5 must-read war books like First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung

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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

By: Loung Ung

4.34

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

From a childhood survivor of the Cambodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting…

"In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means."

-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

"I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it. "

-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

"No one knows how precious you are. You are a diamond in the rough and with a little polishing, you will shine,"

-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

"This is what the war has done to me. Now I want to destroy because of it. There is such hate and rage inside me now. The Angkar has taught me to hate so deeply that I now know I have the power to destroy and kill."

-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

If you liked the war plot in First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Moves Make the Man

By: Bruce Brooks

3.70

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Reverse spin, triple pump, reverse dribble, stutter step with twist to the left, stutter into jumpe… read more

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2. Survival in the Killing Fields

By: Haing Ngor , Roger Warner

4.55

Format: 515 pages, Paperback

Nothing has shaped my life as much as surviving the Pol Pot regime. I am a survivor of the Cambodia… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • asia
  • war
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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3. Cambodia: A Report from a Stricken Land

By: Henry Kamm

3.50

Format: 192 pages,

Last year, the death of Pol Pot, the ruthless dictator of the 1970's, marked the end of an era of f… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Told by Starlight in Chad by Joseph Brahim Seid, Translated by Karen Haire Hoenig

4. Told by Starlight in Chad

By: Joseph Brahim Seid , Translated by Karen Haire Hoenig

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

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5. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

By: Ishmael Beah

4.19

Format: 416 pages,

The devastating story of war through the eyes of a child soldier. Beah tells how, at the age of twe… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

6. We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

By: Philip Gourevitch

3.36

Format: None pages,

In April of 1994, the government of Rwanda called on everyone in the Hutu majority to kill everyone… read more

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7. When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge

By: Chanrithy Him

3.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In a mesmerizing story, Chanrithy Him vividly recounts her trek through the hell of the "killing fi… read more

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8. Survivor: The triumph of an ordinary man in the Khmer Rouge genocide

By: None , None , None

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

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9. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

By: Loung Ung

4.34

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

From a childhood survivor of the Cambodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting… read more

Similar categories in Loung Ung's First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers book and Loung Ung's First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • politics
  • asia
  • war
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means."

-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

"I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it. "

-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

"No one knows how precious you are. You are a diamond in the rough and with a little polishing, you will shine,"

-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

"This is what the war has done to me. Now I want to destroy because of it. There is such hate and rage inside me now. The Angkar has taught me to hate so deeply that I now know I have the power to des…"

-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

10. Made You Look: How Advertising Works and Why You Should Know

By: Shari Graydon

5.00

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

Advertising is pervasive. A typical North American child views a staggering 40,000 ads every year o… read more

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11. Another Quiet American: Stories of Life in Laos

By: None

4.29

Format: 248 pages,

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12. Living on the Devil's Doorstep: International Adventures

By: Floyd McClung

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

When thousands of young people checked out of Western society and sought enlightenment in the East,… read more

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13. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.29

Format: 470 pages, ebook

Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

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14. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind

By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

4.29

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Ready to break through the six-figure plateau? Discover an actionable strategy to cross over the mi… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love by Aimee Cabo Nikolov

15. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov

4.30

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

Her family secrets burst in the spotlight when Aimee and her sister went to the authorities. In thi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"We can be beacons of light"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"Unconditional Love conquers all!"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"God is the Cure, Love is the Answer"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

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16. Norng Chan Phal: The Mystery Of The Boy At S-21

By: Eng Kok Thay

3.44

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Norng Chan Phal's life journey is a story of family, love and the struggle to survive and rebuild l… read more

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17. The Six-Day Hero

By: Tammar Stein

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Motti knows that war is coming. Israel is only nineteen years old, the same age as Motti's brave ol… read more

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18. Co-wives, Co-widows

By: Adrienne Yabouza

3.87

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Bangui, Central African Republic. This is the story of Ndongo Passy and Grekpoubou, the two widows … read more

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19. The Madwoman of Serrano

By: Dina Salústio

3.40

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Serrano is an isolated village where a madwoman roams. But is she really mad or is she marginalized… read more

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20. There's a Sheep in My Bathtub

By: Brian Hogan

4.18

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

What happens when you drop an American family with three small children into the post-Communist cha… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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21. The Killing Fields of Cambodia: Surviving a Living Hell

By: Sokphal Din

4.24

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

If you like an authentic, powerful narrative from the horrors of the Killing Fields in Cambodia, th… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction

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