9 must-read history books like One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton

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One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

By: Barbara Winton

3.85

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

The book that inspired major motion picture ONE LIFE, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonha…

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1. Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945

By: Michihiko Hachiya , John W. Dower , None

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world… read more

Similar categories in Michihiko Hachiya's Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 book and Barbara Winton's One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

2. In Triumph's Wake: Royal Mothers, Tragic Daughters, and the Price They Paid for Glory

By: Julia P. Gelardi

3.84

Format: 223 pages,

The powerful and moving story of three royal mothers whose quest for power led to the downfall of t… read more

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3. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

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4. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

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  • historical
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5. Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.

By: Robert Hardman

3.92

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller‘Fascinating . . . The book everyone is talking about’ – Daily Mai… read more

Similar categories in Robert Hardman's Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story. book and Barbara Winton's One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • nonfiction
"He's a very charming person - very warm and very friendly...I admire the way he interacts with people. That, to me, speaks to the measure of our King."

-Robert Hardman, Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.

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6. Sister Viv

By: Grantlee Kieza

4.65

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring story of the nursing hero who survived a wartime massacre and dedicated her life to s… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
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7. A Very Private School: A Memoir

By: Charles Spencer

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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8. The Painter's Daughters

By: Emily Howes

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A story of love, madness, sisterly devotion, and control, about the two beloved daughters of renown… read more

Similar categories in Emily Howes's The Painter's Daughters book and Barbara Winton's One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

  • historical
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9. Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait

By: Gyles Brandreth

4.41

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer… read more

Similar categories in Gyles Brandreth's Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait book and Barbara Winton's One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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10. Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a Time of Pandemic

By: Rachel Clarke

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

How does it feel to confront a pandemic from the inside, one patient at a time? To bridge the gulf … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Clarke's Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a Time of Pandemic book and Barbara Winton's One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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11. I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust

By: Julian Borger

4.28

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1938, Jewish families are scrambling to flee Vienna. Desperate, they take out adverts offering t… read more

Similar categories in Julian Borger's I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust book and Barbara Winton's One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
  • holocaust
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12. My Mother and I

By: Ingrid Seward

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of the real relationship between King Charles III and his mother, by the esteemed royal b… read more

Similar categories in Ingrid Seward's My Mother and I book and Barbara Winton's One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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13. The Great Post Office Scandal: The fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people in jail

By: Nick Wallis

4.64

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

This “factual thriller” from the journalist Nick Wallis details a scandal which has been described … read more

Similar categories in Nick Wallis's The Great Post Office Scandal: The fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people in jail book and Barbara Winton's One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. Black Silk and Sympathy (Tatty Crowe #1)

By: Deborah Challinor

4.15

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

A dazzling new series from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor, exploring the f… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Challinor's Black Silk and Sympathy (Tatty Crowe #1) book and Barbara Winton's One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

  • historical
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15. Private Monaco (Private #19)

By: James Patterson

4.28

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

The clock is ticking. To save her life you must take another. When Jack Morgan is invited to … read more

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16. A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Soccer

By: Suzanne Wrack

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A compelling and comprehensive history charting the rise, fall, and rise again of women's soccer W… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Wrack's A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Soccer book and Barbara Winton's One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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17. Ashes To Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer

By: Evie King

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

‘I’ve a body out the back for you...' Imagine having that sentence said to you. And then imagine… read more

Similar categories in Evie King's Ashes To Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer book and Barbara Winton's One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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18. If It's Not Impossible...: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton

By: Barbara Winton

3.86

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

There are around 6000 people in the world today who owe their lives to Nicholas Winton. They are th… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Winton's If It's Not Impossible...: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton book and Barbara Winton's One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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19. Rare Singles

By: Benjamin Myers

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul mu… read more

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20. The Garden Party

By: B.P. Walter

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Saltburn meets Agatha Christie for the party of the summer.‘If you aren’t reading B P Walter yet, n… read more

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21. But What Can I Do?

By: Alastair Campbell

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Everything a manifesto should heartfelt, hectoring, impassioned, rousing.' The i_________________… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Campbell's But What Can I Do? book and Barbara Winton's One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

  • nonfiction

6 best-selling historical books like One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton

Transform Your Habits

The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.

Robert Hardman

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Sister Viv

Grantlee Kieza

4.65

Transform Your Habits

The Painter's Daughters

Emily Howes

3.93

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14 best-selling history books like I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust by Julian Borger

Transform Your Habits

Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945

Michihiko Hachiya , John W. Dower , None

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

Michael Palin

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family

Daniel Finkelstein

4.63

Transform Your Habits

A Very Private School: A Memoir

Charles Spencer

4.09

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