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Looking for read-alikes for The Director by Daniel Kehlmann? These 24 titles overlap in Individual Director, Biographical, World War II, and Performing Arts and overall literary texture.

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Codename Intelligentsia The Life and Times of the Honourable Ivor Montagu, Filmmaker, Communist, Spy

Russell Campbell

Themes: Individual Director • World War II • Performing Arts

Cilka’s Journey A Novel — Heather Morris

Cilka’s Journey A Novel

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

Fateless — Imre Kertesz

Fateless — Imre Kertesz

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

The Diamond Eye — Kate Quinn

The Diamond Eye

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

The Red Address Book — Sofia Lundberg

The Red Address Book

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

The Glass Château — Stephen P. Kiernan

The Glass Château

Stephen P. Kiernan

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

The Postcard — Anne Berest

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

Angels of the Pacific A Novel of World War II — Elise Hooper

Angels of the Pacific A Novel of World War II

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

Charlotte — David Foenkinos

David Foenkinos

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

An Unlikely Spy A Novel — Rebecca Starford

An Unlikely Spy A Novel

Rebecca Starford

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

Auschwitz Lullaby — Mario Escobar

Auschwitz Lullaby

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

Abdication A Novel — Juliet Nicolson

Abdication A Novel

Juliet Nicolson

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

The Ghosts of Rome — Joseph O’Connor

The Ghosts of Rome — Joseph O’Connor

Joseph O'Connor

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

The American Adventuress A Novel — C. W. Gortner

The American Adventuress A Novel

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

Three Words for Goodbye A Novel — Hazel Gaynor

Three Words for Goodbye A Novel

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

A Most English Princess A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Daughter — Clare McHugh

A Most English Princess A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Daughter

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

When We Were Young & Brave A Novel — Hazel Gaynor

When We Were Young & Brave A Novel

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

Fast Girls A Novel of the 1936 Women’s Olympic Team — Elise Hooper

Fast Girls A Novel of the 1936 Women’s Olympic Team

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

To Die Beautiful A Novel — Buzzy Jackson

To Die Beautiful A Novel

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

The Principle — Jérôme Ferrari

Jérôme Ferrari

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

The Flight Portfolio — Julie Orringer

The Flight Portfolio

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

The Queen’s Secret A Novel of England’s World War II Queen — Karen Harper

The Queen’s Secret A Novel of England’s World War II Queen

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

The Dig — John Preston

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

Winston’s War A Novel of Conspiracy — Michael Dobbs

Winston’s War A Novel of Conspiracy

Themes: Biographical • World War II • 20th Century

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Individual Director, Biographical, World War II — the same threads that run through The Director by Daniel Kehlmann. Among the authors featured: Russell Campbell, Heather Morris, Imre Kertész, Kate Quinn, and others.

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