Books like The Tattooist of Auschwitz

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  1. The Thorn Birds

    Colleen McCullough · 1977

    Because shares tags: romance, historical fiction.

    Meggie loves priest Ralph across decades on Drogheda sheep station.

  2. Redeeming Love

    Francine Rivers · 1991

    Because shares tags: romance, historical fiction.

    Sold into prostitution as a child, Angel trusts no one in 1850s California until farmer Michael Hosea loves her as Hosea loved Gomer.

  3. Island of the Blue Dolphins

    Scott O'Dell · 1960

    Because shares tags: survival, historical fiction.

    Left alone on San Nicolas Island for eighteen years, Karana builds shelter, faces wild dogs, and finds company with Rontu.

  4. Dragonfly in Amber

    Diana Gabaldon · 1992 · Outlander #2

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, romance.

    Claire 1968 recalls Jacobite Paris with Jamie to stop Culloden.

  5. Beneath a Scarlet Sky

    Mark T. Sullivan · 2017

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, survival.

    Pino Lella guides Jews over Alps then drives for Nazis in Milan.

  6. A Farewell to Arms

    Ernest Hemingway · 1929

    Because shares tags: romance, historical fiction.

    Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.

  7. The Giver of Stars

    Jojo Moyes · 2019

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, romance.

    Alice Wright joins Kentucky packhorse librarians with Margery and faces marriage strain and a murder trial.

  8. Sarah's Key

    Tatiana de Rosnay · 2006

    Because shares tags: holocaust, historical fiction.

    In 1942 Paris Sarah locks her brother to save him, then vanishes. Sixty years later journalist Julia traces her, exposing family guilt and…

  9. Number the Stars

    Lois Lowry · 1989

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, holocaust.

    Ten year old Annemarie helps her Jewish best friend escape occupied Copenhagen.

  10. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

    V. E. Schwab · 2020

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, romance.

    Addie trades her soul for freedom in 1714 France and lives forgotten for 300 years, until a Brooklyn bookseller remembers her name.

  11. Outlander

    Diana Gabaldon · 1991 · Outlander #1

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, romance.

    Nurse Claire Randall slips through Craigh na Dun from 1945 to 1743 Scotland, torn between Frank and Jamie Fraser as clan politics, war and…

  12. Gone with the Wind

    Margaret Mitchell · 1936

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, romance.

    Scarlett O'Hara schemes through the Civil War and Reconstruction, from Tara to burning Atlanta, chasing Ashley while Rhett waits and…

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