Holocaust Booklist
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Book recommendations pertaining to the Holocaust.
| Book Title | Author | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| When the World Was Ours | Kessler, Liz | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1936-1945 | Europe | Austria | WWII Holocaust | F | N |
| Hidden Hope | Boxer, Elisa | LE MG | Modern Age | 1938-1945 | Europe | France | Holocaust Jewish Resistance | F | PB |
| Four Perfect Pebbles | Blumenthal Lazan, Marion | UMG | Modern Age | 1938-1948 | Europe | Germany Holland | Holocaust | NF Bio | CB |
| My Name is Selma | van de Perre, Selma | YA A | Modern Age | 1938-1945 | Europe | Netherlands | Holocaust Jewish Resistance | NF | M |
| Out of Hiding | Gruener, Ruth | MG | Modern Age | 1938-2019 | Europe | Poland United States | Holocaust Immigration Jewish Refugees | NF | M |
| Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport | Stelson, Caren | LE MG | Modern Age | 1938-1945 | Europe | Czechoslovakia | Holocaust Kindertransport | F | PB |
| The Blood Years | Arnold, Elana K. | YA A | Modern Age | 1938-1945 | Europe | Romania | Holocaust | F | N |
| Names in a Jar | Gold, Jennifer | YA A | Modern Age | 1939-1987 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust WWII | F | N |
| We'll Soon Be Home Again | Bab Bonde, Jessica | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1939-1945 | Europe | Various | Holocaust | F Bio | GN |
| Beyond Courage | Rappaport, Doreen | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1939-1945 | Europe | Germany | Holocaust | F | B |
| No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War | Lobel, Anita | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1939-1945 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust | NF Bio | CB |
| The Girl Who Sang | Nadel, Estelle Savos, Sammy Strout, Bethany | MG UMG | Modern Age | 1939-1951 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust Nazi Occupation | NF | GN |
| Upon the Head of the Goat | Siegal, Aranka | UMG | Modern Age | 1939-1944 | Europe | Hungary | Holocaust Hungary | NF Bio | CB |
| The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million | Mendelsohn, Daniel | A | Modern Age | 1939-1945 | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | Holocaust | NF | N |
| When We Flew Away | Hoffman, Alice | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1940-1942 | Europe | Netherlands | Holocaust | F | CB |
| Esfir is Alive | Simon, Andrea | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1940-1945 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust | F Bio | N |
| Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust | Shusterman, Neal | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1940-1945 | Europe | various | Holocaust Jewish Resistance | HF | GN |
| 28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto | Safier, David | YA A | Modern Age | 1940-1945 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust Auschwitz Jewish Resistance | F | N |
| Night | Wiesel, Elie | YA A | Modern Age | 1940-1945 | Europe | Romania | Holocaust Auschwitz | NF Bio | N |
| Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe | Sheinkin, Steve | YA A | Modern Age | 1940-1945 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust Auschwitz Jewish Resistance | NF Bio | B |
| The Librarian of Auschwitz | Iturbe, Antonio | YA A | Modern Age | 1940-1945 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust Auschwitz Jewish Resistance | F Bio | N |
| Briar Rose | Yolen, Jane | YA A | Modern Age | 1942 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust | F | N |
| Once | Gleitzman, Morris | MG UMG | Modern Age | 1942 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust | F | N |
| The Devil's Arithmetic | Yolen, Jane | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1942 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust | F HF | CB |
| Then | Gleitzman, Morris | MG UMG | Modern Age | 1942 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust | F | N |
| Mapping the Bones | Yolen, Jane | YA A | Modern Age | 1942-1945 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust | F Bio | N |
| Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl | Frank, Anne | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1942-1945 | Europe | Netherlands | Holocaust | NF Bio | CB |
| Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust | Dauvillier, Loïc | MG UMG | Modern Age | 1942 | Europe | France | Holocaust | F | GN |
| Stone Angel | Yolen, Jane | LE | Modern Age | 1942-1945 | Europe | France | Holocaust | F | PB |
| I Will Protect You: A True Story of Twins Who Survived Auschwitz | Kor, Eva Mozes | MG | Modern Age | 1943-2019 | Europe | Romania | Holocaust Nazi Occupation Auschwitz | NF | CB |
| The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story | Birnbaum, Nechama | YA A | Modern Age | 1944 | Europe | Romania Germany | Holocaust Auschwitz | F | N |
| They Went Left | Hesse, Monica | YA A | Modern Age | 1945 | Europe | Poland Germany | Holocaust | F | N |
| The Search | Heuvel, Eric | YA A | Modern Age | 1945 | Europe | Netherlands | Holocaust | F | GN |
| Dawn | Wiesel, Elie | YA A | Modern Age | 1946-1948 | Europe | Palestine | Holocaust Post WWII | NF Bio | N |
| Day | Wiesel, Elie | YA A | Modern Age | 1950 | North America | United States | Holocaust Post WWII | NF Bio | N |
| Margot | Cantor, Jillian | YA A | Modern Age | 1959 | North America | United States | Jewish Life Holocaust Holocaust Survivors | F | N |
| Now | Gleitzman, Morris | MG UMG | Modern Age | 2013 | Australia | Australia | Holocaust Post WWII | F | N |