12 Top historical books like We Germans by Alexander Starritt

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We Germans

By: Alexander Starritt

4.02

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

A letter from a German soldier to his grandson recounts the terrors of war on the Eastern Front, an…

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1. Nicholas and Alexandra

By: Robert K. Massie

3.95

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

The story of the love that ended an empire. In this commanding book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author … read more

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  • historical
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2. Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA

By: Richard English

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

The IRA has been a much richer, more complexly layered, and more protean organization than is frequ… read more

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3. Sweet Thames

By: Matthew Kneale

3.93

Format: 316 pages,

An engineer's obsessive quest to find the cause of a cholera epidemic takes him on a journey from t… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Kneale's Sweet Thames book and Alexander Starritt's We Germans

  • historical
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. A Small Town in Germany

By: John Le Carré

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's A Small Town in Germany book and Alexander Starritt's We Germans

  • germany
  • fiction

5. Pomegranate Soup

By: Marsha Mehran

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

Beneath the holy mountain Croagh Patrick, in damp and lovely County Mayo, sits the small, sheltered… read more

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6. The Black Spider

By: Susan Bernofsky , Jeremias Gotthelf

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

An NYRB Classics Original It is a sunny summer Sunday in a remote Swiss village, and a christening … read more

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7. Kumral Ada Mavi Tuna

By: Buket Uzuner

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

"Bir sali sabahi uyandim. Butun gazeteler hayatta en cok sevdigim kadinin bir cinayet isledigini ya… read more

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8. Some Do Not...

By: Ford Madox Ford , None

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Christopher Tietjens, a brilliant, unconventional mathematician, is married to the dazzling yet unf… read more

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9. Le Soldat désaccordé

By: Gilles Marchand

4.19

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Paris, années 20, un ancien combattant est chargé de retrouver un soldat disparu en 1917. Arpentant… read more

Similar categories in Gilles Marchand's Le Soldat désaccordé book and Alexander Starritt's We Germans

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Le bureau d'éclaircissement des destins

By: Gaëlle Nohant

4.27

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Au cœur de l’Allemagne, l’International Tracing Service est le plus grand centre de documentation s… read more

Similar categories in Gaëlle Nohant's Le bureau d'éclaircissement des destins book and Alexander Starritt's We Germans

  • roman
  • historical
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants

By: Mathias Énard

3.86

Format: 151 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1506, Michelangelo – a young but already renowned sculptor – is invited by the sultan of Constan… read more

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  • roman
  • literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"We all ape God in His absence."

-Mathias Énard, Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants

"Calligraphies are our images, Maestro, images of our faith."

-Mathias Énard, Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants

"Entscheide dich für mich und meine erloschenen Geschichten."

-Mathias Énard, Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants

"How many works of art will there have to be to put beauty into the world?"

-Mathias Énard, Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants

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12. Stalingrad

By: Vasily Grossman

4.28

Format: 1088 pages, Paperback

Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate has been hailed as a twentieth-century War and Peace. However, Life… read more

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  • literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"But once, when she was singing his praises, her mother interrupted 'No, no, I've seen too many young people like that - both when I was a student in Petersburg and when I was in exile in Siberia. The…"

-Vasily Grossman, Stalingrad

"There are people who like to ascribe only the basest of motives to the actions of others. This is not always because they act basely themselves; often they would not dream of acting as they suspect o…"

-Vasily Grossman, Stalingrad

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13. A Dictator Calls

By: Ismail Kadare

3.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Using a sophisticated and literary version of the ever-popular game of telephone to examine the rel… read more

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  • literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"And a cursory glance at Karl Marx shows that a man who had dedicated his life to the violent overthrow of the world order never devoted half a page in any of his dozens of books to the trauma and rem…"

-Ismail Kadare, A Dictator Calls

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14. Pelican Girls

By: Julia Malye

3.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping epic in the vein of Philipp Meyer’s The Son and Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko and inspired by a… read more

Similar categories in Julia Malye's Pelican Girls book and Alexander Starritt's We Germans

  • historical
  • roman
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Lost Café Schindler: One Family, Two Wars, and the Search for Truth

By: Meriel Schindler

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary memoir of a Jewish family spanning two world wars and its flight from Nazi-occupie… read more

Similar categories in Meriel Schindler's The Lost Café Schindler: One Family, Two Wars, and the Search for Truth book and Alexander Starritt's We Germans

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
  • holocaust
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16. Seven Minutes Later

By: Bonnie Kistler

3.59

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

Combining the propulsive narrative drive of The Firm with the psychological complexity of The Silen… read more

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  • fiction
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17. The People Immortal

By: Vasily Grossman

4.09

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

Vasily Grossman wrote three novels about the Second World War, each offering a distinct take on wha… read more

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  • literature
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Held

By: Anne Michaels

3.66

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Anne Michaels's Held book and Alexander Starritt's We Germans

  • literature
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."

-Anne Michaels, Held

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19. Blanc

By: Sylvain Tesson

3.44

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Avec mon ami le guide de haute montagne Daniel du Lac, je suis parti de Menton au bord de la Médite… read more

Similar categories in Sylvain Tesson's Blanc book and Alexander Starritt's We Germans

  • literature
  • roman
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20. We Germans

By: Alexander Starritt

4.02

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

A letter from a German soldier to his grandson recounts the terrors of war on the Eastern Front, an… read more

Similar categories in Alexander Starritt's We Germans book and Alexander Starritt's We Germans

  • roman
  • literature
  • historical
  • war
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • holocaust
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21. Inge's War: A German Woman's Story of Family, Secrets, and Survival Under Hitler

By: Svenja O’Donnell

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The mesmerizing account of a granddaughter's search for a World War II family history hidden for si… read more

Similar categories in Svenja O’Donnell's Inge's War: A German Woman's Story of Family, Secrets, and Survival Under Hitler book and Alexander Starritt's We Germans

  • historical
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • holocaust

12 Best fiction books like We Germans by Alexander Starritt

Sweet Thames

Matthew Kneale

3.93

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A Small Town in Germany

John Le Carré

3.94

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Le Soldat désaccordé

Gilles Marchand

4.19

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Le bureau d'éclaircissement des destins

Gaëlle Nohant

4.27

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15 Top fiction books like Pelican Girls by Julia Malye

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Katie

Michael McDowell

3.92

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Jean-Baptiste Andrea

4.28

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Marion Fayolle

3.83

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Édouard Louis

4.20

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