times of an American

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Ender's Game▲93

   The enemy's gate is down

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Common sense with Dan Carlin - The war on bad thoughts▲64

   Important perspectivesIn the wake of the last terror attack

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   A Night to Remember by Walter Lord▲99

   The classic account of the final of the Titanic

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War▲62

   Describes the western world that exploded into The Great War

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies▲56

   The Real West

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Youngblood▲71

   The moral complexity of war & its psychological toll

   2016 · its alternatives →

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    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Wanderlust▲61

    A history of walking

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Leading: Learning from Life and My Years at Manchester United▲77

    Lessons in business and life to generate long-term success

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Road to Little Dribbling▲70

    Adventures of an American in Britain

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Keeping the Faith: When There Was Peace [Part I of II]▲52

    Islam in America Before 9/11 and #Chelsea

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Battle Leadership▲56

    War is Human Life Amplified and Intensified

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    War in Val D’Orcia▲55

    An Italian War diary 1943–1944

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The President and the Big Boy Truck Book▲122

    A fun day in the life of our President (Children's book)

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Boys Among Men▲67

    How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    BUSH▲63

    America’s greatest living biographer takes on W

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The True Believer▲60

    Thoughts on the nature of mass movements

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis▲68

    A civilized reference guide for an uncivilized election

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    a16z Podcast: Teams, Trust, and Object Lessons▲89

    Management books are actually military books

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    On The Media - TLDR #14: The Knowledge▲61

    How long could you go without learning who won the Superbowl

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Jason Dempsey on counterinsurgency & end game in Afghanistan

    2016 · its alternatives →

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