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Books like City of thieves
A brutally cold, darkly hilarious, and ultimately heartbreaking sprint through a war-torn wasteland in search of the impossible. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with City of thieves.
- freezing
- tense
- bleak
- camaraderie-filled
- 01
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
A devastatingly beautiful meditation on the power of words, narrated by a compassionate Death who watches humanity at its darkest and brightest.
- 02
The Madonnas of Leningrad
Debra Dean
A luminous, heartbreaking meditation on how art and memory sustain us when the mind and the world are falling apart.
- 03
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
A sprawling, grief-shadowed odyssey through the underworld of art and the messy, drug-hazed survival of a boy tethered to a single masterpiece.
- 04
Archangel
Robert Harris
A chilling, propulsive thriller where the ghosts of Russia's violent past bleed into a deadly modern-day hunt.
- 05
A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles
A masterclass in charm and resilience, inviting you to sip fine wine and find an entire world within the walls of a single grand hotel.
- 06
The bronze horseman
Paullina Simons · 2000
An epic, emotionally devastating journey of forbidden love and desperate survival set against the freezing, starving backdrop of a besieged city.
- 07
The Lost Girls of Paris
Pam Jenoff
A suspenseful and poignant historical journey that unearths the forgotten heroics and unbreakable bonds of female spies.
- 08
Gentlemen of the road
Michael Chabon
A swashbuckling, erudite buddy-comedy wrapped in a dusty historical epic.
- 09
Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys
A harrowing but beautifully human testament to finding light and creating art in the darkest, coldest corners of history.
- 10
The Sisters Brothers
Patrick deWitt
A darkly hilarious, blood-soaked frontier road trip that hides a surprisingly tender heart beneath its dusty exterior.
- 11
The tsar of love and techno
Anthony Marra
A darkly funny, deeply humane tapestry of interconnected lives surviving the absurdities and tragedies of a fractured empire.
- 12
Code Name Verity
Elizabeth Wein
A devastating, brilliantly deceptive confession of survival, sacrifice, and the fierce, unbreakable bond between two women in the darkest days of war.
