18 must-read nonfiction books like Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust by Stephen Koch

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Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust

By: Stephen Koch

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable story of a forgotten seventeen-year-old Jew who was blamed by the Nazis for the anti-S…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust by Stephen Koch , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy

By: Elizabeth Kendall

4.18

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

By: Dee Brown

4.25

Format: 509 pages, Paperback

Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling his… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"It is too often the case,"

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

"We rarely know the full power of words, in print or spoken."

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.' - Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse)"

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

"To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself."

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

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3. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. Son of Hamas

By: Mosab Hassan Yousef , Ron Brackin , مصعب حسن يوسف

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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5. Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

By: Ben Macintyre

4.25

Format: 127 pages,

In 1943, from a windowless London basement office, two intelligence officers conceived a plan that … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

6. The Canterbury Tales

By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Nevill Coghill

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval… read more

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7. The Zone of Interest

By: Martin Amis

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing por… read more

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8. Black Girl Lost

By: Donald Goines

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this shocking novel of a young girl alone on the streets, Goines delves into yet another facet o… read more

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9. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

By: William L. Shirer

4.21

Format: 1147 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 ye… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
"One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( …"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had — or would shortly assume — the aura of a truly chari…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electr…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which set out on the path taken ea…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

10. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

By: Ben Macintyre

4.22

Format: None pages,

The incredible untold story of WWII s greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern m… read more

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11. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

By: Erik Larson

3.86

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hit… read more

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12. Corelli's Mandolin

By: Louis de Bernières

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

Captain Corelli's Mandolin is set in the early days of the second world war, before Benito Mussolin… read more

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13. Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies

By: Ben Macintyre

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

In his celebrated bestsellers Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat, Ben Macintyre told the dazzling… read more

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14. Thunderstruck

By: Erik Larson

3.77

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

The interwoven stories of two men whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal cases o… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

15. White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

By: Carol Anderson

3.67

Format: 208 pages,

From the Civil War to our combustible present, acclaimed historian Carol Anderson reframes our cont… read more

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16. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

By: Brad Meltzer

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • audiobook
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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18. The Children's Blizzard

By: Melanie Benjamin

3.95

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator's Wife reveals a little-known story of courage… read more

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  • historical
  • audiobook
"The Great Plains were immense enough to inspire the grandest, most foolish of dreams - but they were also vast enough that no one could ever explore every corner."

-Melanie Benjamin, The Children's Blizzard

"The blizzard, created when an enormous trough of cold air rushing in from the Arctic had met up with an equally enormous influx of warm, wet air from the gulf, gobbled up everything in its path. The …"

-Melanie Benjamin, The Children's Blizzard

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19. Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

By: Danny Trejo

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For the first time, the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo’s journey fr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"...even in prison I could be free."

-Danny Trejo, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

"...it's hard to teach anyone anything when they think they know everything already."

-Danny Trejo, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

"When you're an addict you think the only person you're hurting is you. And that's not true."

-Danny Trejo, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

"Once you know where drugs and alcohol will take you, you can never enjoy them the same way again."

-Danny Trejo, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

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20. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

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21. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison

By: Ben Macintyre

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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23. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

By: Grace Tame

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

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24. 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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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
"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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25. The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

By: Jonathan Freedland

4.37

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In a book that is part thrilling adventure, part exploration of some of the darkest secrets of the … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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26. The Keeper of Hidden Books

By: Madeline Martin

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of t… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
Cover of From Bad to Cursed (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #2) by Lana Harper

27. From Bad to Cursed (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #2)

By: Lana Harper

3.77

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Opposites attract in this wickedly charming rom-com by Lana Harper, author of Payback’s a Witch. … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars: Thrawn, #2) by Timothy Zahn

28. Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars: Thrawn, #2)

By: Timothy Zahn

3.96

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

"I have sensed a disturbance in the Force." Ominous words under any circumstances, but all the m… read more

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  • audiobook
"Uncertainties are often useful in paralyzing an opponent’s plans and actions"

-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars: Thrawn, #2)

"The past is the past," Vader said. "The present and future are all that matter."

-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars: Thrawn, #2)

"For a long moment, they stood together in silence. Vader thought about his secret... about Thrawn's loyalty... about the Emperor's continued need for him. Perhaps the entire Empire's need for him... …"

-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars: Thrawn, #2)

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29. Sisters in Resistance: How a German Spy, a Banker's Wife, and Mussolini's Daughter Outwitted the Nazis

By: Tilar J. Mazzeo

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In a tale as twisted as any spy thriller, discover how three women delivered critical evidence of A… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust

By: Stephen Koch

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable story of a forgotten seventeen-year-old Jew who was blamed by the Nazis for the anti-S… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Koch's Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust book and Stephen Koch's Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook

19 Top audiobook books like Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust by Stephen Koch

Transform Your Habits

The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy

Elizabeth Kendall

4.18

Transform Your Habits

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

William L. Shirer

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Thunderstruck

Erik Larson

3.77

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19 must-read audiobook books like Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

Transform Your Habits

Eruption

Michael Crichton

3.91

Transform Your Habits

You Like It Darker

Stephen King

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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