Non-fiction books about real dictatorships. Some of them are memoires and some others are history books and essays.
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last updated January, 2026
Renia’s Diary: A Girl’s Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust
Renia Spiegel
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
The Diary of Éva Heyman: Child of the Holocaust
Éva Heyman
China: From Empire to People's Republic, 1900-49 (Access to History)
Michael Lynch
20 de ani în Siberia: amintiri din viață
Anița Nandriș-Cudla
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
Loung Ung
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
Yeonmi Park
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Blaine Harden
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