23 must-read historical fiction books like The Commandant’s Dog by Shmuel David

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The Commandant’s Dog

By: Shmuel David

4.20

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

A unique and hopeful novel about a girl struggling alone for survival in the cruelest camp in Polan…

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Cover of The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz by Sara Leibovits

1. The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz

By: Sara Leibovits

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the brakes. It felt like we waited in the… read more

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  • holocaust
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2. The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II Book 1)

By: Limor Regev

4.46

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

He has endured more than any child ever should, but now he must survive Block 66. January, 1945 . … read more

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  • holocaust
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3. The Italian Bookshop Among the Vines

By: Amanda Weinberg

4.22

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

In a secluded Italian village, Jewish and Catholic families live side by side. As the storm clouds … read more

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  • holocaust
  • historical fiction
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4. The Austrian Bride

By: Helen Parusel

4.44

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

Austria, 1938 After years of hardship, Ella is full of hope for a better future for Austrians, a… read more

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  • historical fiction
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5. The Flame Within Her (German Wives #2)

By: Marion Kummerow

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

“I love you more than life itself. But you’re not safe. If you weren’t married to me, you wouldn’t … read more

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  • historical fiction
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6. An Innocent Child (Margot's Secret #2)

By: Roberta Kagan

4.51

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

In the haunting backdrop of a world in turmoil, love, loyalty, and lineage converge in this grippin… read more

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  • historical fiction
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7. The Secret They Hid (Margot's Secret #1)

By: Roberta Kagan

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

All's not fair in love and war. As the Great War rages, two brothers, Leo and Alex, are ensnared… read more

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  • historical fiction
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8. Good Town

By: Mary Louise Wells

4.60

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

In Nazi Germany, a pious man makes a decision to protect his family, but at what cost? Josef Hau… read more

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  • historical fiction
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9. The First Spark of Fire (German Wives #1)

By: Marion Kummerow

4.32

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Germany, 1938. ‘No,’ she cries out as she falls to the floor, fear clutching desperately at her che… read more

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  • historical fiction
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10. 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

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  • historical fiction
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11. When's Mummy Coming?

By: Rachel Wesson

4.61

Format: 630 pages, Kindle Edition

To Keep Her Children, Another Woman Has To Die Germany 1939 – To save her baby, Trudi Beck must ha… read more

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  • holocaust
  • historical fiction
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12. Surviving The Forest (World War II Brave Women Fiction)

By: Adiva Geffen

4.24

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Five shots on Saturday morning changed their fate … She was a beautiful and happy young woman who … read more

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  • holocaust
  • historical fiction
Cover of Elida, The Forbidden Ghetto Girl: The story of a daughter with three fathers and four mothers by Zipora Klein Jakob

13. Elida, The Forbidden Ghetto Girl: The story of a daughter with three fathers and four mothers

By: Zipora Klein Jakob

4.46

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

The unforgettable story of a forbidden girl born in Kovno Ghetto, despite the Nazi prohibition on J… read more

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14. The American Wife (The Diplomat's Wife #1)

By: Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger

4.25

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

With her heart in her mouth, Kitty let herself into her husband’s private study. She knew where he … read more

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  • historical fiction
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15. A Promise: A Sweeping Story of Friendship in WWII

By: Amelia Martin

4.44

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

In the turbulent aftermath of World War I, Germany is a nation reeling from hardship and chaos. … read more

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  • historical fiction
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16. Off Target

By: Michael Rozen

3.76

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

He was off target, but some things will never stop hunting him. After many years of service in the … read more

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17. A Place to Call Home (Shilling Grange Children’s Home #2)

By: Lizzie Page

4.36

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

Shilling Grange Orphanage, England, 1949. She would do anything to protect the innocent children in… read more

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  • historical fiction
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18. The German Dressmaker: A WWII Historical Novel (World War II Brave Women Fiction Book 3)

By: Susan Shalev

4.52

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

World War II threatens to tear apart everything they’ve built together. 1937, Germany. Lily, a tale… read more

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  • historical fiction
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19. The Lightmaker of Auschwitz: A WW2 Historical Page-Turner Based on the True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

By: Naphtali Brezniak

4.37

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Can one man bring light to the darkest place in the world?When Moshe Brezniak steps off the train a… read more

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  • historical fiction
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20. The Child Who Lived

By: Ellie Midwood

4.41

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Austria, 1942: In Mauthausen concentration camp, two prisoners dare to fall in love. When a baby is… read more

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  • holocaust
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Honorable Choice (The Ashbrooks #4; Generations of Love #6) by M.A. Nichols

21. The Honorable Choice (The Ashbrooks #4; Generations of Love #6)

By: M.A. Nichols

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A marriage they didn’t choose. A child conceived in a lie. Can they overcome their broken dreams an… read more

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  • historical fiction
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22. The Image Seeker (Bold Women of the 20th Century, #4)

By: Amanda Hughes

4.45

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

The Dust Bowl 1936 — Battered and near death, Billie Bassett gazes up at the stars from the door of… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Shameless Flirt (The Ashbrooks #2; Generations of Love #3) by M.A. Nichols

23. The Shameless Flirt (The Ashbrooks #2; Generations of Love #3)

By: M.A. Nichols

4.41

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

A rogue with a silver tongue, a spinster with an iron heart, and the doorstep baby that brings them… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Anxiety is such a useless sentiment. It does not divert impending disasters nor does it help in preparing for them. And it is by no means an accurate portent of doom for more often than not, it signi…"

-M.A. Nichols, The Shameless Flirt (The Ashbrooks #2; Generations of Love #3)

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24. The German Mother: An absolutely gripping and heartbreaking historical novel

By: Debbie Rix

4.62

Format: 482 pages, Kindle Edition

1941, There’s a man in uniform outside my door. They’ve come for her. My beautiful little girl is … read more

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  • historical fiction
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25. Christmas Mercies (Little River Village Christmas #1)

By: Emily Josephine

4.40

Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition

A music teacher determined never to celebrate Christmas again… …the ninety-year-old woman weighed … read more

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26. An American Wife in Paris (The Diplomat's Wife #2)

By: Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger

4.37

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

“If I go back to Paris, it would be my third time there as an undercover agent...” Kitty murmured. … read more

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  • historical fiction
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27. A Birthday in Auschwitz-Birkenau: A True WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival Story

By: Eli Reismann

4.39

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

The unforgettable story of Eli Reismann, who arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau on his 15th birthday and… read more

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  • holocaust
  • historical fiction
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28. Whisling Island Series #1-3

By: Julia Clemens

4.46

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Whisling Island. Sunset on Whisling Island - Meet Bess, Olivia, Deb, and Gen as … read more

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29. The Good Daughter

By: S.A. McEwen

3.72

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A violent murder. A family secret. And a boyfriend who's not who he says he is... Sydney, Austr… read more

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30. The Commandant’s Dog

By: Shmuel David

4.20

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

A unique and hopeful novel about a girl struggling alone for survival in the cruelest camp in Polan… read more

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  • holocaust
  • historical fiction
Cover of Goebbels: Nazi Master of Illusion: The Destructive Power of Joseph Goebbels’s Propaganda and the Holocaust by Daniela Ozacky Stern

31. Goebbels: Nazi Master of Illusion: The Destructive Power of Joseph Goebbels’s Propaganda and the Holocaust

By: Daniela Ozacky Stern

4.15

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

What does it take to control the minds of millions of people—and influence their thoughts and actio… read more

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