11 Best historical books like Surviving the War by Adiva Geffen

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Surviving the War

By: Adiva Geffen

4.16

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

An extraordinary novel based on an incredible true story of love, resilience, survival and hope. Pe…

If you liked the historical plot in Surviving the War by Adiva Geffen , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

By: Karl Pilkington , Ricky Gervais , Stephen Merchant

3.84

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The companion guide to the hysterical television show of the same name, in which Ricky Gervais and … read more

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"I've never been touched by such an old man."

-Karl Pilkington, An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

"I always have a problem liking things I'm told I should like."

-Karl Pilkington, An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

"I thought the fart was a human thing. It's something to do with like, arse cheeks, or whatever."

-Karl Pilkington, An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

"A block of blood should not have the word "cake" after it...they might as well say "shite gateau"

-Karl Pilkington, An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

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2. Born Survivors

By: Wendy Holden

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would n… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Holden's Born Survivors book and Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War

  • world war ii
  • historical

3. Hot Milk

By: Deborah Levy

3.94

Format: 489 pages, Hardcover

Sofia, a young anthropologist, has spent much of her life trying to solve the mystery of her mother… read more

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  • fiction
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4. The Stable Boy of Auschwitz

By: Henry Oster

4.53

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

This heart-wrenching memoir from a Holocaust survivor reveals the terrible realities of life in Aus… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
Cover of The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

5. The Beekeeper of Aleppo

By: Christy Lefteri

4.17

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

The unforgettable love story of a mother blinded by loss and her husband who insists on their survi… read more

Similar categories in Christy Lefteri's The Beekeeper of Aleppo book and Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Inside the person you know, there is a person you do not know."

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

"It takes bravery to cry out, to release what is in your heart."

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

"Sometimes we create such powerful illusions, so that we do not get lost in the darkness."

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

"You see?" he whispered. "You see? You have to relax and turn into nature. Then you will be fine"

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

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6. Piglet

By: Lottie Hazell

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women's ambitions and appetites—and the truth about having it a… read more

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  • fiction
"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

"She opened the capers, green and freckled as amphibians, and with a teaspoon eased them from their brine. The olives were next, and she pushed pits from the aubergine-dark fruits, dropping their fles…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

"On the platter before her there was a bowl of beef bourguignon, the sauce dark with merlot; the corner of dauphinoise potatoes, gruyère-crusted top browned, bubbled with heat; there was a small plate…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

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7. The Mercy Chair (Washington Poe #6)

By: M.W. Craven

4.63

Format: 485 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin . . . Washington Poe has a story to tell. And he… read more

Similar categories in M.W. Craven's The Mercy Chair (Washington Poe #6) book and Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War

  • fiction
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8. The Royal Secret

By: Lucinda Riley

4.08

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

In this suspenseful and heart-pounding novel from New York Times bestselling author Lucinda Riley, … read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Riley's The Royal Secret book and Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. It Ends at Midnight

By: Harriet Tyce

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's New Year's Eve, and the stage is set for a lavish party in one of Edinburgh's best postcodes. … read more

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  • fiction
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10. The Jigsaw Man (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #1)

By: Nadine Matheson

3.88

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery... When body parts are found on the banks of the Ri… read more

Similar categories in Nadine Matheson's The Jigsaw Man (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #1) book and Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War

  • fiction
"I always find it odd when people say that of the dead. They had their whole life ahead of them. Clearly, they didn't because they're dead. We may not like the method of disposal but when it's your ti…"

-Nadine Matheson, The Jigsaw Man (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #1)

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11. Fracture (Project 613)

By: Elyse Hoffman

3.87

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-wrenching WW2 story of forbidden love and torn allegiances. Franz Keidel is a monstrous … read more

Similar categories in Elyse Hoffman's Fracture (Project 613) book and Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. The Girl Who Survived

By: Ellie Midwood

4.22

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

“It was very dangerous for him, and he knew it. But his love for me was stronger than fear.” - Ilse… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Midwood's The Girl Who Survived book and Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"They. His own superiors became “they"

