I’m looking for books about the holocaust. What are your recommendations?
I’m looking for books about the holocaust. What are your recommendations?
168 Answers
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Loading Please wait
I’m looking for books about the holocaust. What are your recommendations?
The tattooist of Auschwitz
Night, Sarah’s key, The zookeepers wife, Born survivors
Victor frankl..martin gray those are the authors of the books..book thief..anne frank..i read so many but do you think i can name one
Reading the book thief right now… great book so far!
The Storyteller
Night … Short but gut wrenching! 🙁
“Those Who Save Us”, “The Story Teller”, and “Night”.
Absolutely loved Those Who Save Us ♥️?
We Were The Lucky Ones
@Brittany Just got this one from the library but haven’t started yet.
Paper hearts
Five Chimneys
The Diary of Anne Frank
@Drea, I got that book
IBM and the Holocaust
This book is a very good read !!
Sarah’s Key, All the Light We Cannot See
Reading Sarah’s Key now.
The book thief
I am David
Two Brothers by Ben Elton
Just finished this. Great book x
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Nightingale
The Paris Architect
Night, The Nightingale, Lilac Girls, The Hiding Place, The Tattooist of Auschwitz are all excellent. I’ve been on a WW2 kick recently.
Briar rose
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Book Thief
WW2 Nonfiction:
1. Night by Elie Wiesel
2. Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl
WW2 Historical Fiction:
1.Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
2. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
3. The Butterfly and the Violin by Kristy Cambron and its sequel A Sparrow in Terezin
4. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
6. Second Hand Smoke by Thane Rosenbaum
7. Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
8. Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Following
Night by Elie Wiesel
The storyteller, we were the lucky ones, Sarah’s key, ( and my favorite) the secret holocaust diaries
The Secret Holocaust Diaries – tell me more please. I have not heard of this one x
@Lesley it is a true story. And one of the best books I have ever read!! Sad but good. I really recommend you read this. I have read a lot of books on the holocaust and like I said my favorite.
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
Stones from the River by Ursula Heigi
Mans search for meaning
The Lost Wife! And definitely Lilac Girls
Sarah’s key
Boy in the stripe pajamas
Maus, Silver Days/Annies Promise/Journey to America, Into the Flames, I Never saw another butterfly
The pharmacist of auschwitz.
Two suns in the sky
The nazi officers wife
Orphan train
@Carli I’ve never heard of the pharmacist one. Ill have to read it. It seems to be a popular title format “the Tattooist of Auschwitz” “the librarian of Auschwitz” 😉
I haven’t read the librarian one. But it’s in my pile.
Following!!
A few that I’ve read that were great: Night, The Book Thief, The Diary of Anne Frank, and The Librarian of Auschwitz. I am always so gutted reading these stories, but find myself so engaged while reading them. Hope you’re getting some great ideas! I know I am! ?
The kommandant girl
Of windmills and war
(I added these two suggestions as I see a lot of excellent books notes by other readers, but these two not yet mentioned)
Those Who Save Us
The Storyteller
The Book Theif
Life After Life
Sarah’s Key
Sarah’s Key was great.
The Nightingale.
Both were good reads.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
I’ve just finished ‘We were the lucky ones’ by Georgia Hunter. It is based on a true story of one family’s experiences (Georgia is the grand daughter of the family written about). They came from a town where only 300 of the 30000 jews who lived there remained alive at the end of the war. Most of their family did. It was haunting and beautiful and I would recommend to those who can handle this type of story.
Lilac girls
The Hiding Place by Corrie TenBoom (all time fav, book & movie).
Human Smoke
Trapped in Hilters Hell by Anita Dittman, shes a holocaust survivor, its an amazing book
Sophie’s Choice
The Nightingale, The Storyteller, The tatooist of auschwitz, Sarah’s key all great books
The Boy in the Blue striped Pajamas
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Choice (best book ever)
The Pianist
Sarah’s Key
Finding Rebecca
Another phenomenal book is Giants The Dwarfs of Auschwitz
The Nazi officer’s
Wife
The choice. By Edith eger. She is a survivor. It’s an amazing book.
The tattooist of auschwitz.
The boy in the striped pyjamas.
Once we were brothers.
We were the lucky ones, Karolinas Twins, beneath a Scarlett sky, Tattooist of Auschwitz
The dressmaker is dachau
Dressmaker of dachau
Treblinka and Night are two good ones.
The Invisible Bridge
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
Hi Carol
This is incredible
https://org.usbornebooksathome.co.uk/katesbookcave/catalogue/catalogue.aspx?cat=1&area=H&subcat=HWW&id=8696
I’m also reading this at the moment
https://org.usbornebooksathome.co.uk/katesbookcave/catalogue/catalogue.aspx?cat=1&area=FY&subcat=FYC&id=12895
Night by Elie Wiesel! Short, but very strong!
The Storyteller
Loved this
Renas promise was amazing. It’s a true story
As horrific as it was I loved this book
Red ribbon, storyteller, The choice
All the Roberta Kagan books
F
Hi are you looking for fiction or non fiction?
The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick; it’s actually a novella.
Lilac girls, the book theif
Five chimneys, Olga lengyel.
I have read so many but my best one is I have lived a thousand years. It’s a fantastic book
https://www.google.com/search?q=i+have+lived+a+thousand+years
Has anyone mentioned Primo Levi yet? His books are phenomenal especially If this is a man; The Truce and The periodic table
Rena’s Promise is one I finished recently. Having read quite a few Holocaust books I can say that this book is one of the most harrowing accounts of that era. Being a true story made it all the more so! I would highly recommend this to get a new insight.
