The Book of Lost Names vs The Room on Rue Amelie: Which Should You Read?

The Book of Lost Names Kristin Harmel · 2020 ★★★★☆ 4.5 400 pages · ≈ 7 h 24 m · Moderate

Eva Traube Abrams, a semi-retired librarian in Florida, is shelving books when her eyes lock on a photograph in the New York Times. She freezes; it’s an image of a book she hasn’t seen in more than sixty years—a book…

The Room on Rue Amelie Kristin Harmel · 2018 ★★★★☆ 4.5 431 pages · ≈ 7 h 59 m · Moderate

A moving and entrancing novel set in Paris during World War II about an American woman, a dashing pilot, and a young Jewish girl whose fates unexpectedly entwine—perfect for the fans of Kristen Hannah’s The Nightingale…