19 must-read nonfiction books like Hitler’s Boy Soldiers: How My Father’s Generation Was Trained to Kill and Sent to Die for Germany by Helene Munson

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Hitler’s Boy Soldiers: How My Father’s Generation Was Trained to Kill and Sent to Die for Germany

By: Helene Munson

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A shocking personal memoir and a new perspective on World War II that follows the author’s journey …

"But now we are ready to show the world the importance of living in a democracy that welcomes everyone because we have to stop amplifying our perceived differences and embrace our shared humanity."

-Helene Munson, Hitler’s Boy Soldiers: How My Father’s Generation Was Trained to Kill and Sent to Die for Germany

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Hitler’s Boy Soldiers: How My Father’s Generation Was Trained to Kill and Sent to Die for Germany by Helene Munson , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. By the Light of the Moon

By: Dean Koontz

3.89

Format: 460 pages, Paperback

On the road, on a hot Arizona night, Dylan O'Conner is overpowered by a stranger who injects him wi… read more

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"There's no tragedy in nature, only process -- and therefore no triumph, either."

-Dean Koontz, By the Light of the Moon

"...what makes humanity beautiful is our free will, our individuality, our endless striving in spite of our imperfection. BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON Chapter 27 Page 214"

-Dean Koontz, By the Light of the Moon

"On an individual level, the human condition changed day by day, even hour by hour, and while you were soaking in self-pity over a misfortune, you might miss an opportunity for a redeeming triumph. An…"

-Dean Koontz, By the Light of the Moon

"He believed that a burger joint ought to look like a join, not like a surgery, not like a nursery with pictures of clowns and funny animals on walls, not like a bamboo pavilion on a tropical island, …"

-Dean Koontz, By the Light of the Moon

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2. Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story

By: Shanna Hogan

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mormon motivational speaker Travis Alexander, was involved in a relationship with a beautiful photo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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3. The Boys from Brazil

By: Ira Levin

4.06

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Alive and hiding in South America, Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele gathers a group of former colleagues for … read more

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"I say in my talks it takes two things to make it happen again, a new Hitler and social conditions like in the thirties. But that's not true. It takes three things: the Hitler, the conditions, and the…"

-Ira Levin, The Boys from Brazil

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4. Scarpetta (Kay Scarpetta, #16)

By: Patricia Cornwell

5.00

Format: 398 pages,

Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta… read more

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5. Hell Divers (Hell Divers #1)

By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith

4.00

Format: None pages, Audio

More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity live… read more

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6. Ravensbrück: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women

By: Sarah Helm

3.62

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, masterful, and absorbing account of the last hidden atrocity of World War II--Rav… read more

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7. Johnny Tremain

By: Lynd Ward , Esther Forbes

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 B… read more

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8. Maude

By: Donna Foley Mabry

3.93

Format: 265 pages,

In 1906, I was barely over fourteen years old, and it was my wedding day. My older sister, Helen, c… read more

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9. The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling Vanderbeeker family finds love and hope in hard times as they face the challenge of… read more

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Cover of Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

10. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn

11. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

By: Jeff Guinn

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets by Burkhard Bilger

12. Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets

By: Burkhard Bilger

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

As a boy growing up in Oklahoma, Burkhard Bilger often heard his parents tell stories about the Ger… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Taking Berlin: The Bloody Race to Defeat the Third Reich by Martin Dugard

13. Taking Berlin: The Bloody Race to Defeat the Third Reich

By: Martin Dugard

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series, comes… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer

14. Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration

By: Harold Holzer

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Lincoln’s grapp… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys by Erin Kimmerle

15. We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys

By: Erin Kimmerle

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier Boys School--the true st… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder by John Glatt

16. The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder

By: John Glatt

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Col… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan

17. The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

By: Rosemary Sullivan

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept... Using new technology, recently discovered doc… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"The fact that Otto survived the horror of the concentration camps demonstrated his profound will to live."

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

"Fascism counts on people's credulity, on their craving to believe, on their fear that there is nothing to believe."

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

"While someone with the first person knowledge is still alive, while records are still available, while relatives of witnesses can come forward, the stories must be told."

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

"The Netherlands in 1940 was like a petri dish in which one can examine how people brought up in freedom react to catastrophe when it is brought to their door: It is a questions still worth asking tod…"

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

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18. The Girl from Guernica

By: Karen Robards

4.36

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by Picasso’s great masterpiece, Guernica, New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards … read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
Cover of My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor by Selma van de Perre

19. My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor

By: Selma van de Perre

4.17

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An international bestseller, this powerful memoir by a ninety-eight-year-old Jewish Resistance figh… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

20. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival by Jeremy Dronfield

21. The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival

By: Jeremy Dronfield

4.45

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

The #1 Sunday Times bestseller—a remarkable story of the heroic and unbreakable bond between a fath… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"The Stair of Death was the epitome of SS thinking — why install a more efficient mechanical conveyor when criminal and Jewish labour was so cheap and the process so satisfyingly punishing?"

-Jeremy Dronfield, The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival

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22. Luck of the Draw

By: Frank Murphy

4.22

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and und… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb by James M. Scott

23. Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb

By: James M. Scott

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies o… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of The Trial of Adolf Hitler: The Beer Hall Putsch and the Rise of Nazi Germany by David King

24. The Trial of Adolf Hitler: The Beer Hall Putsch and the Rise of Nazi Germany

By: David King

3.93

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

“Gripping… a disturbing portrait of how an advanced country can descend into chaos.” ―Frederick Tay… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of 1066 and Before All That: The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England by Ed West

25. 1066 and Before All That: The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England

By: Ed West

4.01

Format: 184 pages, ebook

A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history, marked by bloody conflict wit… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America―and How to Undo His Legacy by David Gelles

26. The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America―and How to Undo His Legacy

By: David Gelles

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller New York Times reporter and “Corner Office” columnist David Gelles revea… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941 by Susan Ronald

27. Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941

By: Susan Ronald

3.97

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Susan Ronald, acclaimed author of Hitler's Art Thief takes readers into the shadowy world of the ar… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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28. Hitler’s Boy Soldiers: How My Father’s Generation Was Trained to Kill and Sent to Die for Germany

By: Helene Munson

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A shocking personal memoir and a new perspective on World War II that follows the author’s journey … read more

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  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"But now we are ready to show the world the importance of living in a democracy that welcomes everyone because we have to stop amplifying our perceived differences and embrace our shared humanity."

-Helene Munson, Hitler’s Boy Soldiers: How My Father’s Generation Was Trained to Kill and Sent to Die for Germany

Cover of Safe Enough: Crime Stories by the Author of Jack Reacher by Lee Child

29. Safe Enough: Crime Stories by the Author of Jack Reacher

By: Lee Child

3.36

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for … read more

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Cover of The Lady Lighthouse Keeper by Mary Korpi

30. The Lady Lighthouse Keeper

By: Mary Korpi

4.00

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

The Lady Lighthouse Keeper is a fictionalized account of Stella Prince, a woman who resists society… read more

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Cover of Never Less (The Pablo & Mindy Mysteries #1) by Geoffrey Wells

31. Never Less (The Pablo & Mindy Mysteries #1)

By: Geoffrey Wells

4.40

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The day Mindy and Pablo stumble across a Prohibition tunnel leading to an old mill, now being used … read more

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4.32

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4.06

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4.09

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4.16

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Erik Larson

4.24

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3.63

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