11 must-read historical books like The Lost Family by Jenna Blum

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The Lost Family

By: Jenna Blum

3.47

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us creates a vivid portrait of marriage, fa…

If you liked the historical plot in The Lost Family by Jenna Blum , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Saving Amelie by Cathy Gohlke

1. Saving Amelie

By: Cathy Gohlke

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Increasingly wary of her father's genetic research, Rachel Kramer has determined that this trip wit… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Gohlke's Saving Amelie book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
"When the Church stops standing for Jews- for anyone- then we stop being the church. Grace is costly-it took the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, our savior to achieve that grace. It requires just as m…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Saving Amelie

"Personal belief system? Is that the problem? That we've all just assumed that truth is what we individually believe? Or is it a collective assumption? That the truth for Germany-and the truth for Bri…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Saving Amelie

"That is what our Fuhrer maintains- that some are more worthy of life than others. Indeed, he asserts that an elite few in the world are worthy of life and procreation. Ask yourself, if you do not bel…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Saving Amelie

"What Jason knew at the end of the hour was that Dietrich Bonhoeffer had forseen the strippping of Christ from the altars of Germany. He had seen the Nazification of the German church as they had acce…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Saving Amelie

2. A Sparrow in Terezin (Hidden Masterpiece #2)

By: Kristy Cambron

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Bound together across time, two women will discover a powerful connection through one survivor's st… read more

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3. The Kommandant's Mistress

By: Alexandria Constantinova Szeman , Sherri Szeman

4.43

Format: 303 pages,

Powerful and provocative, haunting and disturbing, lyrical yet profoundly unsettling, The Kommandan… read more

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4. Promises to Keep

By: Jane Green

3.56

Format: 259 pages,

A NY Timesbestseller and "a poignantly written novel that powerfully celebrates the power of love a… read more

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5. The Baker's Daughter

By: Sarah McCoy

3.97

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

In 1945, Elsie Schmidt is a naive teenager, as eager for her first sip of champagne as she is for h… read more

Similar categories in Sarah McCoy's The Baker's Daughter book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
"People often miss things that don't exist--miss things that were but are not anymore."

-Sarah McCoy, The Baker's Daughter

"Alors, où aller quand votre maison ne constituait plus un abri - quand le monde n'avait plus aucun sens ? A quel moment prendre la décision de partir ou de rester ?"

-Sarah McCoy, The Baker's Daughter

"We all tell little lies about ourselves, Our past, our presents. We think some of them are minuscule, unimportant, And others, large and incriminating. But they are the same. Only God Has enough of t…"

-Sarah McCoy, The Baker's Daughter

6. Saving Sophie

By: Ronald H. Balson

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of Once We Were Brothers, Liam and Catherine team up again to investigate an embezz… read more

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7. A Bridge Across the Ocean

By: Susan Meissner

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women past and present in the latest novel from the accla… read more

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8. Het geheime kistje van Elle

By: Aline van Wijnen

4.12

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Wit-Rusland, 1941. Tijdens een razzia in haar geboortedorp is de Joodse Ella getuige van de moor… read more

Similar categories in Aline van Wijnen's Het geheime kistje van Elle book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • roman
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • historical fiction
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9. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more

Similar categories in Janet Skeslien Charles's Miss Morgan's Book Brigade book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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

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  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Stolen Child

By: Ann Hood

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An unlikely duo ventures through France and Italy to solve the mystery of a child’s fate in this mo… read more

Similar categories in Ann Hood's The Stolen Child book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. The Jazz Club Spy

By: Roberta Rich

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the author of the “riveting” ( Chicago Tribune ) The Midwife of Venice , a fresh and sweeping … read more

Similar categories in Roberta Rich's The Jazz Club Spy book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Not Our Kind

By: Kitty Zeldis

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

With echoes of The Rules of Civility and The Boston Girl, a compelling and thought-provoking novel … read more

Similar categories in Kitty Zeldis's Not Our Kind book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • new york
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are by Libby Copeland

14. The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

By: Libby Copeland

4.02

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

In The Lost Family, journalist Libby Copeland investigates what happens when we embark on a vast so… read more

Similar categories in Libby Copeland's The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • audiobook
"Time is the enemy of secret-keepers, because with time comes the inevitable revelation, one way or another."

-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

"Linda would say that she was so excited to have half-sisters that she didn't fully appreciate how her story posted a fundamental threat to their story."

-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

"Seeking out genetic information... may allow adult adoptees, who had no choice in whether to be adopted, or by whom, to exercise their autonomy in making meaning out of it."

-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

"People thought they could get away with everything, she says– and indeed, they did until genetic genealogy came along. In Moore's view, DNA is an equalizer, a revelatory force with the power to right…"

-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

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15. Roadtrip

By: Suzanne Vermeer

3.37

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Paula Visser is met haar man Theo op rondreis langs de Amerikaanse westkust. Met een camper leggen … read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Vermeer's Roadtrip book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lost Family by Jenna Blum

16. The Lost Family

By: Jenna Blum

3.47

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us creates a vivid portrait of marriage, fa… read more

Similar categories in Jenna Blum's The Lost Family book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • audiobook
  • new york
  • roman
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • drama
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17. The Rain Watcher

By: Tatiana de Rosnay

3.19

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

The Rain Watcher is a powerful family drama set in Paris as the Malegarde family gathers to celebra… read more

Similar categories in Tatiana de Rosnay's The Rain Watcher book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I will start with the tree. Because everything begins, and ends, with the tree. The tree is the tallest one. It was planted way before the others. I'm not sure how old it is, exactly. Perhaps three o…"

-Tatiana de Rosnay, The Rain Watcher

Cover of You, Me, and the Sea by Meg Donohue

18. You, Me, and the Sea

By: Meg Donohue

3.74

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From the USA Today bestselling author of All the Summer Girls and Dog Crazy comes a spellbinding an… read more

Similar categories in Meg Donohue's You, Me, and the Sea book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The Last Twelve Miles

By: Erika Robuck

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Two real, brilliant women on opposite sides of the law, in a deadly game of cat and mouse… 1926.… read more

Similar categories in Erika Robuck's The Last Twelve Miles book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • drama
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Elizabeth’s heart feels a pang of jealousy, followed by a burst of love at seeing her happy family. It’s both freeing and agonizing not to be needed. That is the nature of motherhood, she thinks"

-Erika Robuck, The Last Twelve Miles

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20. Geruisloos

By: Ellen de Vriend

3.49

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

In Geruisloos is de succesvolle journaliste Stefaniek getrouwd met sleepbootkapitein Paul. Hun doch… read more

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21. The World After Alice

By: Lauren Aliza Green

3.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Seating Arrangements and The Most Fun We Ever Had, a gorgeous and gripping story of … read more

Similar categories in Lauren Aliza Green's The World After Alice book and Jenna Blum's The Lost Family

  • fiction
  • audiobook

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Cathy Gohlke

4.26

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Sarah McCoy

3.97

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4.02

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Jessica Shattuck

3.64

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Jodi Picoult

4.19

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Liane Moriarty

4.15

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Catherine Newman

3.75

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