The Telling: How Judaism's Essential Book Reveals the Meaning of Life
By: Mark Gerson
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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1. A Good Marriage
By: Stephen King , Jessica Hecht
3.84
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
What happens when, on a perfectly ordinary evening, all the things you believed in and took for gra… read more
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"Time takes it all in the end..."-Stephen King, A Good Marriage
2. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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- nonfiction
3. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
By: Matthew Desmond
3.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and… read more
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4. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
By: Vincent Bugliosi , Curt Gentry
4.06
Format: 687 pages, Paperback
Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one … read more
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"Deciding that his own life expectancy was directly proportional to his usefulness to Manson, Crockett made himself very useful, volunteering his truck to haul in supplies, and so forth."-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
"Noting that it would be a long trial, with many witnesses, I recall the old Chinese proverb, "The palest ink is better than the best memory," urging the jury to take detailed notes to aid them in the…"-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
"For a lawyer to do less than his utmost is, I strongly feel, a betrayal of his client. Though in criminal trials one tends to focus on the defense attorney and his client the accused, the prosecutor …"-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
"One day Manson tried with me. I stared right back, holding his gaze until his hands started shaking. During the recess, I slid my chair over next to his and asked, "What are you trembling about, Char…"-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
5. The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
By: Susannah Heschel , Abraham Joshua Heschel , Ilya Schor
4.16
Format: 354 pages,
Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabba… read more
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6. Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933
By: Anne Applebaum
3.32
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulagand the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtai… read more
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7. The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist
3.66
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Dear Reader, If you have picked up this book with the hope of finding a simple and cheery tale, I'm… read more
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8. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
By: Deborah Blum
3.60
Format: 212 pages,
Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very… read more
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9. The Dark Half
By: Stephen King
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Thad Beaumont would like to say he is innocent. He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the seri… read more
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10. Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory
By: Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
3.43
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
"Mr. Yerushalmi's previous writings . . . established him as one of the Jewish community's most imp… read more
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11. Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism: Secrets of "The Guide for the Perplexed"
By: None , None
4.16
Format: 114 pages, Hardcover
A publishing sensation long at the top of the best-seller lists in Israel, the original Hebrew edit… read more
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12. The Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch 1743-1933
By: Amos Elon
4.43
Format: 85 pages,
As it's usually told, the story of the German Jews starts at the end, with their tragic demise in H… read more
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13. The House of the Spirits
By: Isabel Allende , Magda Bogin
4.28
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Alle… read more
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"You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found."-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits
"...no se fue con Pedro Tercero simplemente porque no le alcanzaba el amor"-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits
"Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy. "-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits
"[Der] ziellose Blick eines Menschen, der sich ausschließlich von Gemüse ernährt."-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits
14. Jews Don't Count
By: David Baddiel
4.21
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Jews Don’t Count is a book for people on the right side of history. People fighting the good fight … read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
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15. Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)
By: David McCloskey
4.21
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad.… read more
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16. 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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17. 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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"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
18. 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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"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
19. Whalefall
By: Daniel Kraus
3.73
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
Whalefall is a scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who’s been swallowed by an eigh… read more
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"There need be no struggle when we are all the same weight."-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall
"But those three people waiting outside are the tones of Jay's voice, the organs in Jay's body."-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall
