Books like The killer's tears by Anne-Laure Bondoux

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

The Kite Runner follows an unlikely friendship between a privileged boy and the son of his father’s servant amid Afghanistan’s turbulent history, exploring betrayal, redemption, and the father‑son bond.

A sweeping tale of two Afghan women—Mariam and Laila—whose intertwined lives span decades of war, oppression, and cultural change, revealing the strength of friendship, family, and love.

A 1930s wartime tale of a blind French girl and a German boy whose lives intersect in occupied France, weaving themes of survival, friendship, and the moral choices people make amid World War II.

After being murdered at fourteen, Susie Salmon watches from heaven as her family, friends, and killer grapple with grief and justice, revealing how love and forgiveness shape a family's future.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

A five‑year‑old boy and his mother are held in a small room, and the story unfolds through the boy’s perspective, highlighting the harrowing effects of captivity.

A historical romance set in 16th century England, featuring Lorna Doone, a young woman who is kidnapped and becomes a fugitive during the Monmouth Rebellion.

When fifteen‑year‑old Peter and his friend Kate are sent to Derbyshire, they inadvertently travel back to 1763 England and become friends with a reformed cutpurse, sparking an adventure that blends history, intrigue and a unique father‑son bond.

A seven‑year‑old girl, sent to stay with her wealthy uncle in Massachusetts during the summer of 1875, finds herself drawn into a mysterious bank robbery involving brigands and outlaws.

An eight‑year‑old boy named Antonio, kidnapped by outlaws, must weave an impromptu story to entertain his captors and survive the night.

A dark fantasy tale of a rogue priest and his quest to protect his faith from an evil god in the guise of a beautiful maiden.

A thrilling underwater adventure where Ty, a teenage surfer, discovers a lost town and embarks on a perilous race against time to save its people from the clutches of a ruthless criminal gang and the relentless oceanic threats that threaten their survival.

The shocking memoir by visionary Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas "is a book above all about being free," said The New York Review of Books--sexually, politically, artistically. Arenas recounts a stunning odyssey from his poverty-stricken childhood in rural Cuba and his adolescence as a rebel fighting for Castro, through his suppression as a writer, imprisonment as a homosexual, his flight from Cuba via the Mariel boat lift, and his subsequent life and the events leading to his death in New York. In what The Miami Herald calls his "deathbed ode to eroticism," Arenas breaks through the code of secrecy and silence that protects the privileged in a state where homosexuality is a political crime. Recorded in simple, straightforward prose, this is the true story of the Kafkaesque life and world re-created in the author's acclaimed novels.

Twelve‑year‑old Hetty Aventurine travels the Klondike in 1897 with family, chasing a thief amid the gold rush excitement.

Tells the story of 108 legendary heroes from the end of the Song Dynasty who fought for justice and poverty relief.

A young goose named Gawain is wrongfully accused of stealing from his king, abandoned by friends and tormented by guilt as the true thief remains hidden.

A teenage boy, struggling with family upheaval, navigates a new school and finds unexpected hope when a baseball coach offers him a spot on the team.