Karen thank you. I haven’t read this one I shall be buying it .
Beneath a scarlet sky by mark Sullivan
The tattooist
Gertrude s Oath by Ram Oren
Letters of Stone by Steven Robbins
All my love Detrick Series by Roberta Kagan
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
What Papa Told me by Felice COHEN
Finding Rebecca by Eoin Dempsey
A Stone for Benjamin by Fiona Gold Kroll
The Sweetness of Forgetting by Kristin Harmel
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Outcry by Manny Steinberg
The Nazi Officers wife by Edith Hahn Beer
Not Me: A novel by Michael Lavigne
My Brothers voice by Stephen Nasser
A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal
The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
I will plant you a lilac tree by Laura Hillman
Far To Go by Alison Pick
Rena’s Promise by
Once we were brothers by Ronald Balson
Two Brothers by Ben Elton
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
My Enemy’s Cradle by Sarah Young
The Reader by Bernard Shlink
Bending Toward the sun by Leslie Gilbert LURIE
Darling Mutti by Joan Marshall
Boy in the stripped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Echoes by Danielle Steele
Entwined by Lynda Laplante
Karolinas Twins by Ronald Balson
Michals Destiny series by Roberta Kagan
The Diary of ANNE Frank
Two Prayers before bedtime
The Award by Danielle Steel
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Silver Music Box
And… who is the real Mother? By Roberta Kagan
Eva’s Story by Eva Schloss
The Earth is Singing by Vanessa Curtis
The Disappearance of Goldie Rappaport
A daughter of two Mothers by Miriam Cohen
Behind the walls by Miriam Cohen
Memories of a Mayd’le by Rochelle Hurwitz Maisel
The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor
The Girl in the green sweater
Night by Eli Wiesel
Roberta Kagan in this order:
And…. who is the real mother?
Secrets Revealed
New Life New Land
Another Generation
Tuky
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen.
The Storyteller by Jodi Piccoult
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Five Chimneys A Absolute Must
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
If this is a woman by Sarah Helm True story of women in Ravensbruck concentration camp for women. Heartbreaking
The tattooist
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom True story of a Dutch family that hid Jews in their home.
Night
The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor
Tattooist of auschwitz
Night
?Sarah’s Key – Tatiana De Rosnay (French round up)
?Lilac Girls
?The Bronze horseman (siege of Leningrad)
?Garden of Letters – Alyson Richman (Italy)
?Anything by Pam Jenoff
The tatooist of Auschwitz. The nightingale. The storyteller
Definitely Night
Exodus…an oldie but a goodie.
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Girl in the Green Sweater
@Kay tremendous story. The actual sweater is in the holocaust museum
Following
Older ones: The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. Excellent.
Escape from Auschwitz
The tattooist of Auschwitz -the nightingale
THE NIGHTINGALE!!! My favorite book. So emotional and couldn’t put it down. LOVED it!!!
All the pretty lights we. Cannot see
QB V11…Leon Uris…My all time favourite. unforgettable.
The Choice is a beautiful read!
Mans Search for Meaning x
Primo Levi : ‘If this is a Man’
All my love Detrick it’s a set of four books but Roberta Kagan really good
The tattooist of auschwitz
Once we were brothers and Sarah’s Key. My 3 favourites.
The tattooist of Auschwitz…. or…..
The puppet boy of Warsaw
Night Eli Wiesel.
The Long Night by Ernst Bornstein a very humane and incredibly described account
The tattooist of Auschwitz, it’s brilliant.
The night. By Elie Wiesel
The Choice – Edith Eger & Mans Search for Meaning x
The Book Thief, The Bakers Secret…
I’m reading Night by Elie Wiesel. I am also waiting for the Tattooist of Auschwitz which is a fictional story created around the person who tattooed the prisoners at Auschwitz. It must be good. There are 46 holds for 9 copies at my library.
@Laura I thought it was excellent.
@Laura…guess what?? I have it!! Want to borrow???
You have the Tattooist? I would love to borrow it!!!
We were the lucky ones, georgia hunter, and Lilac Girls, Martha Hall Kelly …
Michel’s destiny
Lilac Girls
While We’re Far Apart
Jodi Picoult- the story teller
I liked The Diary of Anne Frank.
@Tabby, Me too and I read it last year
@Angela awesome
Yep and I going to read that book again
Milkweed
Beneath a scarlet sky was amazing. I did not love all the light we cannot see as much as everyone else.
The Hiding Place
Sarahs key
Lilac girls, the Alice network
Lilac Girls, All the light we cannot see, Beneath the scarlet sky, The Nightingale, The tattooist of Auchwitz, Sarah’s Key, Finding Rebecca.
Following
Boy in the striped pajamas
Night
All But My Life
The tatooist of Auschwitz
We Were the Lucky Ones
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
My enemy’s cradle by Sara young.
German English girl
Book theif
The Diary of Anne Frank
@Anita , I got that book
But You Did Not Come Back -Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Also the lost wife
Born Survivors – I went to a talk today given by one of the babies in the book. Today was the fascinating story of her family’s experience.
The Hiding Place
@Mary Great book!
I’ve saved this thread to take on my visits to the library. I’ve been on a major WW2 reading spree lately after never before having any interest. Go figure!
Sarah’s Key
Irena’s children