From Broken Glass by Steve Ross (I heard him speak about 28 years ago – I will never forget it – when I was in high school and he just released his memoir)
Funny I just put a book by that author on my TBR. Added Hitler too. Even weirder is my favorite childhood book Mog The Forgetful Cat was written by her!!!
The Nightingale, Lilac Girls, Code Name Verity, Rose Under Fire, and All the Light We Cannot See. Also if you are wanting more of a history to some of these stories, read Ravensbruck, A Train in Winter, and Les Parisiennes.
Those Who Save Us, but there’s also The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister, The Nazi Officer’s Wife, Maus (graphic novel). The last three are not fictional, but are amazing nonetheless
Jennifer McCashland here in Florida we read a play version of Anne Frank’s diary, then I use this to give them a view from the German side. It’s a real eye opener for them.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky, The Plum Tree, The Orphan’s Tale, The Lilac Girls, Sarah’s Key, Fugitive Colors, The Nightingale, pretty much all of Pam Jenoff’s books. Broken Angels, The Lost Wife, The Lost Letter.
The Story Teller by Jodi Picoult and The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah were two of my favorites by probably my two favorite authors. Also, Karolina’s Twin’s, Lilac Girls, The Women in the Castle and Once We Were Brothers were all very good.
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly, The Kommandant’s Girl series by @Pam, Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay, All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr and The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah.
Karolinas Twins, The Book Thief, Sarah’s Key, Between Shades of Grey, The Nightingale, Lilac Girls, The Storyteller, Winter Garden, The Orphan’s Train, The Seamstress a memoir of survival, The Secret Holocaust Diaries Nonna Bannister.
Yes! I have them both! Read them a few years before the mini-series as teenager. I love Herman Wouk! His books are incredible! He wrote a series on the founding of Israel called “The Hope” and “The Glory”!
@Kimberley Herman Wouk is my favorite author. I have all of his books, they are fantastic! I loved The Hope and The Glory. You really can’t go wrong with Mr. Wouk!!?
I just read The Butterfly and the Violin by Kristy Cambron. It’s a “lighter” version of the Holocaust because it interweaves two stories, one in the present time. I thought it was very good.
The Lost Letter by @Jillian is my absolute favorite. The Nightingale is great, The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult is an interesting perspective. I’m reading The Tattooist of Auschwitz now by Heather Morris and I think it will be on this list when I’m done.
It’s not fiction, but Alicia: My Story by Alicia Appleman Jurman is incredible. Also try Finding Zasha. It’s juvenile fiction, but I couldn’t put it down.
The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa is a great read also My Enemy’s Cradle by Sara Young (Wonderful story), To See You Again is a biography by Betty Schimmel (5 stars for sure).
@Good did a presentation on this topic today! Some that haven’t been mentioned…The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank, The True Story of Hansel and Gretel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Once We Were Brothers
Man’s Search For Meaning
That book changed my life. It’s incredible.
This ones in my to be read
Night Elie Wiesel
All but my life Gerda Weissman Klein
From Broken Glass by Steve Ross (I heard him speak about 28 years ago – I will never forget it – when I was in high school and he just released his memoir)
I just read your post again! Sorry – I was listing nonfiction/memoirs ?
Night. Second favorite is Schindler’s List but it’s one of the most emotionally difficult books I’ve ever read.
Night. Second favorite is Schindler’s List but it’s one of the most emotionally difficult books I’ve ever read.
Those Who Save Us. It will touch you in ways you could never imagine.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Nightingale and @Lisa’s Fugitive Colors. All take a look at the Holocaust from other angles.
Suzanne ??❤️
Lilac Girls and The Nightingale
We were the lucky ones, Lilac Girls, Sarah’s key
The Boy in Striped Pajamas and I read another one… The title escapes me.
My girls just read that. So good!
Four Perfect Pebbles
Corrie Ten Boom’s, The Hiding Place.
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom. And my favorite – The Diary of Anne Frank.
