Books like The Book of Lost Names
12 books with a reading profile close to The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Things We Cannot Say
by Kelly Rimmer
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
The story follows Alice Walsh, a mother managing her son’s autism, as she travels to Poland to uncover her dying grandmother Hanna's past.
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Looking for Jane
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set against the backdrop of Toronto from the 1970s to the 2010s, this novel follows three women linked by a clandestine network providing illegal abortions.
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The Paris Daughter
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1939 Paris, Elise Duval and Juliette Foulon are friends and mothers whose lives fracture when the German occupation begins.
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The Personal Librarian
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In the early twentieth century, Belle da Costa Greene serves as the personal librarian to financier J.P.
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Out of the Easy
by Ruta Sepetys
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in 1950 New Orleans, the story follows Josie Moraine, the daughter of a French Quarter prostitute.
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Orphan Train
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1929, an Irish immigrant named Niamh is sent from New York City to the Midwest on an orphan train, a program meant to relocate displaced children to rural homes.
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in Italy during the final years of World War II, the story follows Pino Lella, a teenager who becomes an underground operative helping Jews escape across the Alps.
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The Briar Club
by Kate Quinn
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1950s Washington, D.C., Grace March moves into Briarwood House, a female-only boarding establishment during the height of the Red Scare.
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Refugee
by Alan Gratz
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Three children, in three different decades, are forced to flee their homes.
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The Fountains of Silence
by Ruta Sepetys
history, narrative
In 1957, Daniel Matheson, the son of a Texas oil tycoon, arrives in Madrid with his Leica camera to capture the visual landscape of post-Civil War Spain.
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Sarah's Key
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In July 1942, ten-year-old Sarah Starzynski hides her younger brother in a bedroom cupboard to protect him from the French police during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup.
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The Warsaw Orphan
by Kelly Rimmer
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1942 Poland, Elzbieta Rabinek discovers the brutal reality of the Warsaw Ghetto when she befriends her neighbor, Sara Goralnik.
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