18 best-selling historical books like Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

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Between Shades of Gray

By: Ruta Sepetys

3.71

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she ge…

If you liked the historical plot in Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Kuprelis by Ignas Šeinius

1. Kuprelis

By: Ignas Šeinius

3.33

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

„Mokinio skaitinių“ seriją sudaro virš 150-ies pavadinimų knygų, kurias rekomenduoja švietimo progr… read more

Similar categories in Ignas Šeinius's Kuprelis book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
Cover of Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

2. Number the Stars

By: Lois Lowry

4.00

Format: None pages,

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war.… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Number the Stars book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

3. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

By: John Boyne

4.02

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

Berlin 1942 When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being… read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's The Boy in the Striped Pajamas book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Book Thief

By: Markus Zusak

3.75

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

A story about, among other things: A girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a J… read more

Similar categories in Markus Zusak's The Book Thief book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

5. The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.49

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaime… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I don't want to just survive"

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"This book made me love reading."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"Saying something stupid doesn't make you stupid," Susan said. " Luckily for all of us."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"We'd escaped. Mam, Hitlers bombs, my one-room prison. Everything. Crazy or not, I was free."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

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6. Baltaragio malūnas

By: Kazys Boruta

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

,,Baltaragio malunas, arba kas dejosi anuo metu Paudruves kraste" (trumpiau ,,Baltaragio malunas") … read more

Similar categories in Kazys Boruta's Baltaragio malūnas book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

7. Between Shades of Gray

By: Ruta Sepetys

3.71

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she ge… read more

Similar categories in Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

8. Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)

By: Elizabeth Wein

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Oct. 11th, 1943 - A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are … read more

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9. All the Light We Cannot See

By: Anthony Doerr

3.68

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

A stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths c… read more

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10. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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11. The Paris Daughter

By: Kristin Harmel

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two m… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Paris Daughter book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"This isn't a decision I make lightly, but being a parent is not about doing what is right for ourselves, is it? It's about sacrificing all we can, big and small, to give our children their best chanc…"

-Kristin Harmel, The Paris Daughter

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12. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Only the Beautiful

By: Susan Meissner

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Only the Beautiful book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) by Heather   Morris

14. The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)

By: Heather Morris

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at… read more

Similar categories in Heather Morris's The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"If you wake up in the morning, it is a good day."

-Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)

"How can a race spread out across multiple countries be considered a threat?"

-Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)

"Good and evil coexist in the worst of times. It is then when hope shines through."

-Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)

"You see your world reflected in a mirror, but I have another mirror I look into mine, and I see a world that will bring yours down."

-Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)

Cover of The Little Liar by Mitch Albom

15. The Little Liar

By: Mitch Albom

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a coastal Gree… read more

Similar categories in Mitch Albom's The Little Liar book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Dead men tell no lies, but their truths must be unearthed."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"But the lies you tell by daylight leave you lonesome in the dark."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"The sad thing is, by the time you share what a loved one wants to hear, they no longer want to hear it."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"...a lie told once is easy to expose, but a lie told a thousand times can look like the truth. And destroy the world."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

Cover of Bluebird by Sharon Cameron

16. Bluebird

By: Sharon Cameron

4.34

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

A historical novel, set in postwar New York City. In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berli… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Cameron's Bluebird book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. A Night Divided

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.34

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I cannot speak what I think, then it's a crime just to be me."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . ."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

Cover of The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron

18. The Light in Hidden Places

By: Sharon Cameron

4.53

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of Stefania Podgorska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by … read more

Similar categories in Sharon Cameron's The Light in Hidden Places book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of They Went Left by Monica Hesse

19. They Went Left

By: Monica Hesse

4.24

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over,… read more

Similar categories in Monica Hesse's They Went Left book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Choose to love."

-Monica Hesse, They Went Left

"Our minds are nothing. That's the biggest nothing, the reason we are still in the hospital. Our minds are soft. Confused."

-Monica Hesse, They Went Left

Cover of The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer

20. The Things We Cannot Say

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.53

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of the Russian refugee… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Rimmer's The Things We Cannot Say book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

21. Girl in the Blue Coat

By: Monica Hesse

4.04

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Amsterdam, 1943. Hanneke spends her days procuring and delivering sought-after black market goods t… read more

Similar categories in Monica Hesse's Girl in the Blue Coat book and Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Sometimes hope can be poisonous."

-Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat

"Isn't love the opposite of rational?"

-Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat

"But when it comes down to it, we all die alone."

-Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat

"Girls in love will do desperate and creative things."

-Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat

19 best-selling fiction books like Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Transform Your Habits

Kuprelis

Ignas Šeinius

3.33

Transform Your Habits

Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

John Boyne

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

3.75

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17 best-selling fiction books like The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) by Heather Morris

Transform Your Habits

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

John Boyne

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Help

Kathryn Stockett

3.37

Transform Your Habits

The Alice Network

Kate Quinn

5.00

Transform Your Habits

The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah

3.28

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