Books Like The Storyteller

Loved The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult? If its holocaust, emotional and world war ii hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Things We Cannot Say, All the Broken Places and The Nightingale. 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 Storyteller: Holocaust · Emotional · World War II · Female Lead · Multiple Timelines

The Things We Cannot Say
Kelly Rimmer

Holocaust · World War II · War Atrocities · Women's Fiction · Tearjerker

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All the Broken Places
John Boyne

World War II · Survivor's Guilt · Dual Timeline · Genocide Depicted · Secret Past

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The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah

War Atrocities · World War II · Women's Fiction · Dual Timeline · Tearjerker

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The Last Lifeboat
Hazel Gaynor

World War II · Tearjerker · Women's Fiction · Survivor's Guilt · Emotional

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The Complete Maus
Art Spiegelman

War Atrocities · World War II · Survivor's Guilt · Genocide Depicted · Emotional

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Black Cake
Charmaine Wilkerson

Dual Timeline · Secret Past · Grief Over a Parent · Chef or Baker · Contemporary Fiction

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The Seven Sisters
Lucinda Riley

Grief Over a Parent · Multiple Timelines · Dual Timeline · Women's Fiction · Contemporary Fiction

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The Last Train to London
Meg Waite Clayton

World War II · Tearjerker · Genocide Depicted · Emotional · Multiple POV

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The Room on Rue Amelie
Kristin Harmel

World War II · Tearjerker · Genocide Depicted · Emotional · Historical Fiction

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Refugee
Alan Gratz

Multiple Timelines · World War II · Tearjerker · Genocide Depicted · Emotional

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Looking for Jane
Heather Marshall

Women's Fiction · Dual Timeline · Secret Past · Emotional · Multiple POV

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A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra

War Atrocities · Survivor's Guilt · Emotional · Historical Fiction · Multiple POV

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The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini

Tearjerker · Redemption Arc · Survivor's Guilt · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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The Book Thief
Markus Zusak

World War II · Tearjerker · Genocide Depicted · Emotional · Historical Fiction

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The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
Nadia Hashimi

Women's Fiction · Dual Timeline · Emotional · Historical Fiction · Contemporary Fiction

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There Are Rivers in the Sky
Elif Shafak

Multiple Timelines · Genocide Depicted · Historical Fiction · Multiple POV · Emotional

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Winter of the World
Ken Follett

World War II · War Atrocities · Genocide Depicted · Historical Fiction · Multiple POV

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The Bronze Horseman
Paullina Simons

World War II · Tearjerker · Emotional · Secret Past · Historical Fiction

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The God of Endings
Jacqueline Holland

Multiple Timelines · Secret Past · Survivor's Guilt · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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The Echo of Old Books
Barbara Davis

Women's Fiction · Dual Timeline · Secret Past · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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