Many of the books listed are not non fiction…many loosely based, or total fiction.
Yes and I’m okay with that
Okay, I just read that you were looking for non fiction. I’ve read all the books mentioned and all are powerful. Also, the Librarian of Auschwitz.
Skye Doggett I too have read many of the suggestions. Just finished Between Shades of Gray. Sooooo good!
I just edited my post because I meant fiction! Lol thanks!!
Karolina’s Twins! Just finished it! Breathtaking!
@Skye yes that was a good one!!! Couldn’t put it down!
The Nightingale, Sarahs Key, The Invisible Bridge and Winter Garden. Just a few of my favs.
Read all 122 comments looking to see if anyone else had suggested Invisible Bridge ?
Irena’s Children is amazing!
Wich one? There are two
Tillar Mazzeo
The Librarian of Auschwitz
Night by Elie Wiesel
Anita Shreve’s Resistance and Beth Gutcheon’s Leeway Cottage are unforgettable fictional stories
@Karen
All the Light We Cannot See
Lilac girls
The boy in the striped pajamas. It’s in juvenile fiction, but ignore that.
It’s beautiful.
Playing with Matches
Oh sorry, I mis-read.
Though you said fiction.
It’s okay!!! I’m open to both!
Dancing with the enemy, my mother’s secret, two rings a story of love and war
Three true stories!!!! Loved them all
The secret keeper, the one man, were were the lucky ones, the Kommandants girl, the room on rue Amelie, daughters of the night sky
Sarah’s Key, there is a great trilogy by Pam Jenoff too
Night, irenas children, Sarah’s key, the nightingale, when hitler stole pink rabbit
I read and agree with the first three. Never heard of when Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. I’ll have to look for it.
Funny I just put a book by that author on my TBR. Added Hitler too. Even weirder is my favorite childhood book Mog The Forgetful Cat was written by her!!!
I love the young adult books about WW2, hope you like my suggestion
Sarah’s Key, The Taster, Secrets of A Charmed Life, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, White Rose Black Forest, The Book Thief, The Nightingale.
Jodi Picoult The Storyteller is a great one
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom.
The Nightingale, Lilac Girls, Code Name Verity, Rose Under Fire, and All the Light We Cannot See. Also if you are wanting more of a history to some of these stories, read Ravensbruck, A Train in Winter, and Les Parisiennes.
Nightingale, Lilac Girls, Auschwitz Lullaby.
Life in a Jar – Irena Sendler by Jack Mayer Its based on a wonderful true story.
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, Nightingale, and Lilac Girls!
The Nightingale
The Book Thief
Yes. Also, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
Bread or Death
Sarah’s Key, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Lilac Girls….just too many to list.
The Zookeepers Wife
Zoo Keeper’s Wife
I just won Returning..its a memoir. Can’t wait to get it
@Kathy-what’s that series we both like that looks back into the Holocaust?
@ShelLee just shared it lol
Great minds!
NIght. Also, Lilac Girls.
Sarah’s Key
The Nightingale, by Kristen Hannah!! It’s incredible!
The Alice Network
Paris architect
Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Sarah’s key
Boy in the striped pajamas
This is weird..I just googled that!
Nightingale, Orphan Tale, Alice Network, Lilac Girls, All the Light We Cannot See…. so many great ones.
Loved all of those!
Night. The Cage.
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Weim.
Don’t forget the older classics . Wm Styron’s Sophie’s Choice, Mitchner’s Poland
Ohhh I’m so excited on this post! ?
Those who save us
We were the lucky ones
The librarian of Auschwitz
The Storyteller
The boy on the wooden box
Those who save us
Those Who Save Us, but there’s also The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister, The Nazi Officer’s Wife, Maus (graphic novel). The last three are not fictional, but are amazing nonetheless
Book Thief
Night and Those Who Save Us. Night is a rather short read but man will it stay with you.
All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, The Zookeeper’s Wife, and of course Night, but that one isn’t fiction.
