Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to The Zarrabian Incident

When the foundation of a soldier’s world is built on lies?

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

1. 1
   Youngblood▲71

   The moral complexity of war & its psychological toll

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning▲56

   A new interpretation of Hitler's frightening worldview

   2015 · bookshop.org · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Action Army: You're Being Lied To▲61

   Everyone is lying to you, and here's how to deal with it.

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Merchants of Doubt▲57

   How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Buried Giant▲61

   Why history repeats itself.

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Dark Territory▲69

   The Secret History of Cyber War

   2016 · fredkaplan.info · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Blitzed▲66

   Drugs in Nazi Germany

   2016 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Playing The Enemy ▲60

   Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   City of Thieves▲66

   A novel about war, courage and survival

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    War in Val D’Orcia▲55

    An Italian War diary 1943–1944

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Futility Closet - 84: The Man Who Never Was▲60

    The most imaginative and successful ruse of World War II.

    2015 · futilitycloset.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Against the Gods▲62

    The remarkable story of risk

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Man's Search for Meaning▲102

    An enduring work of Holocaust survival literature

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Three-Body Problem▲63

    A secret military project sends signals into space

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    On Justic, Power, and Human Nature▲54

    Selections from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Muqaddimah▲56

    An introduction to history

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Shock Doctrine▲62

    The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Kobold's Guide to Worldbuilding▲56

    Essays on the creation of worlds, from geology to politics

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914▲66

    Why a group of well-meaning leaders stumbled into war

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The 404 - 1,276: Where we follow Justin into the darkness▲55

    A story that happened to Justin on Memorial Day

    2015 · cnet.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret ▲73

    Palace of science that changed the course of World War II

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea▲58

    The history behind one of the most dangerous numbers

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator▲83

    The inside mechanics of how blogs & news are made.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Antifragile▲89

    Things that gain from disorder

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →