Books like Night

If you liked Night by Elie Wiesel, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Diary of a Young Girl

    Anne Frank · 1952

    Because shares tags: memoir, world war ii, history.

    Anne Frank's diary explained: two years in the Secret Annex, the entries on fear and boredom, what Otto Frank cut, and why the book still…

  2. The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

    Corrie ten Boom · 1971

    Because shares tags: memoir, nonfiction, holocaust.

    The Ten Booms hide Jews in Haarlem, suffer Ravensbruck, lose Betsie, and learn forgiveness.

  3. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

    Art Spiegelman · 1986 · Maus #1

    Because shares tags: memoir, holocaust, history.

    Art Spiegelman interviews his father Vladek about Sosnowiec and Auschwitz, drawing Jews as mice in this tense father and son memoir.

  4. Between the World and Me

    Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2015

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, memoir, history.

    Coates writes to his son about the Black body in America, from Howard to the loss of Prince Jones.

  5. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

    Greg Mortenson · 2006

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, memoir.

    Mortenson fails K2 builds schools in Pakistan after Korphe kindness.

  6. The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532

    Because shares tags: history, nonfiction.

    Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.

  7. The Last Lecture

    Randy Pausch · 2008

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, memoir.

    Dying professor Pausch lectures really achieving childhood dreams.

  8. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

    Daniel James Brown · 2013

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, history.

    Washington rowers led by Joe Rantz chase gold in Hitler's Berlin in 1936.

  9. Spare

    Prince Harry · 2023

    Because shares tags: memoir, nonfiction.

    Prince Harry recalls Diana's death in 1997, two tours in Afghanistan, and stepping back from royal life with Meghan in this frank 2023…

  10. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

    Lori Gottlieb · 2019

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, memoir.

    Therapist Lori Gottlieb counsels John, Julie and Rita while seeing her own therapist Wendell after a breakup.

  11. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

    Anthony Bourdain · 2000

    Because shares tags: memoir, nonfiction.

    Bourdain on rough kitchens, past drug use, Les Halles years, and why you should never order fish on Monday.

  12. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

    David Grann · 2017

    Because shares tags: history, nonfiction.

    In 1920s Oklahoma, Osage oil wealth makes tribal members targets for murder, forcing the young FBI under Tom White to expose the conspiracy…

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