Non-Fiction books which discuss the design of naval vessels in the Modern Era
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Angus Konstam
- British Aircraft Carriers 1939-45
- British Aircraft Carriers 1945–2010
- British Battleship vs German Battleship: 1941–43
- British Battleships 1890–1905: Victoria's steel battlefleet and the road to Dreadnought
- British Battleships 1914-18 (1): The Early Dreadnoughts
- British Battleships 1914-18 (2): The Super Dreadnoughts
- British Battleships 1939-45 (1): Queen Elizabeth and Royal Sovereign Classes
- British Battleships 1939-45 (2): Nelson and King George V classes
- British Destroyers 1939–45: Pre-war classes
- British Destroyers 1939–45: Wartime-built classes
- British Escort Carriers 1941–45
- British Frigates and Escort Destroyers 1939–45
- British Gunboats of Victoria's Empire
- British Heavy Cruisers 1939-45
- British Lend-Lease Warships 1940–45: The Royal Navy's American-built destroyers and frigates
- Commonwealth Cruisers 1939-45
- European Ironclads 1860–75: The Gloire sparks the great ironclad arms race
- German High Seas Fleet 1914–18: The Kaiser’s challenge to the Royal Navy
- Gunboats of World War I
- Nile River Gunboats 1882-1918
- Warships in the Baltic Campaign 1918–20: The Royal Navy takes on the Bolsheviks
- Warships in the Spanish Civil War
- Warships in the War of the Pacific 1879–83: South America's ironclad naval campaign
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David Hayes
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David Hobbs
- British Aircraft Carriers: Design, Development & Service Histories
- Moving Bases: Royal Navy Maintenance Carriers and Monabs
- RN Aircraft Carriers in Focus
- RN Battleships and Battlecruisers in Focus
- RN Submarines in Focus
- Royal Navy Escort Carriers
- The British Carrier Strike Fleet: After 1945
- The Fleet Air Arm in Focus: Pt. 1
- The Fleet Air Arm in Focus: Pt. 2
- Warships of the Great War Era
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David K. Brown
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David Lyon
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Edward Hampshire
- British Amphibious Assault Ships: From Suez to the Falklands and the present day
- British Guided Missile Destroyers: County-class, Type 82, Type 42 and Type 45
- Soviet Cold War Attack Submarines: Nuclear classes from November to Akula
- Soviet Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers
- Soviet Cruise Missile Submarines of the Cold War
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Ermino Bagnasco
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Ermino Bagnasco & Augusto De Toro
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Gary Staff
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Gerhard Koop & Klaus-Peter Schmolke
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Ian Johnston
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Ian Johnston & Ian Buxton
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Jak P Mallman Showell
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Jamie Prenatt & Mark Stille
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John Jordan
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John Jordan & Jean Moulin
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John Jordan & Robert Dumas
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Marek Krzysztalowicz
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Mark Lardas
- German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers: 1939–42
- Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War
- South American Battleships 1908–59: Brazil, Argentina, and Chile's great dreadnought race
- US Destroyers vs German U-Boats: The Atlantic 1941–45
- US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916–45: Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson classes
- US Navy Destroyer Escorts of World War II
- World War I Seaplane and Aircraft Carriers
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Mark Stille
- British Battlecruiser vs German Battlecruiser: 1914-16
- British Dreadnought vs German Dreadnought: Jutland 1916
- Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carriers 1921-45
- Imperial Japanese Navy Battleships 1941-45
- Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-45 (1): Minekaze to Shiratsuyu Classes
- Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-45 (2): Asashio to Tachibana Classes
- Imperial Japanese Navy Heavy Cruisers 1941-45
- Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45
- Imperial Japanese Navy Submarines 1941-45
- Italian Battleships of World War II
- US Heavy Cruisers 1941-45: Pre-war Classes
- US Heavy Cruisers 1943-75: Wartime and Post-war Classes
- US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1922-45: Pre-war Classes
- US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1942-45: WWII-built Ships
- USN Carriers vs IJN Carriers: The Pacific 1942
- USN Cruiser vs IJN Cruiser: Guadalcanal 1942
- USN Destroyer vs IJN Destroyer: The Pacific 1943
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Maurizio Brescia & Augusto De Toro
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Norman Friedman
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Peter C. Smith
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Peter Goodwin
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Peter Hore
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Philip Kaplan
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R. A. Burt
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Ronald Bassett
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Sam Willis