-Ellie Midwood, The Girl Who Survived

"Who would have thought that words could hold so much power, to stir so much hatred that it would eventually lead to genocide? I, for one, had always believed that we, the human race, were better than…"

-Ellie Midwood, The Girl Who Survived

"I looked at him. He sat in the darkness, with his brows knitted tightly together, as though trying to grasp something, to understand the inconceivable, to pinpoint the moment when everything suddenly…"

-Ellie Midwood, The Girl Who Survived

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13. The Secret Photograph

By: Siobhan Curham

4.61

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Nazi-occupied Paris, 1942. Clarisse clutches her camera as hundreds of police swarm the streets. Th… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Curham's The Secret Photograph book and Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The German Daughter

By: Marius Gabriel

4.48

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

The band new absolutely gripping and heartbreaking World War II historical novel from master storyt… read more

Similar categories in Marius Gabriel's The German Daughter book and Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter

By: Josef Lewkowicz

4.20

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

WINNER OF THE CANADIAN JEWISH LITERARY AWARD FOR HOLOCAUST LITERATURE An amazing, untold story of … read more

Similar categories in Josef Lewkowicz's The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter book and Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War

  • world war ii
  • historical
Cover of Sixty Blades of Grass: a moving WWII drama based on true events by Elizabeth Millane

16. Sixty Blades of Grass: a moving WWII drama based on true events

By: Elizabeth Millane

4.46

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

"A darkly lyrical homage to bravery and love in WWII" – Mary Glickman, author of By The Rivers of B… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Millane's Sixty Blades of Grass: a moving WWII drama based on true events book and Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War

  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Saboteur of Auschwitz: The Inspiring True Story of a British Soldier Held Prisoner in Auschwitz by Colin Rushton

17. The Saboteur of Auschwitz: The Inspiring True Story of a British Soldier Held Prisoner in Auschwitz

By: Colin Rushton

3.91

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1942, young British soldier Arthur Dodd was taken prisoner by the German Army and transported to… read more

Similar categories in Colin Rushton's The Saboteur of Auschwitz: The Inspiring True Story of a British Soldier Held Prisoner in Auschwitz book and Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War

  • world war ii
  • historical
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18. Unshed Tears

By: Edith Hofmann

4.37

Format: 482 pages, Kindle Edition

Unshed Tears, written soon after the war, relates the authors experiences of being deported to a gh… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical fiction
Cover of Surviving the War by Adiva Geffen

19. Surviving the War

By: Adiva Geffen

4.16

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

An extraordinary novel based on an incredible true story of love, resilience, survival and hope. Pe… read more

Similar categories in Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War book and Adiva Geffen's Surviving the War

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of INSIDE NUREMBERG PRISON the compelling story of the only German-Jewish translator to work in Nuremberg Prison (Helen Fry’s World War Two True Stories) by Helen Fry

20. INSIDE NUREMBERG PRISON the compelling story of the only German-Jewish translator to work in Nuremberg Prison (Helen Fry’s World War Two True Stories)

By: Helen Fry

4.48

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

THE COMPELLING AND MOVING TRUE STORY OF THE ONLY GERMAN-JEWISH TRANSLATOR TO WORK AT NUREMBERG.‘I c… read more

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21. Yvette of the S.O.E.: (Winston Churchill's 'Special Operations Executive') - A WW2 story of survival against all odds. (2nd World War Fiction by Kevin Paul Woodrow)

By: Kevin Paul Woodrow

4.30

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a WW2 story of great courage and survival against almost impossible odds. During the year o… read more

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13 Best fiction books like Surviving the War by Adiva Geffen

Hot Milk

Deborah Levy

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Christy Lefteri

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Piglet

Lottie Hazell

3.47

Transform Your Habits

The Mercy Chair (Washington Poe #6)

M.W. Craven

4.63

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24 Best fiction books like Sixty Blades of Grass: a moving WWII drama based on true events by Elizabeth Millane

Transform Your Habits

The Austrian Bride

Helen Parusel

4.44

Transform Your Habits

The Girl Who Never Came Back

Suzanne Goldring

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Girl from Provence

Helen Fripp

4.43

Transform Your Habits

The Berlin Sisters

Soraya M. Lane

4.48

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