17 best-selling history books like Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance by Jeremy Eichler

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Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

By: Jeremy Eichler

4.54

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stirring account of how music bears witness to history and carries forward the memory of the wart…

If you liked the history plot in Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance by Jeremy Eichler , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

By: Lisa Dickey , Herbie Hancock

4.13

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our time In Herbie … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Dickey's Herbie Hancock: Possibilities book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise by Olivia Laing

2. The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

By: Olivia Laing

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual pla… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Laing's The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"One of the operations by which capitalism perpetuates itself is displacement, the determined and absolute separation of the product from the site of production, so that when we buy petrol or peat fro…"

-Olivia Laing, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

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3. The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

By: William Egginton

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explored the greatest enigmas in the universe—the nature of … read more

Similar categories in William Egginton's The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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4. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

Similar categories in Hampton Sides's The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

5. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Cover of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben  Goldfarb

6. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

By: Ben Goldfarb

4.45

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more

Similar categories in Ben Goldfarb's Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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7. Septology

By: Jon Fosse

4.52

Format: 825 pages, Paperback

The celebrated Norwegian novelist’s magnum opus, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, pu… read more

Similar categories in Jon Fosse's Septology book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

"and what the picture is in reality is this spirit, that’s what a picture really is, neither matter nor soul but both parts at the same time and together they make up what I think of as spirit, and ma…"

-Jon Fosse, Septology

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8. Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

By: Peter Sarris

4.29

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

A definitive new biography of the Byzantine emperor Justinian     Justinian is a radical reassessme… read more

Similar categories in Peter Sarris's Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849 by Christopher   Clark

9. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

By: Christopher Clark

4.18

Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover

An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Clark's Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849 book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • history
  • germany
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."

-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

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10. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

By: Jonathan Rosen

4.07

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Rosen's The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."

-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"

-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

Cover of The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

11. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

Similar categories in Steve Coll's The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk

12. The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

By: Ned Blackhawk

4.18

Format: 596 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essentia… read more

Similar categories in Ned Blackhawk's The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant

13. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

By: John Vaillant

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more

Similar categories in John Vaillant's Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance by Jeremy Eichler

14. Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

By: Jeremy Eichler

4.54

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stirring account of how music bears witness to history and carries forward the memory of the wart… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • music
  • history
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • war
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
Cover of The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story by Sam Wasson

15. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story

By: Sam Wasson

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more

Similar categories in Sam Wasson's The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer

16. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

By: Jonathan Blitzer

4.49

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Blitzer's Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József  Debreczeni

17. Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

By: József Debreczeni

4.53

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

The first English language edition of a lost memoir by a Holocaust survivor, offering a shocking an… read more

Similar categories in József Debreczeni's Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance by Rebecca Clarren

18. The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance

By: Rebecca Clarren

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Sharply insightful . . . A monumental piece of work." — The Boston Globe An award-winning author … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Clarren's The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • history
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Death in Malta: An Assassination and a Family's Quest for Justice by Paul Caruana Galizia

19. A Death in Malta: An Assassination and a Family's Quest for Justice

By: Paul Caruana Galizia

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A journalist’s account of the murder of his muckraking mother and a quest for justice that has reve… read more

Similar categories in Paul Caruana Galizia's A Death in Malta: An Assassination and a Family's Quest for Justice book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by John Ganz

20. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

Similar categories in John Ganz's When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s book and Jeremy Eichler's Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

18 must-read audiobook books like Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance by Jeremy Eichler

Transform Your Habits

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

Olivia Laing

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

William Egginton

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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20 must-read audiobook books like The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk

Transform Your Habits

Night Watch

Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

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