18 must-read historical books like My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region by Alina Adams

Cover of My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region by Alina Adams

My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

By: Alina Adams

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

With his dying breath, Lena's father asks his family a cryptic question: "You couldn't tell, could …

If you liked the historical plot in My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region by Alina Adams , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii by Michelle    Moran, Vicky Alvear Shecter, Ben Kane, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot

1. A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii

By: Michelle Moran , Vicky Alvear Shecter , Ben Kane , Kate Quinn , Stephanie Dray , E. Knight , Sophie Perinot

4.07

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

From six bestselling authors, including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn, comes a vividly imagi… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Moran's A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Lost English Girl

By: Julia Kelly

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of The Light Over London weaves an epic saga of love, motherhood, and betrayal… read more

Similar categories in Julia Kelly's The Lost English Girl book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Winter Rose by Melanie Dobson

3. The Winter Rose

By: Melanie Dobson

4.16

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping split-time novel, Grace Tonquin is an American Quaker woman who works tirelessly i… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Dobson's The Winter Rose book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff

4. Code Name Sapphire

By: Pam Jenoff

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A woman must rescue her cousin's family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale of b… read more

Similar categories in Pam Jenoff's Code Name Sapphire book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Teacher of Warsaw by Mario Escobar

5. The Teacher of Warsaw

By: Mario Escobar

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Warsaw Orphan and The Tattooist of Auschwitz: the start of WWII changed everything … read more

Similar categories in Mario Escobar's The Teacher of Warsaw book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Why do they hate us so much?" I was thoughtful and took my time answering. It was a question I often asked myself. "I think it's because they don't know us. At their core, racists and anti-Semites ar…"

-Mario Escobar, The Teacher of Warsaw

Cover of The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks

6. The Lindbergh Nanny

By: Mariah Fredericks

3.78

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Mariah Fredericks's The Lindbergh Nanny is powerful, propulsive novel about America’s most notoriou… read more

Similar categories in Mariah Fredericks's The Lindbergh Nanny book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Kantika by Elizabeth Graver

7. Kantika

By: Elizabeth Graver

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Graver's Kantika book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

Cover of One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World by Michael Frank

8. One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World

By: Michael Frank

4.27

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

One of Wall Street Journal ’s Ten Best Books of the Year * Winner of the National Jewish Book Award… read more

Similar categories in Michael Frank's One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • world war ii
"I do believe that as we travel through life we become a different person in every situation, or context, or phase."

-Michael Frank, One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World

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9. The Sound of Light

By: Sarah Sundin

4.34

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

When the Germans march into Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt exchanges his nobility for anonymity, a… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sundin's The Sound of Light book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Dress of Violet Taffeta by Tessa Arlen

10. A Dress of Violet Taffeta

By: Tessa Arlen

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A sumptuous novel based on the fascinating true story of Belle Epoque icon Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, … read more

Similar categories in Tessa Arlen's A Dress of Violet Taffeta book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Two Wars and a Wedding by Lauren Willig

11. Two Wars and a Wedding

By: Lauren Willig

3.89

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig: a dramatic coming-of-age story with a dual ti… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Willig's Two Wars and a Wedding book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Stolen Child by Ann Hood

12. 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 Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Once We Were Home by Jennifer  Rosner

13. Once We Were Home

By: Jennifer Rosner

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings , com… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Rosner's Once We Were Home book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights by Kitty Zeldis

14. The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights

By: Kitty Zeldis

3.90

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mesmerizing historical novel about three women in 1920s New York City and the secrets they hold. … read more

Similar categories in Kitty Zeldis's The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy by Letty Cottin Pogrebin

15. Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy

By: Letty Cottin Pogrebin

3.99

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An intimate memoir from a founding editor of Ms. magazine who grew up in a Jewish immigrant family … read more

Similar categories in Letty Cottin Pogrebin's Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

Cover of The Hidden Book by Kirsty Manning

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 Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Sugar Birds by Cheryl Grey Bostrom

17. Sugar Birds

By: Cheryl Grey Bostrom

4.14

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

WINNER, 2021 AMERICAN FICTION AWARDS: Literary, General, and Cross-Genre Fiction SILVER MEDALIS… read more

Similar categories in Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) by Alan Bradley

18. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Woman with Two Shadows by Sarah                James

19. The Woman with Two Shadows

By: Sarah James

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

For fans of Atomic City Girls and The Secrets We Kept, a fascinating debut historical novel of one … read more

Similar categories in Sarah James's The Woman with Two Shadows book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region by Alina Adams

20. My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

By: Alina Adams

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

With his dying breath, Lena's father asks his family a cryptic question: "You couldn't tell, could … read more

Similar categories in Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • russia
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Rhino Keeper by Jillian Forsberg

21. The Rhino Keeper

By: Jillian Forsberg

4.73

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Based on the true story of a Dutch sea captain who traveled with an Indian rhinoceros called Clara … read more

Similar categories in Jillian Forsberg's The Rhino Keeper book and Alina Adams's My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Michelle Moran , Vicky Alvear Shecter , Ben Kane , Kate Quinn , Stephanie Dray , E. Knight , Sophie Perinot

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Julia Kelly

4.08

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The Winter Rose

Melanie Dobson

4.16

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Pam Jenoff

3.87

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Martha Hall Kelly

4.18

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Kristin Harmel

4.25

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Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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Marie Benedict

4.04

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