MCDP 5 Planning

The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power 

We Were Soldiers Once...and Young by Hal Moore

On Combat, The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace

Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950 by M. Russ

Victory at High Tide: The Inchon-Seoul Campaign by R.D. Heinl 

Master Sergeant / First Sergeant Reading List

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps  by LtGen Krulak  

MCDP 1-1 Strategy

Reminiscences of a Marine by John A. Lejeune

Fields of Battle: The Wars for North America by J. Keegan

Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence

On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by D. Grossman

Battle Cry of Freedom by J.M. McPherson

The Culture of War by M. Van Creveld

Decoding Clausewitz: A New Approach to On War by J. Sumida

Commandants of the Marine Corps ed by A. Millett and J. Shulimson

The Last Stand of Fox Company by B. Drury and T. Clavin

Master Gunnery Sergeant / Sergeant Major Reading List

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps  by LtGen Krulak 
The General by C.S. Forester
No Bended Knee: The Battle for Guadalcanal by M.B. Twining

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps  by LtGen Krulak 
MCWP 6-11 Leading Marines

Fields of Fire by J. Webb

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Anatomy of Courage by L. Moran

On Infantry by J.A. English

Small Unit Leaders Guide to Counterinsurgency

The Soldier's Load and the Mobility of a Nation by S.L.A. Marshall

The Last Stand of Fox Company by B. Drury and T. Clavin

1st Lieutenant / Chief Warrant Officer 2 Reading List

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps  by LtGen Krulak 
The Bridge at Dong Ha by J.G. Miller

The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme by J. Keegan

Reminiscences of a Marine by John A. Lejeune 

Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice (PSI Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era) by D. Galula

Battle Cry of Freedom by J.M. McPherson 

Captain / Chief Warrant Officer 3 Reading List

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps  by LtGen Krulak

For the Common Defense by A.R. Millet

The Mask of Command by J. Keegan

The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power 

On Combat, The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace

The Arab Mind by R. Patai 

The Last Stand of Fox Company by B. Drury and T. Clavin

Major / Chief Warrent Officer 4 Reading List

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps  by LtGen Krulak
Once An Eagle by A. Myrer

The Guns of August by B.W. Tuchman

The Landmark Thucydides A Comprehensive Guide To The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides ed by R. Strassler, transl by R. Crawley

The World Is Flat 3.0 by T.L. Friedman

Grant Takes Command by B. Catton  

The Culture of War by M. Van Creveld

The Last Stand of Fox Company by B. Drury and T. Clavin

Lieutenant Colonel / Chief Warrent Officer 5 Reading List

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps  by LtGen Krulak
Masters of War by M. Handel

Supplying War by M. Van Creveld

Carnage and Culture by V. Hanson

Defeat Into Victory by W. Slim

Triumph Forsaken by M. Moyar