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…
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1. Trumpet in the Wadi
By: Sami Michael
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Leading Israeli novelist Sami Michael shares his gift for navigating the cultural conflicts in mode… read more
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2. 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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- historical fiction
- holocaust
- fiction
- jewish
"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
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
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- fiction
- israel
- jewish
4. Day
By: Michael Cunningham
3.57
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"-Michael Cunningham, Day
5. Chenneville
By: Paulette Jiles
4.13
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawles… read more
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- fiction
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6. Absolution
By: Alice McDermott
3.81
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more
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- fiction
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7. The Museum of Failures
By: Thrity Umrigar
4.13
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
An immersive story about family secrets and the power of forgiveness from the bestselling author of… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Because, ultimately everybody's story was written in scars."-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
"He had often thought of Bombay as the museum of failures, an exhibit hall filled with thwarted dreams and broken promises."-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
"Of course, there were unhappy people everywhere on earth, and if you catalogued all their griefs and disappointments, every place could be considered a museum of failures. One could argue that this w…"-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
8. Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather
By: Benjamin Taylor
3.73
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A tender biography of one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century and an elegant explorati… read more
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9. 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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- historical fiction
- judaism
- fiction
- jewish
"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
10. This Strange Eventful History
By: Claire Messud
3.63
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Family life, like playing chess, involved always thinking several steps ahead."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"Literature... Now, that's a religion I can believe in. That is perhaps my God."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"... she'd been a fool, enamored of a figment, had created the soul of a man who never existed -"-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"All-U-Can Hi-way 4-Sale Thru. This American English thrilled him - its energy, its freedom, its carelessness."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
11. 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
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- fiction
- israel
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"״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
12. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
By: Deborah Jackson Taffa
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting Nonfiction and Memoir You Need to Read" * A New York T… read more
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- race
"My Laguna grandmother, Esther, is the one who taught me that a deep intimacy with a homeland requires three things: sensory experiences of particular geographies, a storied history of the trails, and…"-Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
13. One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
By: Michael Frank
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
One of Wall Street Journal ’s Ten Best Books of the Year * Winner of the National Jewish Book Award… read more
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- holocaust
- jewish
"I do believe that as we travel through life we become a different person in every situation, or context, or phase."-Michael Frank, One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
14. Acts of Forgiveness
By: Maura Cheeks
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this stirring, tender-hearted debut about ambition and inheritance, a family grapples with how m… read more
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- race
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"You can't tour a plantation and come home to 512 Lewaro without understanding its significance. By walking through the front doors of their home, they were rewriting history."-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness
"During moments of national importance, it feels as though bills will be paid and mortgages covered, dreams no longer deferred. It feels as though, maybe, it can be less about money than about honor."-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness
15. How to Love Your Daughter
By: Hila Blum
3.58
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The seemingly inexplicable estrangement between a woman and her grown daughter opens up a troubling… read more
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- israel
16. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
17. The Turtle House
By: Amanda Churchill
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists, whose grit and grace will inspire … read more
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- fiction
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18. Across So Many Seas
By: Ruth Behar
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more
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- historical fiction
- fiction
- jewish
19. The Wharton Plot
By: Mariah Fredericks
3.38
Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition
Mariah Fredericks' mesmerizing novel, The Wharton Plot, follows renowned novelist Edith Wharton in … read more
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20. The Curse of Pietro Houdini
By: Derek B. Miller
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the Dagger Award–winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving Wor… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"Fear is the enemy of art because it hinders us from creation. Anyone who uses fear to stop an artist from creating is an enemy of life."-Derek B. Miller, The Curse of Pietro Houdini
21. Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
By: Oren Kessler
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Winner, 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature One of the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books … read more
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- israel
- jewish
22. Cold Victory
By: Karl Marlantes
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Karl Marlantes comes a propulsive and sweeping novel in whic… read more
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- adult
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23. 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
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- jewish
24. 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
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- judaism
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- historical fiction
- adult
- holocaust
25. Hotel Cuba
By: Aaron Hamburger
3.97
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Fleeing the chaos of World War I and the terror of the Soviet Revolution, practical, sensible Pearl… read more
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- judaism
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- jewish
26. Leaving Eastern Parkway a novel
By: Matthew Daub
4.30
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Brooklyn’s Hasidic community of Lubavitchers is turned upside down when family tragedy strikes and … read more
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27. A Great Country
By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires E… read more
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- race
- adult
- fiction
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
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- race
- israel
- jewish
- travel
- judaism
- poland
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- holocaust
29. Wait
By: Gabriella Burnham
3.36
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A young woman reunites with her teenage sister in their childhood home on Nantucket Island after th… read more
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- adult
- fiction
30. Jews in the Garden: A Holocaust Survivor, the Fate of His Family, and the Secret History of Poland in World War II
By: Judy Rakowsky
4.04
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
" Jews in the Garden reads like the best of narrator-guided murder-mysteries. But in this case the … read more
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- poland
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
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