Book reviews can present key summaries, literary criticism and promote active discussion regarding an author's ideas. This page provides a comprehensive index of book reviews relating to the profession of arms. New book review submissions to The Cove are always welcome and are a great place to reflect and share your thoughts on ideas presented within literary works. The Cove has partnered with BrothersNBooks, 'the world's coolest book club' to enable you to learn from others and choose your next book to read.

BrothersNBooks

BrothersNBooks (BNB) is changing the stigma around reading. The platform is responsible for thousands of new readers finding purpose in the pages of books recommended by all.

BNB has donated over 6,000 books since its inception in 2020. It has established several libraries around Australia in the hopes of providing free education and professional development to those who support their community.

BNB believe all people have a story to tell and that your experiences and advice can have a dramatic effect on others who are in a similar position. BNB provides a platform for people with varying struggles to connect with those who have triumphed over them.

Their mission is to promote self-education as a means to develop mentally resilient individuals by making it cool, creating community libraries, and sharing people's stories through book recommendations. Learn more about BNB, its founder Dylan Conway, and his story here.

Explore their book reviews on Instagram and Facebook. Then subscribe to their podcast series, ‘BrothersNBooks – The World’s Coolest Book Club’, available on Spotify and YouTube.

At The Cove, we think that BNB’s approach to reading, professional development and self-improvement is great; so we’ve partnered with BNB to bring you a combined library of both ours and their book reviews in one easy-to-browse resource.

Please note, BNB reviews are shared on Instagram and are not accessible on the DPN.

Art & Science of Thinking

• The Cove | Pegasus Bridge by Stephen Ambrose
• The Cove | Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialist World by David Epstein
• The Cove | Zeno and the Tortoise: How to Think Like a Philosopher by Nicholas Fern
• The Cove | The Long Road: Australia's Train, Advise and Assist Missions edited by Tom Frame
• The Cove | On The Psychology of Military Incompetence by Dr Norman Dixon
• BNB | The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku
• BNB | 537 Days of Winter by David Knoff
• The Cove | The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity by Jill Lepore
• The Cove | The Elite: Think Like an Athlete | Succeed Like a Champion by Dr Jo Lukins
• BNB | Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre edited by Jane Lydon and Lyndall Ryan
• BNB | In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park
• BNB | Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
• The Cove | 'Uncommon Soldier: Brave, Compassionate, Tough, The Making of Australia's Modern Diggers' by Chris Masters
• The Cove | The Peril of Incrementalism: A Call to Read 'Dereliction of Duty by HR McMaster
• The Cove | Manstein: Hitler's Greatest General by Mungo Melvin
• BNB | Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer by Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell
• The Cove | Scorched Earth, Black Snow by Andrew Salmon
• The Cove | Learned Optimism: How to Change your Mind and your Life by Martin Seligman
• The Cove | American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant by Ronald C. White
• The Cove | The Ledger by David Allison
• The Cove | Finding Jesus in the Storm by Darren Cronshaw and Jessie Cronshaw
• The Cove | Book Review: Just Breathe a – Mastering Breathwork for Success in Life, Love, Business, and Beyond by Darren Cronshaw
• The Cove | Picking Up The Pieces by Darren Cronshaw and Jenni Cronshaw
• The Cove | A masterclass of American hubris by Chris Johnson
• The Cove | In Defence of Team Yankee by Kim O'Grady
• The Cove | Book Review: No Time for Spectators by Robert Gibson

Art & Science of War

• BNB | In from the Cold: Reflections on Australia's Korean War edited by John Blaxland, Mick Kelly, and Liam Bewin Higgins
• The Cove | The Turn of the Tide, 1939-1943 by Arthur Bryant
• BNB | Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
• The Cove | On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines by Brett Friedman
• The Cove | Black Hearts by Jim Frederick
• The Cove | Moral Injury: Unseen Wounds in an Age of Barbarism by Tom Frame
• The Cove | On Tactics: A Theory of Victory in Battle by BA Friedman
• The Cove | The Last Panther by Wolfgang Faust
• BNB | The Dragons and The Snakes by David Kilcullen
• The Cove | Fighting by the Minutes: Time and the Art of War by Robert Leonhard
• BNB | Blood, Sweat & Steel by Curtis McGrath
• BNB | Eleven Bats by Anthony 'Harry' Moffitt
• The Cove | Phantom Soldier: The Enemy's answer to US Firepower by H. John Poole
• The Cove | A Bias for Action: The German 7th Panzer Division in France and Russia, 1940 - 1941' by Dr R. Stolfi
• The Cove | Keeping the Peace of the Realm by Samuel White
• The Cove | Book Review: The Witness of Religion in an Age of Fear by Darren Cronshaw
• The Cove | An Antidote to Symmetry: The Value of Reading Sci Fi by Pinghan Chua
• The Cove | 'British Generals in Blair's War' and 'High Command' by Chris Field

Leadership, Ethics and Society

• BNB | Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
• BNB | How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• The Cove | Fly: Life Lessons From the Cockpit QF32 by Richard de Crespigny
• BNB | Mindfulness Warriors by Kim Colegrove
• BNB | Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
• The Cove | Soldier and Gentleman: Australian Battalion Commanders in the Great War, 1914 - 1918 by William Westerman
• The Cove | My Share of the Task: A Memoir' by Stanley McChrystal
• BNB | Dauntless: Leadership Lessons from the Front Line by Rach Ranton
• BNB | The Resilience Project by Hugh Van Cuylenberg
• The Cove | Making the Military Moral by Darren Cronshaw
• The Cove | Flourishing by Darren Cronshaw

STEM

• BNB | Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance

Organisation, People & Projects

• BNB | Hard Struck by Codey Anderson
• The Cove | Broken Nations: Australians in the Great War by Joan Beaumont
• The Cove | In the Wake of Plague: The Black Death and the World it Made by Norma F. Cantor
• BNB | Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal
• The Cove | The Journey of You - Be the Hero of your own Adventure by Rebecca Jackson
• The Cove | Perception and Misperception in International Politics by Robert Jervis
• The Cove | Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger
• The Cove | No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Snyder
• The Cove | Slow: Live Life Simply by Brooke McAlary
• The Cove | The Tyrannicide Brief by Geoffrey Robertson
• The Cove | American Nature: A History of Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodward
• The Cove | Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Greg Mathers

Recommended Reading Lists

• The Cove | Commanding Officer 16 Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery PME Resources 2020
• The Cove | Commanding Officer 1st Intelligence Battalion 2019 - Reading List
• The Cove | 2018 Reading List from CO 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment
• The Cove | Combat Health Reading List 2017
• The Cove | Land Electronic Warfare and Military Signals Intelligence (Historical Learning)
• The Cove | CAAL Reading List
• The Cove | Australian Army Reading List 2019
• The Cove | The @LearningArmy Reading List 2017
• The Cove | Chief of Army Reading List 2012