14 must-read history books like Klaus Barbie: The Butcher of Lyons by Tom Bower

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Klaus Barbie: The Butcher of Lyons

By: Tom Bower

3.53

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of one of Hitler’s most feared and brutal his life and crimes, postwar atrocities, …

If you liked the history plot in Klaus Barbie: The Butcher of Lyons by Tom Bower , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. The Hidden Village

By: Imogen Matthews

4.20

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Wartime Holland. Who can you trust? Deep in the Veluwe woods lies a secret that frustrates the Germ… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
  • holocaust
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2. Cross Bones (Temperance Brennan, #8)

By: Kathy Reichs

4.71

Format: 595 pages,

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3. The Last Jews in Berlin

By: Leonard Gross

3.79

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

In February 1943, four thousand Jews went underground in Berlin. By the end of the war, all but a f… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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4. 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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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war

5. Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans

By: Vivien Spitz

3.79

Format: 249 pages, Hardcover

A chilling story of human depravity and ultimate justice, told for the first time by an eyewitness … read more

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6. 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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7. Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields

By: Wendy Lower

3.89

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

History has it that the role of women in Nazi Germany was to be the perfect Hausfrau, produce the n… read more

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8. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

By: Giles Milton

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secre… read more

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9. The Nazi Hunters

By: Damien Lewis

3.82

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The Nazi Huntersis the incredible, hitherto untold story of the most secret chapter in the SAS's hi… read more

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10. The Amish Wife

By: Gregg Olsen

3.49

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Am… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
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11. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

By: Tina Brown

4.03

Format: 571 pages, Hardcover

The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"What Diana’s younger son was thinking only he can tell us, and doubtless will."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Dacre's staff referred to his morning editorial meetings as the “Vagina Monologues,"

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Until he lost his hair, Prince William was probably the biggest heartthrob to be heir to the throne since the pre-obese Henry VIII."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Philip had to apologize in 1999 after a walkabout at an Edinburgh electronics factory when he commented that a fuse box bursting with wires looked “as if it was put in by an Indian."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

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12. The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel

By: Ana Johns

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Oceans and decades apart, two women are inextricably bound by the secrets between them. Japan, 1… read more

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"Worry gives a small thing big shadows."

-Ana Johns, The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel

"What is truth but a story we tell ourselves?"

-Ana Johns, The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel

"A mind conscious of guilt is its own accuser."

-Ana Johns, The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel

"Anger rips free from a tongue too often silenced."

-Ana Johns, The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel

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13. The Bone Hacker (Temperance Brennan, #22)

By: Kathy Reichs

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her twenty-second high-stakes thrill… read more

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14. The Girl Who Escaped from Auschwitz

By: Ellie Midwood

4.47

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

“We must die standing up for something.” “And what are we standing up for?” “The most importa… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
  • holocaust
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15. 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

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  • world war ii
  • war
  • holocaust
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16. American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World

By: Gregg Olsen

3.55

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author comes the shocking true-crime story of a mother and wife, her distur… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of NYPD: Laughing In The Line Of Duty (Tell All NYPD Books) by Vic Ferrari

17. NYPD: Laughing In The Line Of Duty (Tell All NYPD Books)

By: Vic Ferrari

4.22

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Life as a New York City police officer is nothing like what you see on television. Of course, it ca… read more

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18. The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story

By: Nechama Birnbaum

4.56

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Rosie was always told her red hair was a curse, but she never believed it. She often dreamed what i… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland

19. 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
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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20. 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz

By: Heather Dune Macadam

4.54

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A PEN America Literary Award Finalist A Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee An Amazon Best of the Yea… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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21. The Family

By: S.E. Green

4.14

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

Nothing’s more important than family... Leah When Leah’s daughter, Nyla, unexpectedly appears at … read more

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22. Oskar Schindler: A Life from Beginning to End (World War 2 Biographies)

By: Hourly History

4.45

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the remarkable life of Oskar Schindler...Free BONUS Inside!Oskar Schindler was an unexpect… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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23. Auschwitz Prisoner 31119: The Shocking True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor

By: Yitzchak Borowsky

3.88

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

She was liberated from hell on Earth. But will she ever be free from Auschwitz?Poland, 1943. Dark s… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • holocaust
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24. The Son and Heir: A Memoir

By: Alexander Münninghoff

3.81

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

A prize-winning Dutch journalist’s unsparing memoir of growing up amid the excesses, triumphs, and … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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25. The Deadline Clock (Colter Shaw #3.5)

By: Jeffery Deaver

4.11

Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition

Reward seeker Colter Shaw faces a ticking clock with murderous consequences in this riveting short … read more

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26. Captivated (Colter Shaw, #0.5)

By: Jeffery Deaver

3.82

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

A new story from the bestselling and award-winning master of suspense, introducing Colter Shaw. … read more

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27. Boys of Courage: A WW2 Historical Novel, Based on a True Story of a Jewish Holocaust Survivor (Gripping World War 2 Resistance Stories Book 6)

By: Amos Blas

4.33

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

He’ll do anything to save his family… but what will he do when the time comes to save himself? P… read more

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  • world war ii
  • holocaust
Cover of The Giant Killer: The incredible true story of the smallest man to serve in the U.S. Military—Vietnam veteran Green Beret Captain Richard J. Flaherty - Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, & 2 Purple Hearts. by David A. Yuzuk

28. The Giant Killer: The incredible true story of the smallest man to serve in the U.S. Military—Vietnam veteran Green Beret Captain Richard J. Flaherty - Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, & 2 Purple Hearts.

By: David A. Yuzuk

4.50

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

The astonishing true story of Richard James Flaherty—a diminutive homeless man whose remarkable lif… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • war
Cover of The Architect (The Sikora Files Book 2) by Jack Carnegie

29. The Architect (The Sikora Files Book 2)

By: Jack Carnegie

4.35

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Eugene Kennedy has a new job. He’s to locate, capture, denounce and put to trial Nazi war criminals… read more

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30. Gehlen: Germany's Master Spy (Hitler's Henchmen)

By: Charles Whiting

3.90

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

The full story of the most important spy of the twentieth century.Perfect for fans of Ben Macintyre… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
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31. Klaus Barbie: The Butcher of Lyons

By: Tom Bower

3.53

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of one of Hitler’s most feared and brutal his life and crimes, postwar atrocities, … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • war
  • research
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust

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3.49

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4.27

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Ann Rule

4.17

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