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by Laura Hillenbrand · about this book

Loved Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand? If its survival story, nonfiction and memoir & biography hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Complete Maus, Spitfires and True. 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 Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption: Survival Story · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Biography · Accident Survival

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   The Complete Maus

   Art Spiegelman

   World War II History · War Atrocities · World War II · Memoir & Biography · Survivor's Guilt

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   Spitfires

   Becky Aikman

   Aviation · World War II History · World War II · Biography · History

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   True

   Kostya Kennedy

   Athlete · Biography · Sports History · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction

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   The Poppy War

   R.F. Kuang

   War Atrocities · War Trauma · War Zone · Underdog · Torture

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   The Diary of a Young Girl

   Anne Frank

   World War II History · World War II · Memoir & Biography · Survival Story · Nonfiction

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   The Nightingale

   Kristin Hannah

   War Atrocities · World War II · War Zone · War Trauma · Survival Story

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   The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

   Tom Reiss

   Biography · Memoir & Biography · Military History · History · Nonfiction

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   Human Acts

   Han Kang

   War Atrocities · Torture · Survivor's Guilt · Death of a Friend · PTSD

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   Kingdom of Ash

   Sarah J. Maas

   War Zone · Torture · Trauma Recovery · PTSD · Intense

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    The Last Lifeboat

    Hazel Gaynor

    World War II · Accident Survival · Ocean and Ships · Survival Story · Survivor's Guilt

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    Matterhorn

    Karl Marlantes

    War Trauma · War Zone · Death of a Friend · Survival Story · Intense

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    Michael Jordan

    Roland Lazenby

    Athlete · Biography · Sports History · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction

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    My Next Breath

    Jeremy Renner

    Accident Survival · Memoir & Biography · Survival Story · Uplifting · Nonfiction

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    A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

    Anthony Marra

    War Atrocities · War Zone · Survivor's Guilt · Torture · Emotional

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    Rhythm of War

    Brandon Sanderson

    War Trauma · PTSD · Trauma Recovery · Redemption Arc · Soldiers and Warfare

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    The Summer I Died

    Ryan C. Thomas

    Torture · Survival Story · Survivor's Guilt · Death of a Friend · Intense

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17. 

    The Boys of Summer

    Roger Kahn

    Athlete · Sports History · Nonfiction · Biography · Memoir & Biography

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18. 

    Good Morning, Monster

    Catherine Gildiner

    Memoir & Biography · Trauma Recovery · PTSD · Nonfiction · Hopeful

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19. 

    Spare

    Prince Harry

    Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · War Trauma · War Zone · PTSD

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    Savage Son: A Thriller

    Jack Carr

    Intense · Survival Story · Soldiers and Warfare · Tense and Suspenseful · War Trauma

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