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Loved The Book Thief by Markus Zusak? If its historical fiction, emotional and world war ii hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Sarah's Key, All the Light We Cannot See and Out of the Dust. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.
What’s inside The Book Thief: Historical Fiction · Emotional · World War II · Bookish · Tearjerker
Tatiana de Rosnay
Tearjerker · World War II · Loss of Innocence · Grief and Mourning · Tragic
Anthony Doerr
World War II · Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Coming of Age · Emotional
Karen Hesse
Grief and Mourning · Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Coming of Age · Lyrical Prose
Bernhard Schlink
Bookish · Loss of Innocence · World War II · Tragic · Coming of Age
Heidi W. Durrow
Grief and Mourning · Coming of Age · Loss of Innocence · Emotional · Racism
S.E. Hinton
Tearjerker · Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Death of a Friend · Emotional
Chris Cleave
World War II · Tearjerker · Tragic · Death of a Friend · Racism
John Knowles
World War II · Tragic · Death of a Friend · Loss of Innocence · Coming of Age
L.M. Montgomery
Omniscient Narrator · Adoption · Tearjerker · Bookish · Coming of Age
Stephen Crane
Omniscient Narrator · Death of a Friend · Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Coming of Age
Michael Cunningham
Bookish · Death of a Friend · Grief and Mourning · Tragic · Lyrical Prose
John Boyne
Tearjerker · World War II · Loss of Innocence · Death of a Friend · Tragic
Christopher Paul Curtis
Loss of Innocence · Tearjerker · Coming of Age · Emotional · Tragic
Thomas Hardy
Omniscient Narrator · Loss of Innocence · Tearjerker · Tragic · Emotional
Katherine Paterson
Tearjerker · Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Emotional · Grief and Mourning
Maggie O'Farrell
Tearjerker · Omniscient Narrator · Tragic · Emotional · Grief and Mourning
Alan Gratz
Loss of Innocence · Tearjerker · World War II · Emotional · Grief and Mourning
Celeste Ng
Omniscient Narrator · Tragic · Grief and Mourning · Emotional · Lyrical Prose
John Green
Tearjerker · Death of a Friend · Grief and Mourning · Tragic · Bookish
Fredrik Backman
Death of a Friend · Tearjerker · Omniscient Narrator · Grief and Mourning · Emotional
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