Big Books of Summer
Maybe You Will Survive by Aron GoldfarbInto the Arms of Strangers by Mark Jonathan HarrisLusia's Long Journey Home by Lucy LipinerMy German Question by Peter GayThe Tiger in the Attic by Edith Milton
Holocaust Escapees
8th out of 114 books — 29 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Well-Written Holocaust Books
214th out of 914 books — 2,959 voters

Into the Arms of Strangers by Mark Jonathan HarrisKindertransport by Olga Levy DruckerRescuing the Children by Deborah HodgeThe Children of Willesden Lane. Beyond the Kindertransport by Mona GolabekMy Family for the War by Anne C. Voorhoeve
Kindertransport
30th out of 61 books — 20 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Women Around the World
223rd out of 1,177 books — 437 voters

The Jewel in the Crown by Paul ScottEnglish Passengers by Matthew KnealeCopenhagen by Michael FraynTouch Not the Cat by Mary StewartThe American by Henry James
Moderately Underrated Books (1,000 to 10,000 ratings)
118th out of 1,957 books — 268 voters
Hidden by Loïc DauvillierCry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn RingtvedEidi by Bodil BredsdorffMy Family for the War by Anne C. VoorhoeveThe Crow-Girl by Bodil Bredsdorff
Batchelder Award Books
6th out of 96 books — 11 voters

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Best Children's Historical Fiction
341st out of 846 books — 851 voters
I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithPrisoner of Night and Fog by Anne BlankmanA Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle CooperConspiracy of Blood and Smoke by Anne BlankmanThe FitzOsbornes in Exile by Michelle Cooper
YA Fiction set in the 1930s
28th out of 84 books — 62 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanNever My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriNever My Father's Daughter by Bamini Selladurai
Immigrant Experience Literature
395th out of 1,057 books — 1,712 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBefore We Were Free by Julia AlvarezDarius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib KhorramThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
International YA Books
23rd out of 192 books — 26 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNumber the Stars by Lois LowryBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysOperation Einstein by Mark A. Cooper
YA Holocaust & WWII Novels
159th out of 495 books — 790 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Books Set on Islands
276th out of 1,055 books — 352 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysRose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
YA Fiction set in the 1940s
86th out of 255 books — 164 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Huế 1968 by Mark BowdenThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
War has no winners
258th out of 1,147 books — 540 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingDivergent by Veronica RothThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Books for 13/14 year-olds
154th out of 377 books — 346 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodMatilda by Roald DahlThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Fiction/Novels with Female Protagonists That Aren't About Love or Romance
236th out of 668 books — 357 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryMother of the River by Emily McPhersonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Novels Set on Cold Weather Islands
81st out of 318 books — 68 voters
The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew FoxA Faraway Island by Annika ThorThe Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma LagerlöfPancakes for Findus by Sven NordqvistLucia Morning in Sweden by Ewa Rydåker
Sweden in Juvenile Fiction
2nd out of 109 books — 5 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakOne for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly HuntAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryWhite Oleander by Janet FitchThree Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Kids in Foster Care
106th out of 393 books — 176 voters
Wonder by R.J. PalacioI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Red Pencil by Andrea Davis PinkneyThe Riverman by Aaron StarmerNo Normal by G. Willow Wilson
Sweden Battle of the Books 2015-16 Proposal
14th out of 38 books — 8 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryAvelynn by Marissa CampbellPollyanna by Eleanor H. PorterPrincess Academy by Shannon HalePippi Goes on Board by Astrid Lindgren
Girls with Braids
135th out of 313 books — 83 voters
Me Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsWinter by Marissa MeyerCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Martian by Andy Weir
What we've read so far in 2016
3353rd out of 7,996 books — 1,007 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFirekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline BoulleyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahFinlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
52 Book Club 2022: #4 Title Starting With The Letter "F"
459th out of 633 books — 110 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniCocaine Blues by Kerry GreenwoodGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieShōgun by James Clavell
Historical Fiction NOT Set in the United Kingdom, France, or the United States
78th out of 220 books — 11 voters

Maybe You Will Survive by Aron GoldfarbBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysSurviving The Forest by Adiva GeffenThe Songs We Hide by Connie Hampton ConnallyNight by Elie Wiesel
To-Read After The Book Thief
22nd out of 40 books — 32 voters
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettI, Cleopatra by William BostockYellow Wife by Sadeqa JohnsonWinter Dreams by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Historical Fiction Gems You Suspect Many Have Not Read.
95th out of 217 books — 10 voters

Number the Stars by Lois LowryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best Young Adult Holocaust/WWII Books
37th out of 94 books — 111 voters
Facing the Lion by Simone Arnold LiebsterThe Adventures of Park Ranger Brock Cliffhanger & His Jr. Par... by Mark VillarealBehind the Bedroom Wall by Laura E. WilliamsA Faraway Island by Annika ThorRed Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang
The Children Shall Lead
4th out of 69 books — 2 voters

The Rose Code by Kate QuinnThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
52 Book Club 2025: #50 Set in the 1940's (Includes WWII)
119th out of 173 books — 95 voters
Konrad by Christine NöstlingerRonia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid LindgrenThe Little Man by Erich KästnerDon't Take Teddy by Babbis Friis-BaastadWildcat Under Glass by Alki Zei
Batchelder Award winners - children's literature translated into English
42nd out of 52 books — 2 voters

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