The following is a list of books on the subject of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Every candidate should read at least several books from this list to have a comprehensive knowledge about West Point before they enter the Academy. This is a continuously evolving list, so please email us at info@getintoacademy.com if you have any additions.
- Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point
- A Civil War: Army Vs. Navy a Year Inside College Football’s Purest Rivalry
- Battle Dress
- Black ‘41: The West Point Class of 1941 and the American Triumph in World War II
- Bullies and Cowards: The West Point Hazing Scandal, 1898-1901 (Contributions in Military Studies)
- Duty First: West Point and the Making of American Leaders
- Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point
- From the Hudson to the Yalu: West Point ‘49 in the Korean War (Texas a & M University Military History Series)
- Long Gray Lines: The Southern Military School Tradition, 1839-1915
- Not All Warriors: Portraits of 19th Century West Pointers Who Gained Fame in Other Than Military Fields (Essay Index Reprint Series)
- Oblivion: The Mystery of West Point Cadet Richard Cox
- Stronger than Custom: West Point and the Admission of Women
- “The Best School”: West Point, 1833-1866
- The Campus Guides: West Point U.S. Military Academy
- The Class of 1861: Custer, Ames, and Their Classmates after West Point
- The Colored Cadet at West Point: Autobiography of Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., First Graduate of Color from the U. S. Military Academy (Blacks in the American West)
- The Corps of Cadets: A Year at West Point
- The Long Gray Line
- The Spirit of West Point: Celebrating 200 Years
- The West Point Candidate Book
- To the Point: The United States Military Academy, 1802-1902
- UNDERSTANDING WEST POINT, LEADERS OF CHARACTER, and THOMAS JEFFERSON: What Cadets Must Do at West Point and Why … ; (New 2006 Edition)
- West Point
- West Point Warriors: Profiles of Duty, Honor, and Country in Battle
- West Point: The Bicentennial Book
- West Point: Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition
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