27 Best fiction books like The Dissident by Paul Goldberg

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The Dissident

By: Paul Goldberg

3.72

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling, witty, and slyly original Cold War mystery about a ragtag group of Jewish refuseniks i…

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1. Dog Soldiers

By: Robert Stone

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Saigon during the waning days of the Vietnam War, a small-time journalist named John Converse th… read more

Similar categories in Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Enchanters by James Ellroy

2. The Enchanters

By: James Ellroy

3.73

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

James Ellroy—Demon Dog of American Letters—goes straight to the tragic heart of 1962 Hollywood with… read more

Similar categories in James Ellroy's The Enchanters book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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3. The Wolf Hunt

By: Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen returns with a timely exploration of the fault lines in a… read more

Similar categories in Ayelet Gundar-Goshen's The Wolf Hunt book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) by Don Winslow

4. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Künstlers in Paradise by Cathleen Schine

5. Künstlers in Paradise

By: Cathleen Schine

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The beloved bestselling author of The Three Weissmanns of Westport—once dubbed “the modern-day Jewi… read more

Similar categories in Cathleen Schine's Künstlers in Paradise book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"If not a lost art, then an art that often rushes away from contemporary writers with all the excited energy of a disobedient dog. At least, that dog runs off from me. The best I have been able to do …"

-Cathleen Schine, Künstlers in Paradise

Cover of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson

6. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

By: Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more

Similar categories in Heather Cox Richardson's Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • historical
Cover of Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land by Jacob Mikanowski

7. Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land

By: Jacob Mikanowski

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Eastern Europe is disappearing. Not off the map of course, but as an idea. Today it calls to min… read more

Similar categories in Jacob Mikanowski's Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • russia
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8. Blue Skies

By: T.C. Boyle

3.81

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

From best-selling novelist T. C. Boyle, a satirical yet ultimately moving send-up of contemporary A… read more

Similar categories in T.C. Boyle's Blue Skies book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • fiction
Cover of Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) by David McCloskey

9. Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)

By: David McCloskey

4.30

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its cen… read more

Similar categories in David McCloskey's Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading by Dwight Garner

10. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

By: Dwight Garner

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more

Similar categories in Dwight Garner's The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

Cover of Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) by Colson Whitehead

11. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

By: Colson Whitehead

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more

Similar categories in Colson Whitehead's Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Misery is a money pit."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

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12. Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest sett… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's Shanghai book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Mr. Texas by Lawrence Wright

13. Mr. Texas

By: Lawrence Wright

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

A sharply drawn, page-turning send up of Texas politics—from the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-sel… read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Wright's Mr. Texas book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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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

Similar categories in Elizabeth Graver's Kantika book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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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15. The Hebrew Teacher

By: Maya Arad

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome cris… read more

Similar categories in Maya Arad's The Hebrew Teacher book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"״ילד לא צריך בכלל מסיבה גדולה עד גיל ארבע,״ פוסקת רוית. ״מה, בארץ עושים רק עם הסבתות, הדודים...״ ״אבל זו הבעיה, אין פה סבתות,״ היא מחווה את דעתה. ״איי,״ מלכה מסכימה, ״זאת בדיוק הבעיה. אין פה סבתות.״"

-Maya Arad, The Hebrew Teacher

"יועד לוגם מהכוס ומעווה את פניו. ״חרא קפה.״ ״בפעם הבאה תלך לקפה מול הספרייה,״ היא מציעה לו טיפ של מקומיים. רק לפני שנה פתחו אותו, וכל הקמפוס מדבר עליו: כמו בניו יורק, כמו בסן פרנסיסקו, בסיאטל: קלייה ע…"

-Maya Arad, The Hebrew Teacher

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16. Gone to the Wolves

By: John Wray

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning author John Wray dives deep into the wild, risky world of heavy metal in the 1980… read more

Similar categories in John Wray's Gone to the Wolves book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. Hope

By: Andrew Ridker

3.67

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The year is 2013 and the Greenspans are the envy of Brookline, Massachusetts, an idyllic (and ideal… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Ridker's Hope book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • fiction
Cover of Unorthodox Love by Heidi  Shertok

18. Unorthodox Love

By: Heidi Shertok

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood and Sophie Kinsella, Heidi Shertok’s delightful debut about love … read more

Similar categories in Heidi Shertok's Unorthodox Love book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • fiction
Cover of The Red Hotel: Moscow 1941, the Metropol Hotel, and the Untold Story of Stalin's Propaganda War by Alan Philps

19. The Red Hotel: Moscow 1941, the Metropol Hotel, and the Untold Story of Stalin's Propaganda War

By: Alan Philps

3.70

Format: 352 pages, ebook

The untold history of Moscow's Metropol hotel—a fervent spot of intrigue, secrets, and the center o… read more

Similar categories in Alan Philps's The Red Hotel: Moscow 1941, the Metropol Hotel, and the Untold Story of Stalin's Propaganda War book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • russia
Cover of The Midnight News by Jo Baker

20. The Midnight News

By: Jo Baker

3.70

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a gripping novel of one young woman’s unraveling during … read more

Similar categories in Jo Baker's The Midnight News book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Berlin by Bea Setton

21. Berlin

By: Bea Setton

3.60

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Daphne Ferber arrives in Berlin for a fresh start in a thrilling new city, the last thing she … read more

Similar categories in Bea Setton's Berlin book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • fiction
Cover of The Slowworm's Song by Andrew  Miller

22. The Slowworm's Song

By: Andrew Miller

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An innocent-looking letter drops on to the doormat in Stephen Rose's Somerset home like an unexplod… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Miller's The Slowworm's Song book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. The Enemy Beside Me

By: Naomi Ragen

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Inspired by true events, Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me is a powerful, provocative novel about t… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Dissident by Paul Goldberg

24. The Dissident

By: Paul Goldberg

3.72

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling, witty, and slyly original Cold War mystery about a ragtag group of Jewish refuseniks i… read more

Similar categories in Paul Goldberg's The Dissident book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of All the World Beside by Garrard Conley

25. All the World Beside

By: Garrard Conley

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New England … read more

Similar categories in Garrard Conley's All the World Beside book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of American Ending by Mary Kay Zuravleff

26. American Ending

By: Mary Kay Zuravleff

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A woman growing up in a family of Russian immigrants in the 1910s seeks a thoroughly American life.… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kay Zuravleff's American Ending book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • historical
  • russia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Last Songbird by Daniel Weizmann

27. The Last Songbird

By: Daniel Weizmann

3.43

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A gritty, fast-paced neo-noir that explores the consumptive nature of fame, celebrity, and motherho… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Weizmann's The Last Songbird book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Poland, a Green Land by Aharon Appelfeld

28. 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 Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Nesting Dolls by Alina Adams

29. The Nesting Dolls

By: Alina Adams

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Spanning nearly a century, from 1930s Siberia to contemporary Brighton Beach, a page turning, epic … read more

Similar categories in Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • historical
  • russia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Life has never given me what I wanted. But it has, once in a while, given me what I needed."

-Alina Adams, The Nesting Dolls

Cover of Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

30. Long Island Compromise

By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

3.88

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more

Similar categories in Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Long Island Compromise book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of On Her Own by Lihi Lapid

31. On Her Own

By: Lihi Lapid

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis that melds the clock-ticking tension of Laur… read more

Similar categories in Lihi Lapid's On Her Own book and Paul Goldberg's The Dissident

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction

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