5 must-read holocaust books like The Miracle Typist by Leon Silver

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The Miracle Typist

By: Leon Silver

4.21

Format: 336 pages, ebook

In the tradition of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, a heartbreaking true story of love, loss and surviv…

If you liked the holocaust plot in The Miracle Typist by Leon Silver , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Song of the Sun God

By: Shankari Chandran

4.36

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

Nala and Rajan, a young couple, begin their married life in 1946, on the eve of Sri Lanka's indepen… read more

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  • war
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2. Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany

By: Taylor Holden , Marthe Cohn

4.30

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"[T]he amazing story of a woman who lived through one of the worst times in human history, losing f… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
"Spurred on by those in public life, the ordinary bigots seemed to find a voice."

-Taylor Holden, Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany

"We are living history," I told my mother breathlessly one night after the radio had been turned off and we sat in complete silence. "I could do with a little less history, thank you," she replied cri…"

-Taylor Holden, Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany

"War taught me many things, among them that, like anyone, I could be a coward one minute and brave the next, depending entirely on circumstance. They say that war brings out the best and the worst in …"

-Taylor Holden, Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany

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3. Follow You Home

By: Mark Edwards

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime, a final adventure before settling down. After a perfe… read more

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4. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

By: Chris Hammer

4.23

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more

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5. Paradise (DS Walker, #2)

By: Patricia Wolf

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

As DS Lucas Walker recovers from his injuries, he heads from Caloodie, Queensland, to the Gold Coas… read more

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6. 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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7. When You Get the Chance

By: Emma Lord

3.88

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Nothing will get in the way of Millie Price’s dream to become a Broadway star. Not her lovable but … read more

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"I wish more than anything I could ask him something now. I was prepared to lose him, maybe. But I wasn't prepared for what happens after the losing."

-Emma Lord, When You Get the Chance

Cover of Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1) by Margaret Hickey

8. Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1)

By: Margaret Hickey

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterio… read more

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9. The Nurses' War

By: Victoria Purman

4.29

Format: 608 pages, ebook

There is more than one way to fight a war...An extraordinary story of grit, love and loss, based on… read more

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10. The German Midwife

By: Mandy Robotham

4.23

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

Germany, 1944. A prisoner in the camps, Anke Hoff is doing what she can to keep her pregnant ca… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
  • holocaust
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11. Auē

By: Becky Manawatu

4.50

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Taukiri was born into sorrow. Auē can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in t… read more

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"I thought how many terrible words there were, and how when they were let loose in the world, they sucked up all the air around them."

-Becky Manawatu, Auē

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12. The Good Wife of Bath

By: Karen Brooks

4.20

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

In the middle ages, a famous poet told a story that mocked a strong woman. It became a literary cla… read more

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"I've always said, never trust a person without brows, a maxim that has proven true on more than one occasion."

-Karen Brooks, The Good Wife of Bath

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13. At the Foot of the Cherry Tree

By: Alli Parker

4.28

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
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14. The Royal Librarian

By: Daisy Wood

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations… Windsor, 1940: Sec… read more

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  • world war ii
"The room smelt exactly as a library should: of old paper, leather and sweet, sticky glue, overlaid with furniture polish and the smoke from a thousand dead fires."

-Daisy Wood, The Royal Librarian

"She loved the calm regularity of librarianship; each book a treasure trove of information or experience that would be categorised, labelled and stored in its rightful place. And she could think of no…"

-Daisy Wood, The Royal Librarian

"Most walls of the family's apartment were lined with bookshelves, and more volumes were stacked in boxes under every bed and table. Her mother often threatened to throw them out with the rubbish, and…"

-Daisy Wood, The Royal Librarian

Cover of The Last Of The Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman

15. The Last Of The Bonegilla Girls

By: Victoria Purman

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Unknown Binding

For readers of The Woolgrower's Companion and The Three Miss Allens… Their friendship transcends na… read more

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16. Becoming Mrs Mulberry

By: Jackie French

4.28

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

From bestselling author Jackie French comes a book about the secrets we carry, those that we uneart… read more

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  • war
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17. Suitcase of Dreams

By: Tania Blanchard

3.70

Format: 400 pages, ebook

From the bestselling author of The Girl from Munich, a sweeping, dramatic tale of love and identity… read more

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  • world war ii
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18. Letters from Berlin

By: Tania Blanchard

3.98

Format: 448 pages, ebook

From the bestselling author of The Girl from Munich and Suitcase of Dreams comes an unforgettable t… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
  • holocaust
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19. Just an Ordinary Family

By: Fiona Lowe

4.06

Format: 470 pages, Kindle Edition

Liane Moriarty meets Jodi Picoult in this tensely negotiated story of family ties, betrayal and sac… read more

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20. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

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"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

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21. To Sing of War

By: Catherine McKinnon

4.19

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the Miles Franklin Award shortlisted Storyland, comes a rich, layered and thrill… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
Cover of The Wounded and the Lost (Monika Ritter #2) by Eoin Dempsey

22. The Wounded and the Lost (Monika Ritter #2)

By: Eoin Dempsey

4.53

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

It is 1943, and WW2 is raging. After parting with her husband, Michael, in London, Monika Ritte… read more

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23. The Prey

By: Yrsa Sigurdardottir

3.86

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

THE FIRST PHONE CALL SHOCKS A FAMILY. Kolbeinn has been called to his old home. The new owners u… read more

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24. Frankie

By: Graham Norton

4.53

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Frankie Howe has lived a long life, her small flat is crammed full of art, furniture - and memories… read more

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Cover of An Eye for an Eye (William Warwick #7) by Jeffrey Archer

25. An Eye for an Eye (William Warwick #7)

By: Jeffrey Archer

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In one of the most luxurious cities on earth, a billion-dollar deal is about to go badly wrong. A l… read more

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26. Raising Hare: A Memoir

By: Chloe Dalton

4.59

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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27. The Masterpiece

By: Belinda Alexandra

4.32

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A wartime betrayal, a race against time ... and a secret hidden in a painting.The must-read new nov… read more

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28. Opal (DS Walker #3)

By: Patricia Wolf

4.23

Format: None pages, ebook

A small mining town. A brutal double murder. A killer among them. DS Lucas Walker is off duty. H… read more

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29. The Miracle Typist

By: Leon Silver

4.21

Format: 336 pages, ebook

In the tradition of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, a heartbreaking true story of love, loss and surviv… read more

Similar categories in Leon Silver's The Miracle Typist book and Leon Silver's The Miracle Typist

  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
  • holocaust
Cover of The Valley (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #4) by Chris Hammer

30. The Valley (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #4)

By: Chris Hammer

4.36

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Seven.Nell Buchanan … read more

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31. River Song

By: Di Morrissey

4.08

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

THE 30TH NOVEL FROM AUSTRALIA'S FAVOURITE STORYTELLER DI MORRISSEY - A STORY ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AND W… read more

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4.36

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4.30

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4.47

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Judy Nunn

3.50

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Oriana Ramunno

4.12

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The Sugar Palace

Fiona McIntosh

3.89

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4.23

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