Books like The Lost by Daniel Mendelsohn

The diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl hiding with her family in Amsterdam during WWII, recorded daily life, hopes, and fears, becoming a global testament to the Holocaust.

David Grann’s investigative narrative unravels the mystery of British explorer Percy Fawcett’s 1925 disappearance while he sought the legendary Lost City of Z beneath the Amazon’s dense jungle.

Alma Singer, a fourteen‑year‑old New Yorker, searches for a book that might cure her mother’s loneliness, while Leo Gursky, an immigrant in the city, hunts the hidden author of a novel that once inspired his love in Polish exile.

Hannah Arendt’s political analysis of Adolf Eichmann’s 1961–1962 Jerusalem trial, exploring the nature of evil, antisemitism, and Holocaust crimes.

Three friends and a ring of female spies of WWII uncover a mystery of missing agents, weaving friendship, courage and danger through wartime Manhattan and occupied Europe.

A Holocaust survivor’s harrowing recollection of being forced to serve as a Nazi mascot, then living in exile in Australia while hiding his identity, and his adult son’s quest to uncover the truth and reclaim his heritage.

Irene Opdyke’s biography of 17‑year‑old Irene Gut chronicles a young Poles' courageous defiance of Nazi oppression during World War II, revealing a personal narrative of moral resistance amid the Holocaust.

Trapped in the horrors of World War II, a woman and a child embark on a journey of survival in this page-turning true story that recalls the power and the poignancy of Schindler's List. Michael Stolowitzky, the only son of a wealthy Jewish family in Poland, was just three years old when war broke out and the family lost everything. His father, desperate to settle his business affairs, travels to France, leaving Michael in the care of his mother and Gertruda Bablinska, a Catholic nanny devoted to the family. When Michael's mother has a stroke, Gertruda promises the dying woman that she will make her way to Palestine and raise him as her own son. Written with the invaluable assistance of Michael, now seventy-two and living in New York City, GERTRUDA'S OATH re-creates Michael and Gertruda's amazing journey. Gripping vignettes bring to life the people who helped ensure their survival, including SS officer Karl Rink, who made it his mission to save Jews after his own Jewish wife was murdered; Rink's daughter, Helga, who escaped to a kibbutz, where she lived until her recent death; and the Jewish physician Dr. Berman, who aided Michael and Gertruda through the worst of times. GERTRUDA'S OATH is a story of extraordinary courage and moral strength in the face of horrific events. Like Schindler's List, it transcends history and religion to reveal the compassion and hope that miraculously thrives in a world immersed in war without end.From the Hardcover edition.

Helen Fremont, once a Boston lawyer, discovers her parents were Jewish Holocaust survivors who hid their past for over forty years. In this moving memoir she unravels family secrets, revealing the enduring impact of silence and hidden identities.

Saul Friedländer’s definitive study of the Holocaust from 1939 to 1945, examining German extermination policies, the role of local authorities, and the experiences of Jews, based on extensive documents and personal testimony.

A memoir of a seven‑year‑old German‑Jewish girl who escaped to Britain via the Kindertransport, lived with a kind foster family, and later settled in America, reflecting on exile, identity, and the kindness of strangers during WWII.

Timothy Snyder’s Black Earth explores the Holocaust as a complex, multi‑regional tragedy rooted in ideology, antisemitism, and environmental fears, using new Eastern European sources to warn about today’s growing threats.

After his mother dies, 12‑year‑old David escapes into the stories that once comforted him, only for myth and war to collide in a world where a Crooked Man and a faded king rule over wolves and hidden secrets.