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24 alternatives to The Nightingale

Two sisters living in Nazi-occupied France, WWII

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Nightingale launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank▲59

   First hand account of a 13 year old girl during WW II

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   War in Val D’Orcia▲55

   An Italian War diary 1943–1944

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Blitzed▲66

   Drugs in Nazi Germany

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Door▲70

   The relationship between two very different women

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Man's Search for Meaning▲102

   An enduring work of Holocaust survival literature

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Eleanor: A Novel▲72

   A mix of ghost story, time travel and dream worlds.

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Saving Bletchley Park▲66

   Saving the home of the WWII codebreakers.

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Gene▲64

   An Intimate History

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    A Manual For Cleaning Women: Selected Stories▲57

    The best of Lucia Berlin's work

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Youngblood▲71

    The moral complexity of war & its psychological toll

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Nest▲61

    4 dysfunctional adult siblings work their way through life

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    First Women▲68

    The grace and power of America's first ladies

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    A Bittersweet Season▲65

    Caring for our aging parents and ourselves

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    American Girls▲67

    Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The best second world war stories▲6

    Biographies, memoirs and great non-fiction from WW2

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Book of Disquiet▲61

    A haunting mosaic of dreams

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Last Love Song▲117

    A biography of Joan Didion

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    American Girls▲60

    Social media and the secret lives of teenagers

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Night▲5

    Wiesel's experience in the Nazi German concentration camps

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    A Tale of Two Cities▲54

    A classic that’s a fantastic read.

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Look to Windward▲70

    After war, the future still faces major turmoil

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Wanderlust▲61

    A history of walking

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    A Night to Remember by Walter Lord▲99

    The classic account of the final of the Titanic

    2015 · its alternatives →

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