No Easy DayNo Easy Day
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What it's about
A member of SEAL Team Six, writing as Mark Owen, gives a first-person account of the planning and execution of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, along with earlier missions from Iraq and Afghanistan to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips.
Why it's worth reading
It spent 4 weeks at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and 37 weeks on the lists. It's a gripping inside account of one of the most famous missions in history.
You'll love it if you liked
Lone Survivor
13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11Good to know
It was written with Kevin Maurer under a pseudonym. Its publication was controversial with the Pentagon.
By the numbers
- Readers52 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller56 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.
Where it ranks
- #194 of the 290 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #722 of the 1,573 modern books we rank
- #1358 of the 2,816 books we rank
Why it made the list
Reads as
True story, Adventurous
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Quick answers
Is No Easy Day worth reading?
Yes. It spent 4 weeks at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and 37 weeks on the lists. It ranks #1,358 of the 2,816 books in our ranking, with a Must-Read Score of 69.5 (the best book we found scores 99).
What is No Easy Day about?
A member of SEAL Team Six, writing as Mark Owen, gives a first-person account of the planning and execution of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, along with earlier missions from Iraq and Afghanistan to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips.
How long does it take to read No Easy Day?
About 8 hours (316 pages), or about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day.
What should I read after No Easy Day?
If you liked it, try Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson, 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff with members of the Annex Security Team or The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright.