19 Best Holocaust Books
Goal: Find the best Holocaust books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best holocaust books" and study the top 5+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
19 Best Holocaust Books
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Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
by Timothy Snyder
Also recommended by:
Eichmann in Jerusalem
A Report on the Banality of Evil
by Hannah Arendt
Also recommended by:
Five Chimneys
A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
by Olga Lengyel
Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
Also recommended by:
Jordan Peterson, Jocko Willink, Esther Perel, Emma Watson, Naval Ravikant, David Blaine, Terry Crews, Jimmy Fallon, Tony Robbins, Simon Sinek, Michael Gervais, Daniel Pink, Ev Williams, Dustin Moskovitz, Bryan Johnson, Sam Altman, Chelsea Handler, Ryan Holiday, Maria Popova, Aniela Gregorek, Fedor Holz, Turia Pitt, Patrick Bet-David, Robin Black, Steve Kerr, Alastair Humphreys, Michael Hyatt, Tom Bilyeu, Phil Jackson, Mark Manson, Shane Parrish, PewDiePie, Lex Fridman, Chip Conley, Jim Kwik, Dave Elitch
Badenheim 1939
by Aharon Appelfeld
But You Did Not Come Back
A Memoir
by Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Escape from Sobibor
by Richard Rashke
Irena's Children
The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
King of the Jews
A Novel
by Leslie Epstein
Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945
The Years of Extermination
by Saul Friedlander
Ponary Diary, 1941-1943
A Bystander's Account of a Mass Murder
by Kazimierz Sakowicz
The Boy on the Wooden Box
How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List
by Leon Leyson
The Crime and the Silence
Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne
by Anna Bikont
The Hiding Place
by Corrie Ten Boom
The Holocaust
The Human Tragedy
by Martin Gilbert
The Lost
A Search for Six of Six Million
by Daniel Mendelsohn
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
by Tadeusz Borowski
Voyage of the Damned
A Shocking True Story of Hope, Betrayal, and Nazi Terror
by Gordon Thomas
Sources
- 1
Eye-Opening Books About the Holocaust Every Reader Should Explore
explorethearchive.com
- 2
Best Holocaust Books
pennbookcenter.com
- 3
10 Holocaust Books You Should Read | My Jewish Learning
myjewishlearning.com
- 4
13 Important Books About the Holocaust | Hachette Book Group
hachettebookgroup.com
- 5
10 Best Holocaust Books [2022]
addall.com
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