Books like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
If you liked The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
Because shares tags: holocaust, war.
The Ten Booms hide Jews in Haarlem, suffer Ravensbruck, lose Betsie, and learn forgiveness.
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A Farewell to Arms
Because shares tags: war, tragedy.
Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.
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The Women
Because shares tags: historical, war.
Nurse Frankie McGrath serves in Vietnam and fights to be seen at home.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Because shares tags: historical, war.
A London writer trades letters with Guernsey islanders after the war.
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Words of Radiance
Because shares tag: war.
Kaladin guards Dalinar, Shallan hunts Urithiru, and the Everstorm gathers.
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White Oleander
Because shares tag: tragedy.
Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.
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War and Peace
Because shares tag: war.
Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.
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The Virgin Suicides
Because shares tag: tragedy.
Five Lisbon sisters die in 1970s Grosse Pointe as boys watch.
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The Lorax
Because shares tag: children.
The Once-ler fells Truffula Trees for Thneed greed despite the Lorax, who speaks for the trees, warning him to stop.
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The Horse and His Boy
Because shares tag: children.
Shasta and Bree flee Calormen to Narnia with Aravis and Hwin.
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The Crown of Gilded Bones
Because shares tag: war.
Poppy, crowned queen, faces war with the Ascended after Casteel is taken captive.
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Saga, Volume 1
Because shares tag: war.
Alana and Marko flee a galaxy-wide war with baby Hazel, hunted by both sides.
