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Books like The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 by Wladyslaw Szpilman is about survival, war, music. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Night
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Elie Wiesel · Memoir
Night is Elie Wiesel's account of his deportation from the Transylvanian town of Sighet in 1944 and his survival of Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.
Read the summary → - The Diary of a Young Girl
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Anne Frank · Memoir
Anne Frank's diary, kept during the two years she spent hiding with her family in a concealed Amsterdam apartment, stands as one of the most widely read first-person accounts of the Holocaust.
Read the summary → - A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah · Memoir
Ishmael Beah was twelve years old when the Sierra Leone civil war reached his village and he was separated from his family.
Read the summary → - When Breath Becomes Air
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Paul Kalanithi · Memoir
When Breath Becomes Air is Paul Kalanithi's account of his life before and after being diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at 36, while completing his residency in neurosurgery at Stanford.
Read the summary → - 10% Happier
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Dan Harris · Memoir
10% Happier is Dan Harris's account of discovering meditation after a panic attack live on Good Morning America in 2004 forced him to confront an anxiety problem he'd been managing with cocaine and a punishing work schedule.
Read the summary → - A Grief Observed