"The simple sharing of hope, its weight not so heavy after all, is a wonder. A lifting. A rising. A surfacing."-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall
"Jay's not sure he believes in therapy. He definitely doesn't believe in closure. People aren't doors. They're whole floor plans, entire labyrinths, and the harder you try to escape, the more lost ins…"-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall
20. Like a Rolling Stone
By: Jann S. Wenner
3.84
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
In this New York Times bestseller, Rolling Stone founder, co-editor, and publisher Jann Wenner offe… read more
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21. We Must Not Think of Ourselves
By: Lauren Grodstein
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives… read more
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"We had never practiced Judaism before, and I thought myself too old to try believing something new, or to take advantage of an accident of birth to claim some brown patch of desert as my home."-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves
"Our task is to pay attention... To listen to the stories. We want all political backgrounds, all religious attitudes. The illiterate and the elite. Every ideology. Interview everyone. Learn about the…"-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves
"There should be another word for this feeling - a sort of sorrowful happiness, or a happiness that only deepens someone's sorrow. The closest I can come to it is the Portuguese word saudade, which ne…"-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves
22. Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War
By: Micah Goodman
4.27
Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition
A controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fr… read more
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23. How to Fight Anti-Semitism
By: Bari Weiss
4.19
Format: 224 pages, ebook
The prescient New York Times writer delivers an urgent wake-up call to all Americans exposing the a… read more
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"It's hard to imagine "Fuck Jews" as being anything other than a statement of anti-Semitism."-Bari Weiss, How to Fight Anti-Semitism
"Europe is very good at building memorials for dead Jews. It is still learning how to protect the living ones. Vigils honor the dead, but they don't do much for the living. Solidarity does."-Bari Weiss, How to Fight Anti-Semitism
"No country is immune to criticism, nor should it be. But when that criticism takes the form of singling out just one country, unfairly, bitterly and relentlessly, over and over and over, that’s just …"-Bari Weiss, How to Fight Anti-Semitism
"When anti-Zionism becomes a normative political position, active anti-Semitism becomes the norm. Because if you believe that Zionism is racism, it follows that Zionists are racists. And everyone know…"-Bari Weiss, How to Fight Anti-Semitism
24. Fly Already: Stories
By: Etgar Keret
4.03
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
There's no one like Etgar Keret. His stories take place at the crossroads of the fantastical, seari… read more
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"The guy on the roof nods--it looks like this time, he heard something--and shouts back at me, "How did you know? How did you know she died?" Someone always dies, I want to yell back at him. Always. I…"-Etgar Keret, Fly Already: Stories
"There are clear rules governing the relationship between the homeless and the average person on the street: speak to each other politely; don't look each other in the eye; don't ask for names; and do…"-Etgar Keret, Fly Already: Stories
"- No quiero que adoptemos. Bastante difícil debe ser ya tener en casa un hijo propio. No quiero el de otra persona. - ¿Y si nos compramos un perro? - No vamos a comprar ningún perro. Adoptemos uno. H…"-Etgar Keret, Fly Already: Stories
25. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
By: Dawnie Walton
3.83
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying novel about the meteoric rise of an iconic interracial rock duo in the 1970s, their… read more
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"Disclosure: My father, a drummer named Jimmy Curtis, fell in love with Opal Jewel in the summer of 1970."-Dawnie Walton, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
26. To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People
By: Noah Feldman
4.24
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A leading thinker’s witty, wide-ranging journey to understanding what it means to be a Jew today. … read more
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27. Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities
By: Emily Tamkin
3.90
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A journalist and author of The Influence of Soros examines the history of Jewish people in America … read more
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28. Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideology Harms Jews
By: David L. Bernstein
4.29
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Woke Antisemitism is a firsthand account from a top Jewish leader about how woke ideology shuts dow… read more
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"Like all intellectual monopolies, postcolonialism denies the validity of other explanations, and in its certitude becomes an illiberal and dangerous source of extremism and hate."-David L. Bernstein, Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideology Harms Jews
29. My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner
By: Chaim Grade
4.55
Format: 22 pages, ebook
For centuries they speculated, they talked, and they wrote. Does duty to nation and family come fir… read more
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30. The Telling: How Judaism's Essential Book Reveals the Meaning of Life
By: Mark Gerson
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Los Angeles Times Best-Seller In The Telling , Mark Gerson, host of The Rabbi's Husband podcast an… read more
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31. Strauss, Spinoza & Sinai: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith
By: Jeffrey Bloom
4.04
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
More than three centuries after Baruch Spinoza’s excommunication from the Jewish community of Amste… read more
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