13 must-read judaism books like The Lost Shtetl by Max Gross

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The Lost Shtetl

By: Max Gross

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable debut novel—written with the fearless imagination of Michael Chabon and the piercing h…

If you liked the judaism plot in The Lost Shtetl by Max Gross , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. A Guide for the Perplexed

By: Dara Horn

3.72

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

The incomparable Dara Horn returns with a spellbinding novel of how technology changes memory and h… read more

Similar categories in Dara Horn's A Guide for the Perplexed book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • judaica
  • audiobook
"I only mean that people find what they wish to find, and remember what they wish to remember, regardless of the evidence presented to them," Margaret said."

-Dara Horn, A Guide for the Perplexed

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2. All Other Nights

By: Dara Horn

3.76

Format: 363 pages, Hardcover

A gripping epic about the great moral struggles of the Civil War. How is tonight different from … read more

Similar categories in Dara Horn's All Other Nights book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • jewish
  • judaism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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3. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

By: Dara Horn

4.36

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating ess… read more

Similar categories in Dara Horn's People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • jewish
  • judaism
  • judaica
  • religion
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
"Evil' may or may not be banal, but killing Jews sure is."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"between the raindrops" - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"Sometimes your body is someone else's haunted house. Other people look at you and can only see the dead."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"There are so few Jews in the world: even in the United States, we are barely 2 percent of the population, a minority among minorities... Statistically speaking, nothing that happens to Jews should be…"

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

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4. Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

By: Noa Tishby

4.34

Format: None pages, Audiobook

AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: INCLUDES THE SONG “ELATION STATION” BY INFECTED MUSHROOM!A “fascinating and very m… read more

Similar categories in Noa Tishby's Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • audiobook
  • judaism
  • religion
  • jewish
"The truth is, there is absolutely nothing that can be said of Israel, that cannot be said of Pakistan."

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"Instead of helping people move forward UNRWA keeps the Palestinian people in an eternal loop of displacement. Instead of solving the problem in any meaningful way, they have overseen the problem's ex…"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"Here's the nugget: settling the refugee problem would mean ending the war against Israel. And as of now, the Palestinians and many of the Arab world have been refusing to do so. The best way to keep …"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"There is almost no difference between the establishment of Israel and Pakistan. They were both created as a safe haven for persecuted groups: Jews and Muslims. They are both engaged in land disputes.…"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

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5. Kantika

By: Elizabeth Graver

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Graver's Kantika book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • literary fiction
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

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6. Com un batec en un micròfon

By: Clara Queraltó

3.78

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Amb el carnet de conduir acabat d’estrenar, la Gabriela puja a passar l’estiu al poble de l’avi, on… read more

Similar categories in Clara Queraltó's Com un batec en un micròfon book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • fiction
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7. Guanyaràs una mar llisa

By: Miquel Martín i Serra

3.93

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Segons el relat familiar, el besavi Espiridió deu el seu nom a un jurament fet pel seu avi, que va … read more

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8. Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai

By: Matti Friedman

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The incredible never-before-told story of Leonard Cohen's 1973 tour of Israel during the Yom Kippur… read more

Similar categories in Matti Friedman's Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • religion
  • jewish
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9. The Lost Shtetl

By: Max Gross

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable debut novel—written with the fearless imagination of Michael Chabon and the piercing h… read more

Similar categories in Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • literary fiction
  • holocaust
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • judaica
  • audiobook
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10. kaddish.com

By: Nathan Englander

3.31

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

The Pulitzer finalist delivers his best work yet--a brilliant, streamlined comic novel, reminiscent… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Englander's kaddish.com book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The information. It's out there, Rebbe. This part is not a sin."

-Nathan Englander, kaddish.com

"You wouldn't leave me?" he'd asked her honestly afraid. ...In answer, Miri had taken her time before sharing a kind of warning. "I can tell you I'd never leave you. I can also tell you that what make…"

-Nathan Englander, kaddish.com

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11. If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir

By: Ilana Kurshan

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

At the age of 27, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a painful divorce, Ilana Kurshan joined the wor… read more

Similar categories in Ilana Kurshan's If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • judaism
  • religion
  • judaica
  • jewish
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12. The Golem of Brooklyn

By: Adam Mansbach

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated t… read more

Similar categories in Adam Mansbach's The Golem of Brooklyn book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Stockholm

By: Noa Yedlin

3.27

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

An ingeniously plotted dark comedy about aging and friendship following a tight-knit circle of seni… read more

Similar categories in Noa Yedlin's Stockholm book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • contemporary
  • jewish
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land

By: Omer Friedlander

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

he Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land announces the arrival of a natural-born storyteller of immense… read more

Similar categories in Omer Friedlander's The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • literary fiction
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • judaica
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15. On Division

By: Goldie Goldbloom

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Through one woman's life at a moment of surprising change, the award-winning author Goldie Goldbloo… read more

Similar categories in Goldie Goldbloom's On Division book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • literary fiction
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning

By: Eve Fairbanks

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A dozen years in the making, The Inheritors weaves together the stories of three ordinary South Afr… read more

Similar categories in Eve Fairbanks's The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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17. Poland, a Green Land

By: Aharon Appelfeld

3.84

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Tel Aviv shopkeeper visits his parents’ Polish birthplace in an attempt to come to terms with the… read more

Similar categories in Aharon Appelfeld's Poland, a Green Land book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • jewish
  • judaism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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18. La drecera

By: Miquel Martín i Serra

4.10

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

El narrador d’aquesta història, tot just sortit de la infantesa, viu en un petit poble de l’Empordà… read more

Similar categories in Miquel Martín i Serra's La drecera book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • fiction
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19. The Way Back

By: Gavriel Savit

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for readers of Neil Gaiman and Philip Pullman, a sweeping historical fantasy that follows t… read more

Similar categories in Gavriel Savit's The Way Back book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • audiobook
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • jewish
"Death frowned, light and tight. “I might ask you the same question. For as much as it frightens each of you to see my face, it grieves me to see each of yours."

-Gavriel Savit, The Way Back

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20. Shampoo

By: Bert Moerman

3.47

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Christine ontmoet op haar eenentwintigste een leuke jongen en de twee worden dolverliefd. Het is he… read more

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21. The Jewish Book of Horror

By: Daniel Braum

4.29

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR Edited by Josh Schlossberg Horror is part of the human condition, but few… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Braum's The Jewish Book of Horror book and Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl

  • judaism
  • fiction
  • jewish

7 best-selling contemporary books like The Lost Shtetl by Max Gross

Transform Your Habits

A Guide for the Perplexed

Dara Horn

3.72

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The Lost Shtetl

Max Gross

3.80

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Nathan Englander

3.31

Transform Your Habits

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Noa Yedlin

3.27

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9 must-read fiction books like The Golem of Brooklyn by Adam Mansbach

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James

Percival Everett

4.54

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City of Laughter

Temim Fruchter

3.78

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Kantika

Elizabeth Graver

4.08

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Maya Arad

4.04

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