Sarah’s Key
I just finished that one! So very heartbreakingly good!
The Boy Who Dared – about German boys who went against Hitler’s regime. One was beheaded in real life.
I use it with my 8th graders during our Holocaust unit.
@Jennifer good to know! Our oldest is that age.
Jennifer McCashland here in Florida we read a play version of Anne Frank’s diary, then I use this to give them a view from the German side. It’s a real eye opener for them.
The Nightingale, The Lilac Girls, Sarah’s Key
Reading Guernsey now!
The Nightingale, The Alice Network, The Storyteller
Also, The Storyteller, by Jodi Picoult.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky, The Plum Tree, The Orphan’s Tale, The Lilac Girls, Sarah’s Key, Fugitive Colors, The Nightingale, pretty much all of Pam Jenoff’s books. Broken Angels, The Lost Wife, The Lost Letter.
The Lilac Girls, The Room on Rue Amelie
Night, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, The Lilac Girls, Winter Garden, The Orphan’s Tale,.
The Storyteller Jodi piccoult
The boy in The striped pajamas, Sarah’s Key, Auschwitz Lullaby,
Reading the secret holocaust diaries, the untold story of Nonna Bannister. Non-fiction. Excellent! Very well put together. I highly recommend it
The Book Thief
The BEST source for Holocaust history is יד ושם. Yad Vashem is the world Holocaust remembrance center in Israel.
http://yadvashem.org/index.html
Finding Rebecca
I’m getting ready to read that now.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky, The Nightingale, Mischling and most recently….AUSCHWITZ LULLABY.
The Story Teller by Jodi Picoult and The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah were two of my favorites by probably my two favorite authors. Also, Karolina’s Twin’s, Lilac Girls, The Women in the Castle and Once We Were Brothers were all very good.
Sarah’s Key
Sophie’s Choice, The Book Thief, and White Rose, Black Forest.
The book thief
Pegasus by Danielle Steele
All the light we can not see
Oh my gosh I loved All the light we can not see!
@Kiley me too! And I know Danielle Steele is not for everyone but Pegasus is really good.
@Jamie I’ll have to read that one.
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly, The Kommandant’s Girl series by @Pam, Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay, All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr and The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah.
I have read these & agree!
Yes!
The Book Thief, The Nightingale, Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah is so good and Lilac Girls is very good too.
Night
Currently reading “The Alice Network”. A new favorite for me.
The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah and Winter of the World, by Ken Follet.
From Sand to Ash by Amy Harmon
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The storyteller
The book thief
Paris architect
Yes
The Lilac Girls
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Karolinas Twins, The Book Thief, Sarah’s Key, Between Shades of Grey, The Nightingale, Lilac Girls, The Storyteller, Winter Garden, The Orphan’s Train, The Seamstress a memoir of survival, The Secret Holocaust Diaries Nonna Bannister.
Leon Uris…Exodus…QB VII…not directly about the holocaust, but great perspective on the Jewish experience.
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult; just finished Once We Were Brothers by Ronald Balson; The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe. (All 5⭐️)
The Nightingale, Salt to the Sea, Prisoner B-3087. Between Shades of Gray, The Book Thief, Sarah’s Key.
I am Rosemarie by Marietta D Moskin
The nightingale
The Nightingale. The Book Thief. Sarah’s Key.
OMG, no waiting list for Sarahs Key at my library, starting it today!
@Victoria, I really think you’ll like it. The pace is good.
@Martha I’m LOVING it, you really made my day, thanks!
Sarah’s Key & The Boy in the striped pajamas.
All But My life by Gerda Weissman Klein, true story.
Mischling by Affinity Konar
The Butterfly and the Violin and A Sparrow in Terezin by Kristy Cambron
Reading The Butterfly and the Violin now. Good book!
No wait list, I just snagged it! Thanks!
The nightingale and Once we were Brothers! Both excellent reads!
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr. Pulitzer Prize Winner. Phenomenal read!!
I loved that book. It was beautifully written.
