7 Best jewish books like The Nesting Dolls by Alina Adams

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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 …

"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

"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

If you liked the jewish plot in The Nesting Dolls by Alina Adams , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis

By: Tim Townsend

3.77

Format: 341 pages,

Mission at Nurembergis Tim Townsend's gripping story of the American Army chaplain sent to save the… read more

Similar categories in Tim Townsend's Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • historical

2. The Road from Gap Creek

By: Robert Morgan

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

One of America's most acclaimed writers returns to the land on which he has staked a literary claim… read more

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3. Sisters of Belfast

By: Melanie Maure

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An enthralling and deeply moving story that begins during World War II, about orphaned twin sisters… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Maure's Sisters of Belfast book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson

By: Ellen Baker

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Orphan Train meets Before We Were Yours meets Water for Elephants in this compelling multigeneratio… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Baker's The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
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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 Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • literary fiction
  • jewish
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • 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. Once We Were Home

By: Jennifer Rosner

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings , com… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Rosner's Once We Were Home book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • adult fiction
  • jewish
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • jewish
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Family Trust

By: Kathy Wang

3.21

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

Meet Stanley Huang: father, husband, ex-husband, man of unpredictable tastes and temper, aficionado… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Wang's Family Trust book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Life is about solving problems"

-Kathy Wang, Family Trust

"But she and Winston hadn’t yet developed that inner code between couples for when it was time for the other party to shut up"

-Kathy Wang, Family Trust

"Drunk women were only attractive when you were trying to sleep with them; afterward, they were just about the worst thing in the world."

-Kathy Wang, Family Trust

"Shown her how life could reward the places where you least exerted effort, while denying what you desired and worked so ardently toward most."

-Kathy Wang, Family Trust

Cover of The Nesting Dolls by Alina Adams

9. 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 Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • russia
  • jewish
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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

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10. The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne

By: Elsa Hart

3.62

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

London, 1703. In a time when the old approaches to science coexist with the new, one elite communit… read more

Similar categories in Elsa Hart's The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. The Rabbi Who Prayed with Fire

By: Rachel Sharona Lewis

3.99

Format: 276 pages, ebook

Congregation Beth Abraham expected their newest rabbi to "sing some songs and go to an environmenta… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Sharona Lewis's The Rabbi Who Prayed with Fire book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • fiction
  • jewish
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12. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Briar Club book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

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13. In the Lonely Hours

By: Shannon Morgan

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In a bewitchingly melancholy, thrillingly modern ghost story for readers of Eve Chase, Megan Shephe… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Morgan's In the Lonely Hours book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Tomorrow Is for the Brave

By: Kelly Bowen

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Based on true events, Tomorrow Is for the Brave is a gripping World War II page‑turner about a cour… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Bowen's Tomorrow Is for the Brave book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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15. Songs for the Brokenhearted

By: Ayelet Tsabari

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

1950. Thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to the newly founded Israel in search of a better li… read more

Similar categories in Ayelet Tsabari's Songs for the Brokenhearted book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • jewish
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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16. The Last Light Over Oslo

By: Alix Rickloff

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A gripping historical novel set in Norway and Sweden in 1940, based on true events, which follows o… read more

Similar categories in Alix Rickloff's The Last Light Over Oslo book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) by Allison Montclair

17. Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6)

By: Allison Montclair

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another … read more

Similar categories in Allison Montclair's Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Talking to Strangers (Elise King, #2) by Fiona Barton

18. Talking to Strangers (Elise King, #2)

By: Fiona Barton

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Detective Elise King’s investigation into a woman’s murder is getting derailed by a reporter who in… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Barton's Talking to Strangers (Elise King, #2) book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • fiction
Cover of And So I Roar by Abi Daré

19. And So I Roar

By: Abi Daré

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, heartwrenching new novel from Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl w… read more

Similar categories in Abi Daré's And So I Roar book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Whisper Sister

By: Jennifer S. Brown

4.57

Format: 419 pages, Kindle Edition

The author of Modern Girls delivers an atmospheric coming-of-age story set in Prohibition-era New Y… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer S. Brown's The Whisper Sister book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • jewish
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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21. All the Water in the World

By: Eiren Caffall

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Station Eleven, a literary thriller set partly on the roof of New York’s Museum… read more

Similar categories in Eiren Caffall's All the Water in the World book and Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction

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Melanie Maure

3.69

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3.89

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4.08

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Jodi Picoult

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Liane Moriarty

4.15

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Andrea Mara

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