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Historical Fiction
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Narrated by Death, the story of a girl in Nazi Germany who steals books and reads them aloud in a basement.
Biography & Memoir
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
Two years in a hidden annexe in Amsterdam, written by a teenager who wanted to be a writer.
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Audience
- Adult · Young Adult
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- Diary
- World War II
- Classic
About the book
Anne Frank's diary records daily life, argument, boredom and hope in confinement, in a voice that has reached more readers than almost any other memoir.
Why we recommend it
Essential, and best read alongside its historical context rather than instead of it.
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