11 Best world war ii books like The Enemy Beside Me by Naomi Ragen

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The Enemy Beside Me

By: Naomi Ragen

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Inspired by true events, Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me is a powerful, provocative novel about t…

If you liked the world war ii plot in The Enemy Beside Me by Naomi Ragen , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

Similar categories in Anna Quindlen's After Annie book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. The Little Liar

By: Mitch Albom

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a coastal Gree… read more

Similar categories in Mitch Albom's The Little Liar book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
"Dead men tell no lies, but their truths must be unearthed."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"But the lies you tell by daylight leave you lonesome in the dark."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"The sad thing is, by the time you share what a loved one wants to hear, they no longer want to hear it."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"...a lie told once is easy to expose, but a lie told a thousand times can look like the truth. And destroy the world."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

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3. The Museum of Failures

By: Thrity Umrigar

4.13

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

An immersive story about family secrets and the power of forgiveness from the bestselling author of… read more

Similar categories in Thrity Umrigar's The Museum of Failures book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Because, ultimately everybody's story was written in scars."

-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures

"He had often thought of Bombay as the museum of failures, an exhibit hall filled with thwarted dreams and broken promises."

-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures

"Of course, there were unhappy people everywhere on earth, and if you catalogued all their griefs and disappointments, every place could be considered a museum of failures. One could argue that this w…"

-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures

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4. Kissing Kosher

By: Jean Meltzer

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Step 1: Get the secret recipe. Step 2: Don’t fall in love… Avital Cohen isn’t wearing underpants… read more

Similar categories in Jean Meltzer's Kissing Kosher book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • jewish
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. The Boy with the Star Tattoo

By: Talia Carner

4.15

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From acclaimed author of The Third Daughter comes an epic historical novel of ingenuity and courage… read more

Similar categories in Talia Carner's The Boy with the Star Tattoo book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • jewish
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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6. The Porcelain Maker

By: Sarah Freethy

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

An epic story of love, betrayal, and art that spans decades, through the horrors of World War II to… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Freethy's The Porcelain Maker book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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7. Kantika

By: Elizabeth Graver

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Graver's Kantika book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • jewish
  • historical
  • judaism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

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8. We Must Not Think of Ourselves

By: Lauren Grodstein

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Grodstein's We Must Not Think of Ourselves book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • jewish
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
"We had never practiced Judaism before, and I thought myself too old to try believing something new, or to take advantage of an accident of birth to claim some brown patch of desert as my home."

-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves

"Our task is to pay attention... To listen to the stories. We want all political backgrounds, all religious attitudes. The illiterate and the elite. Every ideology. Interview everyone. Learn about the…"

-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves

"There should be another word for this feeling - a sort of sorrowful happiness, or a happiness that only deepens someone's sorrow. The closest I can come to it is the Portuguese word saudade, which ne…"

-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves

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9. The Last Masterpiece

By: Laura Morelli

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In a race across Nazi-occupied Italy, two women—a German photographer and an American stenographer—… read more

Similar categories in Laura Morelli's The Last Masterpiece book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Bird Hotel

By: Joyce Maynard

4.30

Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition

Enter the magical world of La Llorona with New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard.   After… read more

Similar categories in Joyce Maynard's The Bird Hotel book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"A person can start off fresh in this place,"

-Joyce Maynard, The Bird Hotel

"I hadn’t shaken my bone-deep sadness, but in small ways, I was coming back to life. My body, that had gone numb, began to feel again. Sun on my skin, good food, something as simple as the smell of th…"

-Joyce Maynard, The Bird Hotel

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11. Once We Were Home

By: Jennifer Rosner

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings , com… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Rosner's Once We Were Home book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • jewish
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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12. The Trouble with You

By: Ellen Feldman

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In an exuberant post WWII New York City, a young woman is forced to reinvent her life and choose be… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Feldman's The Trouble with You book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Goddess of Warsaw

By: Lisa Barr

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of Woman on Fire, the harrowing and ultimately triumphan… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Barr's The Goddess of Warsaw book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • jewish
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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14. The Marriage Box

By: Corie Adjmi

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Casey Cohen, a Middle Eastern Jew, is a sixteen-year-old in New Orleans in the 1970s when she start… read more

Similar categories in Corie Adjmi's The Marriage Box book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • jewish
  • historical
  • judaism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
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15. The Enemy Beside Me

By: Naomi Ragen

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Inspired by true events, Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me is a powerful, provocative novel about t… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • jewish
  • historical
  • judaism
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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16. Hotel Cuba

By: Aaron Hamburger

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Fleeing the chaos of World War I and the terror of the Soviet Revolution, practical, sensible Pearl… read more

Similar categories in Aaron Hamburger's Hotel Cuba book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • jewish
  • historical
  • judaism
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Novelist from Berlin

By: V.S. Alexander

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An engrossing novel inspired by the mysterious true story of Irmgard Keun, a female novelist who de… read more

Similar categories in V.S. Alexander's The Novelist from Berlin book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Leaving Eastern Parkway a novel

By: Matthew Daub

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Brooklyn’s Hasidic community of Lubavitchers is turned upside down when family tragedy strikes and … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Daub's Leaving Eastern Parkway a novel book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • fiction
  • jewish
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19. How the Light Gets In

By: Joyce Maynard

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard comes the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her… read more

Similar categories in Joyce Maynard's How the Light Gets In book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Street Corner Dreams: A Novel

By: Florence Reiss Kraut

4.22

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

A suspenseful family saga, love story, and gangster tale, wrapped into one great book club read . .… read more

Similar categories in Florence Reiss Kraut's Street Corner Dreams: A Novel book and Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me

  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • jewish
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21. Swimming to Jerusalem: A Novel

By: Seth Bornstein

4.52

Format: 482 pages, Kindle Edition

Swimming to Jerusalem is the story of Bram Goodman; his family, friends, colleagues, and demons.Bor… read more

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4.13

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