The December 2025 revision of the Navy reading list

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

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Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

David Goggins

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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Angela Duckworth

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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Matthew Walker

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The Performance Cortex: How Neuroscience Is Redefining Athletic Genius

Zach Schonbrun

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Peak: The New Science of Athletic Performance That Is Revolutionizing Sports

Mark Bubbs

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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Dan Ariely

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Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most

Steven Johnson

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Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts

Annie Duke

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The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.

Daniel Coyle

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The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition

Don Norman

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So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

Cal Newport

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Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

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Legacy: What The All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business Of Life

James Kerr

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Marcus Aurelius - Meditations: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader

Marcus Aurelius and James Harris

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The Neptune Factor: Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of Sea Power

Nicholas A. Lambert

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AI at War: How Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning Are Changing Naval Warfare

Sam J Tangredi and George Galdorisi

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Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations, Third Edition

Wayne P Hughes Jr. and Robert P. Girrier

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The Battle of Tassafaronga

Russell Crenshaw

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Under the Southern Cross: The South Pacific Air Campaign Against Rabaul

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

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The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World

Hal Brands

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Deterrence

Lawrence Freedman

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A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy

Holmes, James

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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour

James D. Hornfischer

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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy

Ian W. Toll

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Innovating Victory: Naval Technology in Three Wars

Vincent O'Hara and Leonard R Heinz

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The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers

Krepinevich, Andrew

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Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

Ben R. Rich

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Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II

Arthur Herman

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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, Second Edition with a new chapter by the author

Marc Levinson

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