12 must-read world war ii books like The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor

Cover of The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor

The Ventriloquists

By: E.R. Ramzipoor

3.68

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

“[A] remarkable saga.... Engrossing.” —Booklist, starred reviewIn this triumphant debut inspired by…

If you liked the world war ii plot in The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira

1. My Name is Mary Sutter

By: Robin Oliveira

3.72

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An enthralling historical novel about a young woman's struggle to become a doctor during the Civil … read more

Similar categories in Robin Oliveira's My Name is Mary Sutter book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman

2. The Zookeeper's Wife

By: Diane Ackerman

1.00

Format: 96 pages,

When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. Wit… read more

Similar categories in Diane Ackerman's The Zookeeper's Wife book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
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3. The Beautiful People

By: Michelle Gable

3.73

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Set against the glamorous 1960s Jet Set, a novel about a failed debutante whose new job as assistan… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Gable's The Beautiful People book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. El niño

By: Fernando Aramburu

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Un accidente real en el País Vasco de los años ochenta, la vida devastada de una familia. Una histo… read more

Similar categories in Fernando Aramburu's El niño book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • novels
  • fiction
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5. The Woman With the Cure

By: Lynn Cullen

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

She gave up everything— and changed the world. A riveting novel based on the true story of the w… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Cullen's The Woman With the Cure book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"You were right to insist that we invest in the beds. I don't know why we did not jump on getting them sooner. She knew why. A woman, Dr. Jesse Wright invented them. And much like Sister Kenny's metho…"

-Lynn Cullen, The Woman With the Cure

"Even scientific articles contributed to defining a woman's place. It wasn't just by happenstance that when Dorothy was photographed with David Bodian for Time magazine at the conference where they an…"

-Lynn Cullen, The Woman With the Cure

"Not a direct quote, but referenced in the author's note at the end - Sister Elizabeth Kenny, was instrumental in developing a new method of treating polio. Barbara Johnson, a laboratory technician wh…"

-Lynn Cullen, The Woman With the Cure

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6. The Age of Light

By: Whitney Scharer

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

She went to Paris to start over, to make art instead of being made into it. A captivating debut … read more

Similar categories in Whitney Scharer's The Age of Light book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"I think the world..the world continues just goes on doing what it does whether I take a picture or not. My art--it's about choosing when I release the shutter. It's not about setting up a scene and m…"

-Whitney Scharer, The Age of Light

"I think the world..the world continues just goes on doing what it does whether I take a picture or not. My art--it's about choosing when I release the shutter. It's not about setting up a scene and m…"

-Whitney Scharer, The Age of Light

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7. 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 E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"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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8. 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 E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. 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 E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. In the Upper Country

By: Kai Thomas

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The fates of two unforgettable women--one just beginning a journey of reckoning and self-discovery … read more

Similar categories in Kai Thomas's In the Upper Country book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Daughter's Tale

By: Armando Lucas Correa

3.73

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

BERLIN, 1939. The dreams that Amanda Sternberg and her husband, Julius, had for their daughters are… read more

Similar categories in Armando Lucas Correa's The Daughter's Tale book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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12. Sisters of Fortune

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Based on the true story of the Fortune sisters, three young women each at a crossroads when they bo… read more

Similar categories in Anna Lee Huber's Sisters of Fortune book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. 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 E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Girl from Berlin (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #5) by Ronald H. Balson

14. The Girl from Berlin (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #5)

By: Ronald H. Balson

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An old friend calls Catherine Lockhart and Liam Taggart to his famous Italian restaurant to enlist … read more

Similar categories in Ronald H. Balson's The Girl from Berlin (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #5) book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of Can't We Be Friends by Denny S.  Bryce

15. Can't We Be Friends

By: Denny S. Bryce

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a … read more

Similar categories in Denny S. Bryce's Can't We Be Friends book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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16. The Invisible Woman

By: Erika Robuck

4.22

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In the depths of war, she would defy the odds to help liberate a nation...a gripping historical nov… read more

Similar categories in Erika Robuck's The Invisible Woman book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Library of Legends

By: Janie Chang

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the author of Three Souls and Dragon Springs Road comes a captivating historical novel in whic… read more

Similar categories in Janie Chang's The Library of Legends book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Lost Souls of Leningrad by Suzanne Parry

18. Lost Souls of Leningrad

By: Suzanne Parry

4.33

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

June 1941. Hitler's armies race toward vulnerable Leningrad. In a matter of weeks, the Nazis surrou… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Parry's Lost Souls of Leningrad book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
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19. Beyond the Shadow of Night

By: Ray Kingfisher

4.17

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

In this epic tale of friendship and loss from the author of The Sugar Men, fate pushes childhood fr… read more

Similar categories in Ray Kingfisher's Beyond the Shadow of Night book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
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20. 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 E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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

Cover of The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor

21. The Ventriloquists

By: E.R. Ramzipoor

3.68

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

“[A] remarkable saga.... Engrossing.” —Booklist, starred reviewIn this triumphant debut inspired by… read more

Similar categories in E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists book and E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • adult
  • world war ii
  • belgium
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • journalism

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