5 must-read nonfiction books like The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor by Zipora Klein Jakob

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The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

By: Zipora Klein Jakob

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents…

"Born in fire and died in fire."

-Zipora Klein Jakob, The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor by Zipora Klein Jakob , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Flower Sisters

By: Michelle Collins Anderson

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Drawing on the little-known true story of a tragic event that took place in the author’s Missouri h… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Collins Anderson's The Flower Sisters book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • historical
  • audiobook
"Sometimes I think spring lasts about fifteen minutes around here and then we're all sitting on Hell's front porch."

-Michelle Collins Anderson, The Flower Sisters

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2. Last House

By: Jessica Shattuck

3.64

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

"An ambitious historical epic that doubles as an intimate family saga. Jessica Shattuck captures an… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Shattuck's Last House book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • historical
  • war
  • audiobook
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3. The Lost Book of Bonn

By: Brianna Labuskes

3.95

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Rose Code and The Librarian Spy comes another literary themed historical novel from… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Labuskes's The Lost Book of Bonn book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
  • audiobook
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4. The Woman with No Name

By: Audrey Blake

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

She'll light the fire of resistance—but she may get burned… 1942. Though she survived the bomb t… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Blake's The Woman with No Name book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
  • audiobook
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5. The Secret Keeper

By: Genevieve Graham

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Graham's The Secret Keeper book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
  • audiobook
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6. All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles

By: Peter Brown

3.53

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Beatles in their own words: unpublished, unvarnished, and told by The Beatles and their inner c… read more

Similar categories in Peter Brown's All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds

By: Hannah Pick-Goslar

4.66

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

THE INSTANT  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Both heartbreaking and life-affirming" (Edith Eger, auth… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Pick-Goslar's My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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9. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • historical
  • audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

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10. The Hidden Storyteller

By: Mandy Robotham

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

International bestselling author Mandy Robotham returns with a brand new tale set in war-torn Germa… read more

Similar categories in Mandy Robotham's The Hidden Storyteller book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • world war ii
  • historical
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11. A Brilliant Life: My Mother's Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust

By: Rachelle Unreich

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The powerful, true story of a Holocaust survivor told by her daughter—a tale that reminds us of the… read more

Similar categories in Rachelle Unreich's A Brilliant Life: My Mother's Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
Cover of The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor by Zipora Klein Jakob

12. The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

By: Zipora Klein Jakob

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents… read more

Similar categories in Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
"Born in fire and died in fire."

-Zipora Klein Jakob, The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

Cover of A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

13. A Great Country

By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires E… read more

Similar categories in Shilpi Somaya Gowda's A Great Country book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • audiobook
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14. Daughters of Warsaw

By: Maria Frances

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotional World War Two time-slip of one woman’s inspiring, dangerous and courageous undertaking… read more

Similar categories in Maria Frances's Daughters of Warsaw book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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15. The Forgotten Names

By: Mario Escobar

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Based on the true story of one ordinary woman who risked everything to reunite Jewish children with… read more

Similar categories in Mario Escobar's The Forgotten Names book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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16. The Hidden Book

By: Kirsty Manning

3.89

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Jade Lily comes a compelling novel based on a true story of a WW… read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Manning's The Hidden Book book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
  • holocaust
Cover of Tomorrow Is for the Brave by Kelly Bowen

17. Tomorrow Is for the Brave

By: Kelly Bowen

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Based on true events, Tomorrow Is for the Brave is a gripping World War II page‑turner about a cour… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Bowen's Tomorrow Is for the Brave book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
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18. Trajectory

By: Cambria Gordon

3.78

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The stirring and dramatic story of one young woman who must find a way to overcome her deepest fear… read more

Similar categories in Cambria Gordon's Trajectory book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
Cover of The Impostor Heiress: Cassie Chadwick, The Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age by Annie  Reed

19. The Impostor Heiress: Cassie Chadwick, The Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age

By: Annie Reed

3.94

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Before there was Anna Delvey or Elizabeth Holmes, there was Cassie Chadwick. The first woman–using … read more

Similar categories in Annie Reed's The Impostor Heiress: Cassie Chadwick, The Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of When the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward

20. When the World Fell Silent

By: Donna Jones Alward

4.39

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

A story of loss, hope and redemption against the most impossible odds. 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. … read more

Similar categories in Donna Jones Alward's When the World Fell Silent book and Zipora Klein Jakob's The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  • historical
  • audiobook
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21. Klara's Truth

By: Susan Weissbach Friedman

4.23

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

It is May 2014, and Dr. Klara Lieberman—forty-nine, single, professor of archaeology at a small lib… read more

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Michelle Collins Anderson

4.08

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Jessica Shattuck

3.64

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Brianna Labuskes

3.95

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Audrey Blake

3.83

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The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

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James Kaplan

4.35

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Keith O'Brien

4.43

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Bill Janovitz

4.29

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