@Sarah I agree ?. One of the best I have ever read.
I loved it. I gave a program on it for my book club.
War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk!
Totally agree!! And don’t forget the first one, The Winds of War! Excellent read!!!
Yes! I have them both! Read them a few years before the mini-series as teenager. I love Herman Wouk! His books are incredible! He wrote a series on the founding of Israel called “The Hope” and “The Glory”!
@Kimberley Herman Wouk is my favorite author. I have all of his books, they are fantastic! I loved The Hope and The Glory. You really can’t go wrong with Mr. Wouk!!?
He is my favorite too!
@Kimberley I will look for a The Hope and The Glory, thank you for the recommendation!
אני אוהבת את ישראל❤️
And Corinna ❤️?
My pleasure! Mr. Wouk’s work is multi faceted! He is an incredible story teller!
So glad to see these books listed. Both were excellent. Have The hope and glory but haven’t read it.
Currently reading The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Lilac Girls, Sarah’s Key, All the Light We Cannot See
The storyteller, Salt to the sea, The nightingale, The boy in the striped pajamas
Just finished The Nightingale. What a great book! Mila 18 by Leon Uris is a classic
We Were The Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
The Paris Key by Juliet Blackwell author
A children’s book Number the Stars
Lilac Girls
The Book Thief
I am currently reading the librarian of Auswitz
I’m reading the Auschwitz Escape
Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer, Saving Amelie & Secrets she kept by Cathy Gohlke.
The Librarian of Awshwitz,
The Wall by John Hersey blew my mind.
The Butterfly and the Violin, Skeletons at the Feast
Just got both of those, no waiting list. Thanks!
I’m now officially have my weeks worth of books sorted due to this thread:)
My TBR list has grown hugely! ?
Lilac Girls, Sarah’s Key
Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer–read it three times–haunting, beautiful, and you fall in love with the characters??
@Lisa‘s Fugitive Colors is a must read.
Thank you, my friend ??❤️
Totally agree.
Haven’t seen The Bakers Secret’ mentioned.
I didn’t want it to end.
Lilac Girls, Sarah’s Key, and others!
Lilac Girls. Getting ready to start The Nightengale
From Sand & Ash by Amy Harmon; Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Auschwitz Escape
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Reading this now and it’s fantastic
I just read The Butterfly and the Violin by Kristy Cambron. It’s a “lighter” version of the Holocaust because it interweaves two stories, one in the present time. I thought it was very good.
Those Who Save Us by @Jenna is my all time favorite. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah is another great one.☮️❤️?
Yes, yes, yes! Those Who Save Us is my top read this year.
Thank you so much, Annie!
I loved the nightingale –important, well researched,and well written!!
@Jenna ? you’re welcome. thank YOU for writing such an amazing book.
My two favorites are We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter Farinholt and All the Light We Cannot See
Also loved Sarah’s Key
The Lost Letter by @Jillian is my absolute favorite. The Nightingale is great, The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult is an interesting perspective. I’m reading The Tattooist of Auschwitz now by Heather Morris and I think it will be on this list when I’m done.
Sarah’s Key is one of my most favorite books ever. Also loved the Storyteller.
Agreed.
Those Who Save Us.
It’s not fiction, but Alicia: My Story by Alicia Appleman Jurman is incredible. Also try Finding Zasha. It’s juvenile fiction, but I couldn’t put it down.
I loved The Orphan Train!
Those Who Save Us by @Jenna
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Adding now!!!
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Librarian of Auschwitz and Survivors Club (nonfiction but such a good story)
Those Who Save Us by @Jenna!
The Plum Tree by @Ellen <3
The Lilac Girls is amazing.
The Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly.
The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa is a great read also My Enemy’s Cradle by Sara Young (Wonderful story), To See You Again is a biography by Betty Schimmel (5 stars for sure).
@Good did a presentation on this topic today! Some that haven’t been mentioned…The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank, The True Story of Hansel and Gretel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Once We Were Brothers
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom.