Jocko Willink

Author, Influencer

John Gretton "Jocko" Willink is an American author, podcaster, and retired United States Navy officer who served in the Navy SEALs and is a former member of SEAL Team 3.

Jocko Willink's 145 Book Recommendations

• One Soldier's War
• Omaha Beach and Beyond
• The Armed Forces Officer
• The Recollections of Rifleman Harris
• A Soldiers Journal
• On Guerrilla Warfare
• Conversations with Major Dick Winters
• Brothers Forever
• Four Hours in My Lai
• Hell Yes, I'd Do It Again
• Helmet for My Pillow
• Men Against Fire
• The Rape Of Nanking
• The Eleventh Day
• The Book of Five Rings
• The Woman Who Could Not Forget: Iris Chang Before and Beyond The Rape of Nanking
• Mind Over Muscle
• The Forgotten Highlander
• SOG Chronicles
• Across the Fence
• Man's Search For Meaning
• With the Old Breed
• Brave Men
• The Valley of Vision
• Outlaw Platoon
• The Terminal List
• All Out War
• By Honor Bound
• Battle Studies
• The Hundred Rules of War
• We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young
• Ordinary Men
• Machete Season
• The Knock at the Door
• Panzram
• The Coldest War
• The Trident
• Storm of Steel
• Heart for the Fight
• Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer
• Reveries on the Art of War
• Fields of Fire
• Red Blood, Black Sand
• Maurice's Strategikon
• 18 Platoon
• Psychology for the Fighting Man
• Tools of Titans
• Tough as They Come
• Colder Than Hell
• Nothing to Envy
• Steel My Soldiers' Hearts
• Henry V
• Beyond Band of Brothers
• Hal Moore on Leadership
• Company Commander
• Tribe of Mentors
• Musashi
• Fortunate Son
• I Remember the Last War
• How to Be Strong, Healthy and Happy
• The Clay Pigeons of St. Lo
• Men at Arnhem
• I'm No Hero
• Platoon Leader
• He Was No Coward
• Trident K9 Warriors
• Navy SEAL Dogs
• Excursion to Hell
• The Glory of the Trenches
• Blood Meridian, Or, The Evening Redness in the West
• Valleys of Death
• 12 Rules for Life
• About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior: “First and foremost... About Face by Colonel David Hackworth, it's the only book I've ever actually given anyone... So that book is just an incredible book. It's got lessons learned on every page.”
• The Things They Carried: “Definitely a solid read and I would check it out.”
• The Last Hundred Yards: The NCO's Contribution to Warfare
• Battle Leadership
• The Military Maxims of Napoleon
• War As I Knew It
• The Art of War
• Unflinching: The Making of a Canadian Sniper
• The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War
• I Fought with Custer: The Story of Sergeant Windolph, Last Survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn
• Serve to Lead: The British Army's Anthology on Leadership
• And We Go On
• A Rumor of War
• China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II
• The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier
• Stalingrad: Memories and Reassessments
• Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller
• Instructions for His Generals
• Vegetius: Epitome of Military Science
• Unit 731 Testimony
• Cannibal Island: Death in a Siberian Gulag
• The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
• The Art of War
• The Prince
• On the Ground: The Secret War in Vietnam
• On the German Art of War: Truppenführung
• The Memory Endures: The Story of a Grenadier Guardsman and Pioneer of the Parachute Regiment, 1937-1945
• The Boer War and Military Reforms
• Whisky Tango Foxtrot
• Guidelines for the Leader and the Commander
• 1984
• Soldier
• Herbert: The Making of a Soldier
• Armenian Golgotha
• Strategy
• War Is a Racket
• On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
• McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War
• Bayonet! Forward: My Civil War Reminiscences
• The Journey of Crazy Horse
• Up From Slavery
• Kimura: The Triumphs and Tragedy of One of Judo's Greatest and Most Controversial Judo Champions
• The I Ching or Book of Changes
• In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
• Why Don't We Learn from History?
• Maxims on War
• Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
• Through the Valley: My Captivity in Vietnam
• True Believer
• Faithful Warriors: A Combat Marine Remembers the Pacific War
• The Stress Effect: Why Smart Leaders Make Dumb Decisions--And What to Do About It
• Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service
• Perfectly Wounded: A Memoir about What Happens after a Miracle
• The Talent War: How Special Operations and Great Organizations Win on Talent
• Tip of the Spear: The Incredible Story of an Injured Green Beret's Return to Battle
• Only Cry for the Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS Battlefield
• Undaunted Valor: An Assault Helicopter Unit in Vietnam
• By Water Beneath the Walls: The Rise of the Navy SEALs
• Extraordinary Valor: The Fight for Charlie Hill in Vietnam
• To Fly and Fight: Memoirs of a Triple Ace
• Always Faithful: A Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter
• The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy)
• Superpower in Peril: A Battle Plan to Renew America
• Outlive
• Transformed: A Navy SEAL's Unlikely Journey from the Throne of Africa, to the Streets of the Bronx, to Defying All Odds
• Borderline: Defending the Home Front
• Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War
• Drowning in Lemonade: Reflections of an Army Wife
• Guns Up!
• Undeniable: How to Reach the Top and Stay There
• The Check Engine Light: A Complete Framework for Becoming an Autonomous Driver of Your Own Health
• Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of US Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City
• Abandoned in Hell: The Fight for Vietnam's Firebase Kate

Books written by Jocko Willink

• Way of the Warrior Kid
• Way of the Warrior Kid 3
• Marc's Mission
• Extreme Ownership
• Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
• The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win
• Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual
• The Code. The Evaluation. The Protocols.: Striving to Become an Eminently Qualified Human
• Final Spin: A Novel
• Mikey and the Dragons
• Way of the Warrior Kid 4: Field Manual
• Way of the Warrior Kid 5: Letters from Uncle Jake
• Official Extreme Ownership Companion Workbook