ABL Read-a-likes
At this point, it should be pretty clear that I love
books. And lists. I really love making
lists of books. I really, really love
being asked for book recommendations. I
like to make recommendations by starting with a favorite book and suggesting
books that read-a-like. Here is what you should read next if you like:
books. And lists. I really love making
lists of books. I really, really love
being asked for book recommendations. I
like to make recommendations by starting with a favorite book and suggesting
books that read-a-like. Here is what you should read next if you like:
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather
Morris
Morris
1. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac saysgoodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe
that the Nazis will invade France…but invade they do, in droves of marching
soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and
drop bombs upon the innocent. When France is overrun, Vianne is forced to take
an enemy into her house, and suddenly her every move is watched; her life and
her child’s life is at constant risk. Without food or money or hope, as danger
escalates around her, she must make one terrible choice after another.
Vianne’s sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old
girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While
thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets the
compelling and mysterious Gäetan, a partisan who believes the French can fight
the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young
can…completely. When he betrays her, Isabelle races headlong into danger and
joins the Resistance, never looking back or giving a thought to the real–and
deadly–consequences.
girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While
thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets the
compelling and mysterious Gäetan, a partisan who believes the French can fight
the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young
can…completely. When he betrays her, Isabelle races headlong into danger and
joins the Resistance, never looking back or giving a thought to the real–and
deadly–consequences.
2. All the Light We
Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a New York Times Book ReviewTop Ten Book, National Book Award finalist, more than two and a half years on
the New York Times bestseller list
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony
Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind
French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try
to survive the devastation of World War II.
Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind
French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try
to survive the devastation of World War II.
Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural
History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and
father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where
Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them
they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.
History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and
father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where
Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them
they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.
In a mining town in Germany, Werner Pfennig, an orphan,
grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that
brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined.
Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments
and is enlisted to use his talent to track down the resistance. Deftly
interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways,
against all odds, people try to be good to one another.
grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that
brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined.
Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments
and is enlisted to use his talent to track down the resistance. Deftly
interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways,
against all odds, people try to be good to one another.
3. The Lost Wife
by Alyson Richman
There on her forearm, next to a small brown birthmark,were six tattooed numbers. ‘Do you remember me now?’ he asked, trembling. She
looked at him again, as if giving weight and bone to a ghost. ‘Lenka, it’s me,’
he said. ‘Josef. Your husband.’ During the last moments of calm in prewar
Prague, Lenka, a young art student, falls in love with Josef. They marry – but
soon, like so many others, they are torn apart by the currents of war. In
America Josef becomes a successful obstetrician and raises a family, though he
never forgets the wife he thinks died in the camps. But in the Nazi ghetto of
Terez??n – and later in Auschwitz – Lenka has survived, relying on her skills
as an artist and the memories of a husband she believes she will never see
again. Now, decades later, an unexpected encounter in New York brings Lenka and
Josef back together. From the comfort of life in Prague before the occupation
to the horrors of Nazi Europe, The Lost Wife explores the endurance of first
love, the resilience of the human spirit and our capacity to remember.
4. The Postmistress
by Sarah Blake
In 1940, Iris James is the postmistress in coastalFranklin, Massachusetts. Iris knows more about the townspeople than she will
ever say, and believes her job is to deliver secrets. Yet one day she does the
unthinkable: slips a letter into her pocket, reads it, and doesn’t deliver it.
Meanwhile, Frankie Bard broadcasts from overseas with
Edward R. Murrow. Her dispatches beg listeners to pay heed as the Nazis bomb
London nightly. Most of the townspeople of Franklin think the war can’t touch
them. But both Iris and Frankie know better…
Edward R. Murrow. Her dispatches beg listeners to pay heed as the Nazis bomb
London nightly. Most of the townspeople of Franklin think the war can’t touch
them. But both Iris and Frankie know better…
The Postmistress is a tale of two worlds-one shattered by
violence, the other willfully naïve-and of two women whose job is to deliver
the news, yet who find themselves unable to do so. Through their eyes, and the
eyes of everyday people caught in history’s tide, it examines how stories are
told, and how the fact of war is borne even through everyday life.
violence, the other willfully naïve-and of two women whose job is to deliver
the news, yet who find themselves unable to do so. Through their eyes, and the
eyes of everyday people caught in history’s tide, it examines how stories are
told, and how the fact of war is borne even through everyday life.
5. Night by Elie
Wisel
Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, ElieWiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald.
This is his account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured,
the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him
of humanity, dignity and faith. Describing in simple terms the tragic murder of
a people from a survivor’s perspective, Night is among the most personal,
intimate and poignant of all accounts of the Holocaust. A compelling
consideration of the darkest side of human nature and the enduring power of
hope, it remains one of the most important works of the twentieth century.
These lists are ever changing, just like my
bookshelves. I try to only use books
from my shelves that I have read, so these lists are never complete. If you have suggestions that I haven’t
included, please leave them in the comments.
I’m always open to more additions to the TBR.
bookshelves. I try to only use books
from my shelves that I have read, so these lists are never complete. If you have suggestions that I haven’t
included, please leave them in the comments.
I’m always open to more additions to the TBR.
If you would like me to make a list based off of your
favorite book, just leave me a comment with the book’s name.
If I use your book, I will be sure to mention you and your website or
social media page if you would like.
Just another way to get to know more bookish people!
favorite book, just leave me a comment with the book’s name.
If I use your book, I will be sure to mention you and your website or
social media page if you would like.
Just another way to get to know more bookish people!
These are all wonderful choices, Amy! The only one I haven’t read is The Postmistress, and it sounds like I need to! Alyson Richman has a new book coming out soon, and I’m excited to read it! Jennifer Tar Heel Reader
I'm so glad you liked the list. The Postmistress is a little slower for me, but the build up is worth it.
Would you be interested in doing a read-a-like post? All I would need is your fav book. Then I get your blog info and will make a post introducing your and your blog, then giving you a read-a-like based on your fav book. It's totally free, I just wanted to share some blogger love and introduce my readers to some new bloggers.
My favorite would have to be the whole A Court of Thorns and Roses series
Awesome! This is on my tbr, so as soon as i read it, i'll message you to let you know which day I will post the read-a-like and get your info!
This is so great!I have never heard of two of these, so definitely adding them to my TBR! I also really enjoyed Between Shades of Grey and Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys.
My favorite book right now is The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
So glad you found new books! love spreading book love!
This is on my tbr, so as soon as i read it, i'll message you to let you know which day I will post the read-a-like and get your info!
My current fav book (I can't decide between these two) The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin and Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li 🙂 TQ! xoxo
I’m giving the immortalists a try. Love being exposed to new books outside of my usual reading!!! I’ll let you
Know as soon as I am ready to make your list.
oh this is great! Love it! Lately I've been in the mood for some evocative, magical, atmospheric Magical realism Like:
– Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
– Bone Gap by Laura Ruby andm
– the one I'm reading now, The Mermaid, by Christina Henry
I already have a list with these books:
– The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, by Leslye Walton
– The Weight of Feathers, by Anna-Marie McLemore and
– Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami
BUT MR is always a hit or miss for me especially Neil Gaiman so I would love a longer list 🙂 if you could help me add another book it would be awesome!
I’ve got The Immortalists in my tbr ^see above. I have added Bone Gap as well. Just from the descriptions I have a few books in mine for you List, so yay!!!
One of my fav books this year was 'The song of Achilles'. By Madeline Miller. Also 'The immortalist' is totally on my list too!!
I just added The Song of Achilles to my TBR yesterday so weird! I will let you know as soon as I finish it, but apparently my copy won't be here for a while. 🙁