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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
891 books — 2,886 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
495 books — 790 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
956 books — 762 voters
Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxBlack Fire by William Kely McClung
Underground Knowledge (fiction and nonfiction)
1,348 books — 637 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareDivergent by Veronica RothInescapable by Amy A. BartolHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
The Best Books That Everyone Should Read
1,105 books — 447 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
A WWII Reading List
718 books — 379 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyNight by Elie Wiesel
My Country, the Enemy
393 books — 341 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankExodus by Leon Uris
Jewish Fiction And Literature
747 books — 263 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellNight by Elie Wiesel
Human Rights
548 books — 234 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Essential Books on the Holocaust
200 books — 198 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
237 books — 159 voters
Heat of Paris by Peter BreyerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomCome Back for Me by Sharon Hart-Green
The Holocaust - Fiction and Non
234 books — 145 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
87 books — 104 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergNumber the Stars by Lois LowryMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Honoring Jews From All Over Europe
115 books — 87 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomNight by Elie WieselSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Holocaust Literature
122 books — 86 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnne Frank Remembered by Miep GiesAnne Frank Beyond the Diary by Ruud van der RolAnne Frank by Melissa MüllerAnne Frank by Francine Prose
Anne Frank: The Best Books to read about her life and diary
80 books — 84 voters

Number the Stars by Lois LowryThe War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyThe Hundred Dresses by Eleanor EstesSomeone Named Eva by Joan M. WolfLily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1940s
385 books — 81 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque1984 by George OrwellThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
What Dystopian Readers Should Know
127 books — 57 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneCome Back for Me by Sharon Hart-GreenBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Holocaust Fiction for Older Teens
61 books — 57 voters
Number the Stars by Lois LowryInnocence Lost by Philip Sherman MygattNight by Elie WieselBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best Holocaust Survivor Novels
46 books — 52 voters

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall KellyThe Last Secret of The Soul by Stephen P. SmithThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John BoyneSkeletons at the Feast by Chris BohjalianSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Concentration Camps in Fiction
120 books — 21 voters
Number the Stars by Lois LowryThe Plot Against America by Philip RothThe Wind Knows My Name by Isabel AllendeFiddler on the Roof by Joseph SteinThe Summer Everything Changed by Ruth Bornstein
Anti-Semitism in Fiction
194 books — 16 voters

There was a garden in Nuremberg by Navina Michal ClemersonOur Daughters' Last Hope by Elaine StockSeparated Together by Kenneth P. PriceVan Gogh and Love by Nienke BosThe Story Keeper by Fred Feldman
Amsterdam Publishers
190 books — 12 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueRabbit-Proof Fence by Doris PilkingtonValentine Joe by Rebecca StevensSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
All wired up
33 books — 8 voters

The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline MartinThe Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn GreenThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
Wartime readers, librarians & booksellers
39 books — 7 voters
Copilăria unui netrebnic by Ion CălugăruDe două mii de ani; Cum am devenit huligan by Mihail SebastianJournal 1935-1944 by Mihail SebastianInimi cicatrizate by Max BlecherMen As Friends by Irwin Epstein
Scriitori evrei români
27 books — 5 voters

Hiding Abigail. The Girl with the Yellow Star. by Brendan Mac an MhaoirTales by Polish Authors by Henryk SienkiewiczMen As Friends by Irwin EpsteinChłopi by Władysław Stanisław ReymontFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Stars and Crosses
61 books — 5 voters
Fraud, Famine and Fascism by Douglas TottleAnother View of Stalin by Ludo MartensThe Ukrainian famine-genocide myth by John PuntisPure Soldiers or Sinister Legion by Sol LittmanI Married a Russian by Lucie Street
Ukrainophobic Books - Українофобські книги
48 books — 3 voters

Betrayal by Eli RosenbaumMen As Friends by Irwin EpsteinThe Nuremberg Trials by Paul RolandNuremberg by Joseph E. PersicoNuremberg Trials by Hourly History
Post World War II Fiction and Nonfiction - Investigations, Trials and Convictions
6 books — 2 voters
Das Buch der Sinti by Jörg BoströmZigeuner by Otto PankokBerliner Mythen by Reinhard KleistDer Bann des Fremden by Frank ReuterDie soziale Situation jugendlicher „Sinti und Roma“ (Bildung ... by Therese Trauschein
Sinti throughout History
74 books — 1 voter

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