11 best-selling world war ii books like The Violinist of Auschwitz by Jean-Jacques Felstein

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The Violinist of Auschwitz

By: Jean-Jacques Felstein

3.52

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Arrested in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz, Elsa survived because she had the 'opportunity' to join…

If you liked the world war ii plot in The Violinist of Auschwitz by Jean-Jacques Felstein , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.99

Format: 227 pages, Paperback

The third book in the multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series The o… read more

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"It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything."

-Alexander McCall Smith, Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3)

"The ordinary people of Africa tended not to have room in their hearts for hatred. They were sometimes foolish, like people anywhere, but they did not bear grudges, as Mr Mandela had shown the world."

-Alexander McCall Smith, Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3)

"Mma Ramotswe tucked the cheque safely away in her bodice. Modern business methods were all very well, she thought, but when it came to the safeguarding of money there were some places which had yet t…"

-Alexander McCall Smith, Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3)

"...the real poison within families is not the poison that you put in your food, but the poison that grows up in the heart when people are jealous of one another and cannot speak these feelings and dr…"

-Alexander McCall Smith, Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3)

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2. The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #4)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.01

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Life is never without its problems… read more

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"The recipe for each child is just for that child, even if it is the same mother and father."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #4)

"That was the trouble with people in general: they were surprisingly unrealistic in their expectations."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #4)

"A traditional house smelled of wood smoke, the earth, and of thatch; all good smells, the smell of life itself."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #4)

"She had a great respect for books herself, and she wished that she had read more. One could never read enough. Never."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #4)

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3. Boy 30529: A Memoir

By: Felix Weinberg

4.51

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Anyone who survived the extermination camps must have an untypical story to tell. The typical camp … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust

4. Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14)

By: Donna Leon

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

A pitch-perfect mystery, an alluring portrait of contemporary Venice, and an elucidating eye into t… read more

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5. Quietly in Their Sleep (Commissario Brunetti, #6)

By: Donna Leon

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In Quietly In Their Sleep,a nun, Suorimmacolata, leaves her order and the nursing home it runs when… read more

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6. Lady Helena Investigates (Scott-De Quincy Mysteries, #1)

By: Jane Steen

4.08

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

A reluctant lady sleuth finds she’s investigating her own family. Step into Lady Helena Whitcombe’… read more

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7. When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains

By: Ariana Neumann

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In 1941, the first Neumann family member was taken by the Nazis, arrested in German-occupied Czecho… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
"If you want to be truly just in this life, when you see people who are weak, you must stand with them. Because you are strong, and it is the weak who need you more, not the strong."

-Ariana Neumann, When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains

"Memories, like misfiled documents, are not always where you expect to find them...I learned that detailed questions often did little to trigger specific memories. People returned to distant facts in …"

-Ariana Neumann, When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains

"Perhaps all remembrance is a process of compilation and creation. Every day we absorb what is around us and assemble observations of a specific time: sounds, smells, textures, words, images, and feel…"

-Ariana Neumann, When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains

"…it was during a period he had so much time on his hands that he felt that time had stopped. How could time have stopped? ‘Because,’ he said, ‘and you will understand this when you are older, sometim…"

-Ariana Neumann, When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains

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8. 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

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  • world war ii
  • war
  • holocaust
"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

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9. Ett fynd att dö för

By: Anders de la Motte

3.74

Format: 395 pages, Hardcover

Det är högsommar på Österlen och den stora antikmarknaden i Degeberga ska just gå av stapeln, men p… read more

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10. "Sun poika kävi täällä"

By: Venla Kuoppamäki

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"Sun poika kävi täällä” on äidin kertomus parikymppisestä Oskarista, jonka aikuiselämän alkua varjo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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11. Vanilla Vengeance (Cupcake Crimes, #1)

By: Molly Maple

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Charlotte McKay doesn't know what to expect when she moves in to take care of her elderly aunt. … read more

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12. Scars Like Wings

By: Erin Stewart

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Relatable, heartbreaking, and real, this is a story of resilience--the perfect novel for readers of… read more

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"When a wound’s that deep, it’s the healing that hurts."

-Erin Stewart, Scars Like Wings

"Their stares tell me I’m different, sure, but they reveal an even deeper truth: I’m less."

-Erin Stewart, Scars Like Wings

"Funny how when your secret keeper is gone, all those dreams and conversations vanish, too."

-Erin Stewart, Scars Like Wings

"This is why I don’t need mirrors; I can see my reflection in the eyes of everyone around me. My face always finds me."

-Erin Stewart, Scars Like Wings

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13. The Child on Platform One

By: Gill Thompson

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by the real-life escape of thousands of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe on the K… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
  • holocaust
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14. The Gunner Girls: Evie's Story (The Ack-Ack Gunner Girls #1)

By: Sylvia Broady

4.52

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

An absolutely heartbreaking and uplifting wartime story of love, loss and friendship. 1942. D… read more

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15. The Last Boat Home

By: Rachel Sweasey

4.27

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

1940: When Daisy, a paintress at the local pottery, looks out across Poole Harbour, waiting for the… read more

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16. A Light in the Window (Margarete's Journey, #1)

By: Marion Kummerow

4.18

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Berlin, 1941: Margarete Rosenbaum is working as a housemaid for a senior Nazi officer when his hous… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
  • holocaust
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17. Primary Target (Forging of Luke Stone #1)

By: Jack Mars

4.29

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

"Uno de los mejores thrillers que he leído este año." --Críticas de Libros y Películas (referente a… read more

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  • war
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18. Ce vrăji a mai făcut pisica mea

By: Radu Paraschivescu

3.97

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

„Ultimele cercetări în domeniu arată că principala trăsătură a pisicii e arta de-a suscita simpatie… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. Seuraavana Tampere

By: Mirella Mäkilä

3.40

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Hulvaton lukuherkku Tampereen paluumuuttajasta aloittaa mutkatonta elämää ja ystävyyttä ylistävän S… read more

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20. Tšernobylin koirat

By: Johanna Aulen

3.57

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Tuhoalueen koirien koskettava tarina Uusi kotimainen sarjakuvateos kertoo maailman tuhoisimmasta… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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21. Someone Savage

By: Mike McCrary

4.32

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping, fast-paced thriller for fans of Harlan Coben, Karin Slaughter, and Rachel Abbott. La… read more

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22. Daughters of Warsaw

By: Maria Frances

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotional World War Two time-slip of one woman’s inspiring, dangerous and courageous undertaking… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
  • holocaust
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23. O Manuscrito de Birkenau

By: José Rodrigues dos Santos

4.36

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Auschwitz é o ponto de encontro entre duas figuras singulares. Uma é o Grande Nivelli, o mágico jud… read more

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24. The Last Letter from London (Her Secret War #3)

By: Pam Lecky

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Her letters can save the country. But can she be trusted? A double agent. As World War Two ra… read more

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  • world war ii
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25. Under a Sunburnt Sky: An unforgettable story of heroism & love

By: Bronwen Pratley

4.52

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

WINNER OF THE HISTORICAL FICTION CATEGORY OF THE 2023 BEST INDIE BOOK AWARD!Inspired by the true st… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
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26. Jackie

By: Anne Swärd

3.60

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

"Tidigt om försommaren, på ett försenat tåg på väg mot huvudstaden och ett nytt liv - allt börjar d… read more

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Cover of The Silk Code (WW2 Secret Agent #1) by Deborah Swift

27. The Silk Code (WW2 Secret Agent #1)

By: Deborah Swift

4.33

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on the true story of ‘Englandspiel’, one woman must race against the clock to uncover a trait… read more

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  • world war ii
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28. Lupasin sinulle rakastaa

By: Suvi Laru

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Aivoleikkauksesta kotiin palaa tuntematon mies. Satumainen rakkaustarina vaihtuu ymmärrykseen, että… read more

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29. The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz: A Powerful True Story of Hope and Survival

By: Thomas Geve

4.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring true story of hope and survival, this is the testimony of a boy who was imprisoned in … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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30. The Crate: A Story Of War, A Murder, And Justice

By: Deborah Vadas Levison

3.98

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

After surviving the horrors of the Holocaust – in ghettos, on death marches, and in concentration c… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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31. The Violinist of Auschwitz

By: Jean-Jacques Felstein

3.52

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Arrested in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz, Elsa survived because she had the 'opportunity' to join… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust

6 Best history books like The Violinist of Auschwitz by Jean-Jacques Felstein

Transform Your Habits

Boy 30529: A Memoir

Felix Weinberg

4.51

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When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains

Ariana Neumann

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Tšernobylin koirat

Johanna Aulen

3.57

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The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz: A Powerful True Story of Hope and Survival

Thomas Geve

4.39

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Rósa & Björk (Hildur, #2)

Satu Rämö

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Elolliset

Iida Turpeinen

4.38

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Kaarna

Tommi Kinnunen

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Sarvijumala

Magdalena Hai

3.70

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