Books like I Have Lived a Thousand Years

I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson reads as harrowing, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Eva's story

Eva Schloss · 1988

Shares the escape + history thread

86% genome match

Year of Goodbyes

Debbie Levy · 2015

Shares the escape + history thread

86% genome match

So far from the bamboo grove

Yoko Kawashima Watkins · 1986

Shares the escape + history thread

81% genome match

First They Killed My Father

Loung Ung · 2000

Shares the escape + history thread

77% genome match

The Journey Back

Johanna Reiss · 1976

Shares the escape + history thread

79% genome match

The children of Willesden Lane

Mona Golabek · 2002

Shares the escape + history thread

76% genome match

Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank / Excerpts from Anne Frank)

Frances Goodrich · 1989

Shares the escape + history thread

71% genome match

A lucky child

Thomas Buergenthal · 2009

Shares the history thread

86% genome match

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom · 1971

Shares the history thread

81% genome match

Nadzieja umiera ostatnia

Halina Birenbaum · 1971

Shares the history thread

86% genome match

Bag of Marbles

Joseph Joffo · 1975

Shares the escape + history thread

78% genome match

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree

Laura Hillman · 2003

Shares the history thread

83% genome match