The Grandees: America's Sephardic Elite
By: Stephen Birmingham
3.93
Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition
The New World’s earliest Jewish immigrants and their unique, little-known A New York Times bestsel…
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By: Jan Guillou , Anna Paterson
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
The hero of this phenomenally successful historical trilogy is Arn Magnusson, born in 1150 to an ar… read more
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2. Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet
By: Harry Kemelman
3.85
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
A member of Rabbi Small's congregation dies a mysterious death during the worst hurricane Barnard's… read more
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3. The Jew Store
By: Stella Suberman
3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
"For a real bargain, while you're making a living, you should make also a life." --Aaron Bronson I… read more
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4. The Weight of Ink
By: Rachel Kadish
4.15
Format: 704 pages, Kindle Edition
WINNER OF A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A gifted writer, astonishingly adept… read more
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"Never underestimate the passion of a lonely mind."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"My grandmother," Ester said, "wished not to trap her love into taking her. She said a heart is a free thing, and once enslaved will mutiny...."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"Then it was only right that she do as her spirit told her, and let the struggle itself answer the question of which was the stronger: her will or her womanly nature."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"A woman such as I is a rocky cliff against which a man tests himself before retreating to safe pastures. I cannot fault any such man as takes what ease the world offers him."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
5. Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
By: Deborah Feldman
3.88
Format: 96 pages,
In this arresting memoir about growing up in--and ultimately escaping from--a strict Hasidic commun… read more
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6. Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry
By: Harry Kemelman
3.69
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
A drunken man and a sick, aging, wealthy Jew present a crisis that interrupts Yom Kippur for Rabbi … read more
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7. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
By: Laurence Bergreen
4.67
Format: 523 pages, Paperback
Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year… read more
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8. The Postcard
By: Anne Berest
4.37
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, Anne Berest’s The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-cen… read more
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"It would be wrong to call them memories; they are moments of life, that man hat es erlebt - one has lived. They are inside me, part of me, branded into my skin, you might say - but they're not memori…"-Anne Berest, The Postcard
"After the war, women in orthodox Jewish families had made it their mission to have as many children as possible to replenish the population -- and it seemed to me that the same was true for books. Th…"-Anne Berest, The Postcard
9. The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp
By: Leonie Swann
3.51
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another—with the help of a… read more
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10. Table for Two
By: Amor Towles
4.26
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more
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"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."-Amor Towles, Table for Two
"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"-Amor Towles, Table for Two
11. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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- history
12. The Secret Life of Sunflowers
By: Marta Molnar
4.13
Format: 356 pages, Paperback
A gripping, inspiring novel based on the true story of Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in… read more
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13. The Key
By: Kathryn Hughes
4.28
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
From the #1 bestselling author of The Letter Kathryn Hughes comes The Key, an unforgettable story o… read more
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14. 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
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"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
15. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
By: Ilyon Woo
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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16. Broadway Butterfly
By: Sara DiVello
3.98
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
New York in the Roaring Twenties—a riveting true-crime novel, based on one of the most notorious un… read more
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17. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
By: Anderson Cooper
3.77
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more
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18. Anita de Monte Laughs Last
By: Xóchitl González
3.82
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
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"we're all just here trying to get you to see your own light because it's strong enough to guide you."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
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19. The Grandees: America's Sephardic Elite
By: Stephen Birmingham
3.93
Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition
The New World’s earliest Jewish immigrants and their unique, little-known A New York Times bestsel… read more
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20. An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew
By: Annejet van der Zijl
3.73
Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition
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21. The First Mrs. Rothschild
By: Sara Aharoni
3.92
Format: 484 pages, Kindle Edition
In this award-winning historical saga, passionate young lovers in a Jewish ghetto rise to become th… read more
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