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World war 2 historical fiction reading list
11 items
By
Abby Hutchinson
For anyone that loves WWII historical fiction, I’ve read a ton so here are my favorites!
Sections
4
Pam Jenoff
Auschwitz
Berlin
Ruta sepetys
Pam Jenoff
About a woman who flees nazi occupied Germany and joins a secret resistance line.
Pam Jenoff Books | Bestselling Novels & Historical Fiction
About a young girl who flees into the sewers beneath krakow to avoid nazis
The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff
About a woman who saves a baby from a train car headed to a concentration camp and saves him.
The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff
Dual timeline about a department store that was used to imprison Jews and a woman years later who uncovers its secrets.
Pam Jenoff Books | Bestselling Novels & Historical Fiction
Auschwitz
About a prisionero who was ordered to tattoo the incoming prisoners
The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Poignant Novel of Love ...
About a woman who helps fellow prisoners deliver their children in Auschwitz
The Midwife of Auschwitz (Women of War #1) by Anna Stuart
Berlin
About occupied Berlin banning books and a woman putting herself in danger to save them
The Banned Books of Berlin by Daisy Wood
About a woman who helps bring life into a world wrought with death
The Midwife of Berlin (Women of War #2) by Anna Stuart
Ruta sepetys
About a 15 year old girl taken to a labor camp in Siberia
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
A group of people meet on the trek to board a German ship promising safety to those who flee
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Not WWII but another ruta sepetys book based in communist Romania in 1989. If you like her other books, you’ll enjoy this one!
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
