The initial Marines reading list included the following books:

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 'Private' section.

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 'Corporal' section.

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 'Staff Sergeant' section.

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 'Gunnery Sergeant' section.

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 'Master Sergeant' section.

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 'Master Gunnery Sergeant' section.

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 'Officer Candidate' section.

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 'Warrant Officer' section.

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 2' section.

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 3' section.

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 4' section.

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 5' section.

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 'Colonel to General' section.

The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror in the 'Colonel to General' section.

A Message to Garcia: And Other Classic Success Writings in the 'Private' section.

A Message to Garcia: And Other Classic Success Writings in the 'Officer Candidate' section.

Rifleman Dodd in the 'Private' section.

Rifleman Dodd in the 'Officer Candidate' section.

The Ugly American in the 'Private' section.

Ender's Game in the 'Officer Candidate' section.

The Soldier's Load and the Mobility of a Nation in the 'Private' section.

The Soldier's Load and the Mobility of a Nation in the 'Officer Candidate' section.

The Soldier's Load and the Mobility of a Nation in the 'Warrant Officer' section.

Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae in the 'Corporal' section.

Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground in the 'Corporal' section.

The Art Of War in the 'Sergeant' section.

The Art Of War in the 'Warrant Officer' section.

Tip of the Spear: U.S. Marine Light Armor in the Gulf War in the 'Sergeant' section.

Attacks in the 'Sergeant' section.

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa in the 'Sergeant' section.

The Village in the 'Sergeant' section.

This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History - Fiftieth Anniversary Edition in the 'Staff Sergeant' section.

Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest in the 'Staff Sergeant' section.

Face of Battle in the 'Staff Sergeant' section.

Face of Battle in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 2' section.

A Bell for Adano in the 'Staff Sergeant' section.

Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa in the 'Staff Sergeant' section.

The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power in the 'Gunnery Sergeant' section.

The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 3' section.

We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam in the 'Gunnery Sergeant' section.

Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character in the 'Master Gunnery Sergeant' section.

The Mask of Command in the 'Master Gunnery Sergeant' section.

The Mask of Command in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 3' section.

The Arab Mind in the 'Master Gunnery Sergeant' section.

The Bridge at Dong Ha in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 2' section.

Reminiscences of a Marine in the 'Master Sergeant' section.

Reminiscences of a Marine in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 2' section.

Fields of Fire in the 'Warrant Officer' section.

The Anatomy of Courage: The Classic WWI Study of the Psychological Effects of War in the 'Warrant Officer' section.

On Infantry in the 'Warrant Officer' section.

Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice in the 'Warrant Officer' section.

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 2' section.

Fields of Battle: The Wars for North America in the 'Master Sergeant' section.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph in the 'Master Sergeant' section.

On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society in the 'Master Sergeant' section.

Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam in the 'Colonel to General' section.

On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 3' section.

The Arab Mind in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 3' section.

Once An Eagle in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 4' section.

The Guns of August in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 4' section.

The History of the Peloponnesian War in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 4' section.

The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 4' section.

Grant Takes Command: 1863 - 1865 in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 4' section.

Masters of War: Classical Strategic Thought in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 5' section.

Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 5' section.

Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 5' section.

Defeat Into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945 in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 5' section.

Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965 in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 5' section.

Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime in the 'Colonel to General' section.

Diplomacy in the 'Colonel to General' section.

Feeding Mars: Logistics In Western Warfare From The Middle Ages To The Present in the 'Colonel to General' section.

Battle Leadership in the 'Corporal' section.

Flags of Our Fathers in the 'Corporal' section.

For the Common Defense in the 'Chief Warrant Officer 3' section.