Best Young Adult Holocaust/WWII Books

1.
Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating — 608,393 ratings
2.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,904 ratings
3.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,082 ratings
4.
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating — 268,384 ratings
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,538 ratings
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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity #1)
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 125,850 ratings
7.
The Winged Watchman
The Winged Watchman 4.28 avg rating — 2,995 ratings
8.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,154 ratings
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The Borrowed House (Young Adult Bookshelf Series)
The Borrowed House (Young Adult Bookshelf Series) 4.20 avg rating — 811 ratings
10.
Operation Einstein (Edelweiss Pirates #1)
Operation Einstein (Edelweiss Pirates #1) 4.04 avg rating — 342 ratings
11.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,478 ratings
12.
The Edelweiss Express (Edelweiss Pirates #2)
The Edelweiss Express (Edelweiss Pirates #2) 4.40 avg rating — 225 ratings
13.
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating — 489,772 ratings
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Devil's Deceit.
Devil's Deceit. 4.82 avg rating — 22 ratings
15.
Shadow on the Mountain
Shadow on the Mountain 3.92 avg rating — 2,500 ratings
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All the Broken Places (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, #2)
All the Broken Places (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, #2) 4.49 avg rating — 86,292 ratings
17.
The Upstairs Room
The Upstairs Room 3.84 avg rating — 12,069 ratings
18.
The Clay Messiah
The Clay Messiah 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Edith's Story: The True Story of How One Young Girl Survived World War II
Edith's Story: The True Story of How One Young Girl Survived World War II 4.13 avg rating — 1,139 ratings
18.
The Nazi, the Princess, and the Shoemaker
The Nazi, the Princess, and the Shoemaker 4.32 avg rating — 639 ratings
21.
Rose Under Fire
Rose Under Fire 4.12 avg rating — 23,855 ratings
21.
Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea 4.35 avg rating — 244,761 ratings
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The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List
The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List 4.38 avg rating — 29,038 ratings
24.
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 4.06 avg rating — 2,250 ratings
24.
Jackboot Britain
Jackboot Britain 3.63 avg rating — 112 ratings
26.
Red Smoke
Red Smoke 4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings
26.
What Papa Told Me
What Papa Told Me 4.16 avg rating — 600 ratings
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Hiding Abigail. The Girl with the Yellow Star. : An absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking WW2 historical novel
Hiding Abigail. The Girl with the Yellow Star. : An absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking WW2 historical novel 3.92 avg rating — 105 ratings
29.
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers 3.99 avg rating — 2,482 ratings
29.
The Devil's Arithmetic
The Devil's Arithmetic 4.03 avg rating — 61,487 ratings
31.
We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust
We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust 3.94 avg rating — 2,596 ratings
32.
Prisoner of Night and Fog (Prisoner of Night and Fog, #1)
Prisoner of Night and Fog (Prisoner of Night and Fog, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 10,475 ratings
33.
Someone Named Eva
Someone Named Eva 4.16 avg rating — 10,070 ratings
33.
Hitler's Canary
Hitler's Canary 3.99 avg rating — 2,361 ratings
35.
For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy
For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy 4.14 avg rating — 2,074 ratings
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The Cage
The Cage 4.10 avg rating — 6,421 ratings
37.
The Green Glass Sea (Green Glass, #1)
The Green Glass Sea (Green Glass, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 7,868 ratings
38.
Ashes
Ashes 3.66 avg rating — 1,149 ratings
39.
Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany
Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany 3.92 avg rating — 299 ratings
39.
Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter's Tribute
Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter's Tribute 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings
39.
In My Enemy's House
In My Enemy's House 3.96 avg rating — 611 ratings
39.
The Altered I: Memoir of Joseph Kempler, Holocaust Survivor
The Altered I: Memoir of Joseph Kempler, Holocaust Survivor 4.22 avg rating — 119 ratings
39.
Mendel
Mendel 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
39.
Hidden Gold: A True Story of the Holocaust
Hidden Gold: A True Story of the Holocaust 4.36 avg rating — 320 ratings
39.
Shaindi's Story
Shaindi's Story 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
39.
Cold Summer
Cold Summer
by: Gwen Cole
3.75 avg rating — 1,175 ratings
39.
Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII
Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII 4.24 avg rating — 114 ratings
39.
Risking Exposure
Risking Exposure 4.06 avg rating — 127 ratings
39.
Master of Secrets
Master of Secrets 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
39.
A Faraway Island (A Faraway Island #1)
A Faraway Island (A Faraway Island #1) 3.96 avg rating — 3,543 ratings
39.
Miriam
Miriam 3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings
39.
