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24 alternatives to The Guns of August

Classic book on the first month of The Great War

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Guns of August launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Guns of August▲61

   Classic book on the first month of The Great War

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   War in Val D’Orcia▲55

   An Italian War diary 1943–1944

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Rise of the Machines▲61

   A Cybernetic History 1st Edition

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Great War and Modern Memory ▲77

   Profound study on how WW1 created our ironic, modern world

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Watchbird▲61

   A warning about army drones and AI from 1953

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Dark Territory▲69

   The Secret History of Cyber War

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Age of Optimists▲60

   Quantitative Glimpse of Tech's Political Endgame

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Knowall▲88

   Book Recommendations from Friends

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hardcore History▲158

   Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Technopoly▲61

    The surrender of culture to technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Hackers▲75

    Heroes of the computer revolution

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Second Machine Age▲66

    Work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant techno

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Playing The Enemy ▲60

    Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Quest▲62

    Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    bookmarq▲98

    Book suggestions from your friends and influencers

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Technotopia▲96

    A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Bro Pages▲61

    highly readable supplement to man pages

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Recompiler Magazine▲60

    Learning about technology in a fun and inclusive way

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Ender's Game▲93

    The enemy's gate is down

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Playing at the World▲54

    A history of simulating wars, people & fantastic adventures

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Dogfight▲61

    How Apple and Google went to war and started a revolution

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Booktrack▲79

    Read with a soundtrack

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Workers▲65

    Archaeology of the Industrial Age

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Startup Book Buzz▲106

    One new startup related book recommended each week

    2015 · its alternatives →

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