101 Jocko Willink Recommended Books
Jocko Willink is a retired U. S. Navy SEAL Officer, author, and podcaster. He is the founder of Echelon Front, a consulting firm that specializes in leadership development. Willink is known for his no-nonsense approach to life, leadership and discipline. He has written several books, including the New York Times bestseller, Extreme Ownership: How U. S. Navy SEALs Lead, etc.
101 Books recommended by Jocko Willink
I Remember The Last War
Author :Bob Hoffman
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 27 [Source]
Company Commander
The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II
Author :Charles B. Macdonald
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 67 [Source]
Through the Valley
My Captivity in Vietnam
Author :William Reeder Jr.
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 63 [Source]
Reveries on the Art of War
Author :Maurice de Saxe
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 110 [Source]
Men Against Fire
The Problem of Battle Command
Author :S.L. A. Marshall
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 142 [Source]
Tools of Titans
The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Author :Tim Ferriss
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 50 [Source]
18 Platoon
Author :Jary
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 84 [Source]
I Said No!
A Kid-to-kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private
Author :Kimberly King
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 70 [Source]
Valleys of Death
A Memoir of the Korean War
Author :Bill Richardson
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 148 [Source]
Across The Fence
Author :John Stryker Meyer
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 180 [Source]
Trident K9 Warriors
My Tale from the Training Ground to the Battlefield with Elite Navy SEAL Canines
Author :Mike Ritland
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 113 [Source]
Psychology For The Fighting Man
What You Should Know About Yourself And Others
Author :Committee Of The National Research Counc
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 164 [Source]
Unit 731 Testimony
Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
Author :Hal Gold
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 132 [Source]
Steel My Soldiers' Hearts
The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam
Author :Col. David H. Hackworth
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 28 [Source]
12 Rules for Life
An Antidote to Chaos
Author :Jordan Peterson
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 98 [Source]
On Guerrilla Warfare
Author :Mao Tse-Tung
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 20 [Source]
He Was No Coward
The Harry Farr Story
Author :Janet Booth
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 136 [Source]
I'm No Hero
A POW Story as Told to Glen DeWerff
Author :Charlie Plumb
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 76 [Source]
Into the Fire
A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
Author :Dakota Meyer
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 115 [Source]
Storm of Steel
Author :Ernst Jünger
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 14 [Source]
Instructions for His Generals
Author :Frederick the Great
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 129 [Source]
Man's Search for Meaning
Author :Viktor E. Frankl
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 78 [Source]
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Blood Meridian
Or the Evening Redness in the West
Author :Cormac McCarthy
- Jocko Willink"Was able to show the darkness in humanity and there’s nothing pleasant in any way, shape or form." - Jocko Willink [Source]
Machete Season
The Killers in Rwanda Speak
Author :Jean Hatzfeld
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 16 [Source]
Men at Arnhem
Author :Geoffrey Powell
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 94 [Source]
The Eleventh Day
The Full Story of 9/11
Author :Anthony Summers
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 119 [Source]
Helmet for My Pillow
From Parris Island to the Pacific
Author :Robert Leckie
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 71 [Source]
Maurice's Strategikon
Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy
Author :George T. Dennis
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 57 [Source]
Everyday Heroes
Inspirational Stories from Men and Women in the Canadian Armed Forces
Author :Jody Mitic
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 111 [Source]
Unit 731 - Laboratory of the Devil
Auschwitz of the East
Author :Yan-jun Yang
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 132 [Source]
Battle Studies
Ancient and Modern Battle
Author :Ardant du Picq
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 62 [Source]
Maps of Meaning
The Architecture of Belief
Author :Jordan Peterson
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 98 [Source]
The Art Of War
Author :Sun Tzu
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 23 [Source]
The Glory of the Trenches
An Interpretation
Author :Coningsby Dawson
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 43 [Source]
The Coldest War
Author :James Brady
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 51 [Source]
I Fought With Custer
The Story of Sergeant Windolph, Last Survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn
Author :Charles Windolph
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 48 [Source]
On The Ground
The Secret War in Vietnam
Author :John Stryker Meyer
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 181 [Source]
SOG Chronicles
Volume One
Author :John Stryker Meyer
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 180 [Source]
The Woman Who Could Not Forget
Iris Chang Before and Beyond The Rape of Nanking
Author :Ying-Ying Chang
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 60 [Source]
Colder Than Hell
A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir
Author :Joseph R. Owen
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 53 [Source]
Scars and Stripes
An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself
Author :Tim Kennedy
- Jocko Willink"[The author] is a Green Beret, Sniper, UFC Fighter, movie/TV star, entrepreneur, and all-around great human being." - Jocko Willink [Source]
We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young
Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Author :Harold G. Moore
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 105 [Source]
The Terminal List
A Thriller
Author :Jack Carr
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 183 [Source]
Navy SEAL Dogs
My Tale of Training Canines for Combat
Author :Mike Ritland
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 113 [Source]
All Out War
A Novel
Author :Sean Parnell
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 192 [Source]
Red Blood, Black Sand
Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima
Author :Chuck Tatum
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 19 [Source]
Tribe of Mentors
Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Author :Tim Ferriss
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 100 [Source]
By Honor Bound
Two Navy SEALs, the Medal of Honor, and a Story of Extraordinary Courage
Author :Tom Norris