The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It
The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It 4.33 avg rating — 593 ratings
39.
A Dream of Democracy: My Flight, My Life—Helmut Siewert
A Dream of Democracy: My Flight, My Life—Helmut Siewert 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
39.
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating — 348,497 ratings
55.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1)
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 23,722 ratings
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And the violins stopped playing: a story of the Gypsy Holocaust
And the violins stopped playing: a story of the Gypsy Holocaust 4.44 avg rating — 318 ratings
55.
A Quiet Genocide. The Untold Holocaust of Disabled Children in WW2 Germany
A Quiet Genocide. The Untold Holocaust of Disabled Children in WW2 Germany 4.27 avg rating — 161 ratings
58.
The Hidden Village (Wartime Holland, #1)
The Hidden Village (Wartime Holland, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 5,612 ratings
59.
Phantoms In The Snow
Phantoms In The Snow 3.93 avg rating — 454 ratings
59.
Once
Once 4.24 avg rating — 27,369 ratings
59.
My Lvov: Holocaust Memoir of a Twelve-Year-Old Girl
My Lvov: Holocaust Memoir of a Twelve-Year-Old Girl 4.21 avg rating — 244 ratings
59.
Operation Einstein (Edelweiss Pirates #1)
Operation Einstein (Edelweiss Pirates #1) 4.04 avg rating — 342 ratings
63.
Hidden in the Shadows (Untold WW2 Stories)
Hidden in the Shadows (Untold WW2 Stories) 4.23 avg rating — 1,076 ratings
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Storming the Tulips
Storming the Tulips really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 103 ratings
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The Knife-Edge Path
The Knife-Edge Path 3.75 avg rating — 281 ratings
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A Holocaust Memoir of Love & Resilience: Mama's Survival from Lithuania to America
A Holocaust Memoir of Love & Resilience: Mama's Survival from Lithuania to America 4.19 avg rating — 407 ratings
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Rescued from the Ashes: The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto
Rescued from the Ashes: The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto 4.37 avg rating — 1,462 ratings
68.
Wildflowers of Terezin
Wildflowers of Terezin 4.01 avg rating — 1,119 ratings
68.
The Time Between: Love, loyalty and betrayal in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam
The Time Between: Love, loyalty and betrayal in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam 4.29 avg rating — 77 ratings
70.
Anne Frank and Me
Anne Frank and Me 4.04 avg rating — 3,015 ratings
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Holocaust Memoirs by a Bergen-Belsen survivor & Classmate of Anne Frank
Holocaust Memoirs by a Bergen-Belsen survivor & Classmate of Anne Frank 4.40 avg rating — 1,437 ratings
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Among the Reeds: The True Story of How a Family Survived the Holocaust
Among the Reeds: The True Story of How a Family Survived the Holocaust 4.32 avg rating — 1,526 ratings
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The Lily Pond (A Faraway Island #2)
The Lily Pond (A Faraway Island #2) 3.95 avg rating — 1,769 ratings
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The Dead Years: Holocaust Memoirs
The Dead Years: Holocaust Memoirs 4.48 avg rating — 425 ratings
75.
Hank Brodt Holocaust Memoirs: A Candle and a Promise
Hank Brodt Holocaust Memoirs: A Candle and a Promise 4.60 avg rating — 410 ratings
76.
The Extra
The Extra 3.49 avg rating — 645 ratings
76.
Wolf: A Story of Hate
Wolf: A Story of Hate 4.56 avg rating — 205 ratings
78.
Breathing Room
Breathing Room 4.21 avg rating — 2,243 ratings
78.
Save my Children. An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero
Save my Children. An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero 4.63 avg rating — 681 ratings
80.
Escaping the Whale. The Holocaust is over. But is it ever over for the next generation?
Escaping the Whale. The Holocaust is over. But is it ever over for the next generation? 4.04 avg rating — 53 ratings
81.
Living Among the Dead: My Grandmother's Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Strength
Living Among the Dead: My Grandmother's Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Strength 4.29 avg rating — 306 ratings
82.
I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust
I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust 4.19 avg rating — 23,341 ratings
82.
Remembering Ravensbrück. Holocaust to Healing
Remembering Ravensbrück. Holocaust to Healing 4.32 avg rating — 320 ratings
84.
The Man Across the River
The Man Across the River 4.64 avg rating — 307 ratings
85.
Hidden in Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir
Hidden in Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir 4.33 avg rating — 763 ratings
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Heart Songs: A Holocaust Memoir (Holocaust Survivor True Stories WWII #4)
Heart Songs: A Holocaust Memoir (Holocaust Survivor True Stories WWII #4) 4.28 avg rating — 137 ratings