11 must-read fantasy books like The Hidden Saint by Mark Levenson

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The Hidden Saint

By: Mark Levenson

4.24

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

THIS NEW FANTASY NOVEL TAKES READERS TO A WORLD THEY’VE NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE, IN WHICH THE VAST…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Hidden Saint by Mark Levenson , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

1. The Yiddish Policemen's Union

By: Michael Chabon

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

For sixty years, Jews have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven cre… read more

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  • fantasy
  • jewish
Cover of Waking Lions by Sondra Silverston, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

2. Waking Lions

By: Sondra Silverston , Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

3.80

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Eitan Green is a good man. He saves lives. Then, speeding along a deserted moonlit road in his … read more

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  • jewish
"The distance between a hungry person and a sated one is greater than the distance between here and the moon."

-Sondra Silverston, Waking Lions

"He didn't want her to be a saint. All he wanted was for her to be human (and it never occurred to him that there are times when being human is a privilege)."

-Sondra Silverston, Waking Lions

"Children are more resilient than we think. Their bones are more flexible than adults' bones. Evolution did that to protect them from the blows they were going to receive."

-Sondra Silverston, Waking Lions

"She knew she hadn't answered his question but preferred not answering to lying. She'd rather raise him with questions that remain open than in a world filled with false answers."

-Sondra Silverston, Waking Lions

Cover of Pepperharrow (The Watchmaker of Filigree Street #2) by Natasha Pulley

3. Pepperharrow (The Watchmaker of Filigree Street #2)

By: Natasha Pulley

3.30

Format: 208 pages,

The author has said in an interview: The next book follows on from Watchmaker. Thaniel and Mori go … read more

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  • fantasy

4. The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership

By: None

4.00

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

This intimate narrative takes the reader behind the scenes into the chambers of Prime Ministers Lev… read more

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5. When the Angels Left the Old Country

By: Sacha Lamb

4.27

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

A queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power o… read more

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  • fantasy
  • jewish
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6. Upgrade

By: Blake Crouch

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You are the next step in human evolution. At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s diffe… read more

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  • fantasy
"I had extraordinary dreams, and an ordinary mind."

-Blake Crouch, Upgrade

"I could not choose my desires, only whether to pursue them."

-Blake Crouch, Upgrade

"Human nature will be the last part of nature to surrender to man.- C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man"

-Blake Crouch, Upgrade

"It is a supremely cruel thing to have your mind conjure a desire which it is functionally unable to realize. No one teaches you how to handle the death of a dream."

-Blake Crouch, Upgrade

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7. 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

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  • jewish
"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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8. 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

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  • 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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9. City of Laughter

By: Temim Fruchter

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood… read more

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  • jewish
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10. Thistlefoot

By: GennaRose Nethercott

3.96

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The Yaga siblings--Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con a… read more

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  • fantasy
"what is a memory if not a ghost?"

-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot

"Memory, it was nothing but a leash"

-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot

"This song is for the goners, whose smiles are dust"

-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot

"Leaves fell like one thousand small, flaming hands."

-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot

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11. Clear

By: Carys Davies

3.92

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more

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12. The Morningside

By: Téa Obreht

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland, a ma… read more

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  • fantasy
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13. 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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  • 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

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14. Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor

By: Yossi Klein Halevi

4.12

Format: 288 pages, ebook

Attempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli commentato… read more

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  • jewish
"Sometimes, in political arguments with Palestinians, I would be told: Why are we arguing about who owns the land, when in the end the land will own us both?"

-Yossi Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor

"The notion of a people chosen by God wasn't intended to bestow privilege but responsibility. Jewish history attests that this role carries more burden than glory. The classical way Jews understood th…"

-Yossi Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor

"We are trapped, you and I, in a seemingly hopeless cycle. Not a "cycle of violence" -- a lazy formulation that tells us nothing about why our conflict exists, let alone how to end it. Instead, we're …"

-Yossi Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor

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15. Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes

By: Moshe Kasher

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A riotous, whirlwind tour through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics … read more

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  • jewish
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16. Fervor

By: Toby Lloyd

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A chilling and unforgettable story of a close-knit Jewish family in London pushed to the brink when… read more

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  • jewish
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17. Two Tribes

By: Emily Bowen Cohen

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more

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  • jewish
Cover of The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance by Rebecca Clarren

18. The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance

By: Rebecca Clarren

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Sharply insightful . . . A monumental piece of work." — The Boston Globe An award-winning author … read more

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  • jewish
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19. Maror

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.94

Format: 634 pages, ebook

A multi-generational saga with cultural and political depth, drawing on the rich, often troubling r… read more

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  • jewish
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20. Glorious Exploits

By: Ferdia Lennon

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On… read more

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"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I had the feeling that the future and the pas…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I have the feeling that the future and the pa…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

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21. Your Presence Is Mandatory

By: Sasha Vasilyuk

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting debut novel, based on real events, about a Ukrainian World War II veteran with a secret … read more

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  • jewish
Cover of The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold

22. The Blood Years

By: Elana K. Arnold

4.32

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke T… read more

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  • jewish
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23. The City Beautiful

By: Aden Polydoros

4.10

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he’ll hav… read more

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  • fantasy
  • jewish
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24. Black Bird, Blue Road

By: Sofiya Pasternack

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award fin… read more

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  • fantasy
  • jewish
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25. The Hidden Saint

By: Mark Levenson

4.24

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

THIS NEW FANTASY NOVEL TAKES READERS TO A WORLD THEY’VE NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE, IN WHICH THE VAST… read more

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  • fantasy
  • jewish
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26. Abomination

By: Ashley Goldberg

3.86

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A compelling and compassionate debut about friendship, faith, family and identity. 'He who turns… read more

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  • jewish
Cover of The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

27. The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

4.06

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more

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  • fantasy
"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

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28. 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

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  • jewish
Cover of Babylon: A Novel of Jewish Captivity by Michelle Cameron

29. Babylon: A Novel of Jewish Captivity

By: Michelle Cameron

4.21

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A multi-generational biblical saga of captivity, romance, faith, and redemption, set against the Ju… read more

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30. Nicked

By: M.T. Anderson

3.85

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction… read more

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  • fantasy
Cover of Mazaltob: A Novel (The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry) by Blanche Bendahan

31. Mazaltob: A Novel (The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry)

By: Blanche Bendahan

4.27

Format: 187 pages, Hardcover

The first English translation of a compelling work by a forerunner of modern Sephardi feminist lite… read more

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  • jewish

21 Top jewish books like The Hidden Saint by Mark Levenson

Transform Your Habits

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Michael Chabon

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Waking Lions

Sondra Silverston , Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

3.80

Transform Your Habits

When the Angels Left the Old Country

Sacha Lamb

4.27

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People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Dara Horn

4.36

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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Iris

Fiona Kelly McGregor

3.53

Transform Your Habits

All That's Left Unsaid

Tracey Lien

3.97

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