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 89 [Source]
With the Old Breed
At Peleliu and Okinawa
Author :E. B. Sledge
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 10 [Source]
Fields of Fire
A Novel
Author :James Webb
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 149 [Source]
Excursion to Hell
Mount Longdon : A Universal Story of Battle
Author :Vincent Bramley
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 88 [Source]
Omaha Beach and Beyond
The Long March of Sergeant Bob Slaughter
Author :John Slaughter
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 26 [Source]
How to be Strong, Healthy and Happy
Author :Bob Hoffman
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 27 [Source]
Tough As They Come
Author :Travis Mills
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 90 [Source]
Ordinary Men
Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
Author :Christopher R. Browning
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 85 [Source]
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Author :Barbara Demick
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 22 [Source]
True Believer
James Reece, Book 2
Author :Jack Carr
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 183 [Source]
The Trident
The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader
Author :Jason Redman
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 163 [Source]
The Hundred Rules of War
Author :Tsukahara Bokuden
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 101 [Source]
The Armed Forces Officer
Edition of 1950
Author :U.S. Department of Defense
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 54 [Source]
About Face
The Odyssey of an American Warrior
Author :Colonel David H. Hackworth
- Jocko Willink"I had [this book] next to my bed in Ramadi. I literally read it every night. That’s how I'd fall asleep." - Jocko Willink [Source]
Stalingrad
Memories of Hell
Author :Joachim Wieder
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 109 [Source]
Outlaw Platoon
Author :Sean Parnell
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 192 [Source]
The Clay Pigeons of St. Lo
Author :Joseph Balkoski
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 87 [Source]
Forgotten Highlander
An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific
Author :Alistair Urquhart
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 12 [Source]
The Knock at the Door
Three Gold Star Families Bonded by Grief and Purpose
Author :Ryan Manion
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 201 [Source]
The Killing Zone
My Life in the Vietnam War
Author :Frederick Downs Jr.
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 33 [Source]
The Glass Factory
Author :Braxton McCoy
- Jocko Willink"An outstanding book." - Jocko Willink [Source]
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris
Author :Benjamin Harris
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 103 [Source]
Wooden Leg
A Warrior Who Fought Custer
Author :Thomas B. Marquis
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 45 [Source]
Unflinching
The Making of a Canadian Sniper
Author :Jody Mitic
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 24 [Source]
Hal Moore on Leadership
Winning when Outgunned and Outmanned
Author :Harold G. Moore
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 107 [Source]
Heart for the Fight
A Marine Hero's Journey from the Battlefields of Iraq to Mixed Martial Arts Champion
Author :Brian Stann
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 59 [Source]
Platoon Leader
A Memoir of Command in Combat
Author :James R. McDonough
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 29 [Source]
Serve to Lead
The British Army's Anthology on Leadership
Author :Winston Churchill
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 81 [Source]
Fortunate Son
The Healing of a Vietnam Vet
Author :Lewis B. Puller Jr.
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 122 [Source]
Man of War
An Eric Steele Novel
Author :Sean Parnell
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 192 [Source]
One Soldier's War
Author :Arkady Babchenko
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 18 [Source]
Mind Over Muscle
Writings from the Founder of Judo
Author :Jigoro Kano
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 119 [Source]
Brothers Forever
The Enduring Bond between a Marine and a Navy SEAL that Transcended Their Ultimate Sacrifice
Author :Tom Sileo
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 72 [Source]
De Re Militari
The Classic Treatise on Warfare at the Pinnacle of the Roman Empire's Power
Author :Flavius Vegetius Renatus
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 130 [Source]
Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Author :Dick Winters
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 17 [Source]
Four Hours in My Lai
Author :Michael Bilton
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 31 [Source]
A Soldier's Journal
Author :James Bollich
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 139 [Source]
The Rape of Nanking
The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
Author :Iris Chang
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 60 [Source]
The Book of Five Rings
Author :Miyamoto Musashi
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 80 [Source]
I Heard My Country Calling
A Memoir
Author :James Webb
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 149 [Source]
The Nightingale's Song
Author :Robert Timberg
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 149 [Source]
Conversations with Major Dick Winters
Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers
Author :Cole C. Kingseed
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 75 [Source]
Hell Yes, I'd Do It Again
Author :T. Fred Harvey
- Jocko WillinkJocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 127 [Source]
FAQs
Q1: Who is Jocko Willink?
Jocko Willink is an American podcaster, author, retired United States Navy SEAL, and decorated veteran. He also served as the commander of Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit of the Iraq War.
Q2: What books does Jocko Willink recommend?
Jocko Willink is a fan of books that focus on building resilience in turbulent times. He recommends books such as Sun Tzu's The Art of War, former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's My Life, Admiral McRaven’s Make Your Bed, Richard Marcinko's Rogue Warrior series, and Ryan Holiday's The Obstacle is The Way.
Q3: What types of books does Jocko Willink recommend?
Jocko Willink recommends books that focus on developing self-discipline, perseverance, and resilience. Specifically, he recommends books related to personal growth, leadership, and strategic planning.
Q4: Does Jocko Willink recommend any audio books?
Yes, Jocko Willink recommends several audio books, including Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Richard Marcinko's Rogue Warrior series, Tim Ferriss' Tools of Titans, and Ryan Holiday's The Obstacle is The Way.
Q5: Does Jocko Willink have any book recommendations for business success?
Yes, Jocko Willink recommends books such as Tina Seelig's inGenius, Steven M.R. Covey's The Speed of Trust, and John C. Maxwell's The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.
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