6 Best nonfiction books like The Jews: Story of a People by Howard Fast

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The Jews: Story of a People

By: Howard Fast

4.03

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

The “epic and stirring story” of 4,000 years of Judaism—told by a #1 New York Times–bestselling aut…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Jews: Story of a People by Howard Fast , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam by Michel Onfray, Jeremy Leggatt

1. Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

By: Michel Onfray , Jeremy Leggatt

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

This tightly argued, hugely controversial work convincingly demonstrates how the world's three majo… read more

Similar categories in Michel Onfray's Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
"(...) L’intelligence, cette vertu sublime que définit l’art de lier ce qui, a priori, et pour la plupart, passe pour délié."

-Michel Onfray, Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

"How strange that excision – female circumcision, with several languages using the same term for both kinds of mutilation – of little girls should revolt the westerner but excite no disapproval when i…"

-Michel Onfray, Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

"The three monotheism share a series of identical forms of aversion: hatred of reason and intelligence; hatred of freedom; hatred of all books in the name of one book alone; hatred of sexuality, women…"

-Michel Onfray, Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

"[Über das Paradies:] Die fünf Bücher Mose, die Genesis und der Koran beschäftigen sich eingehend mit dieser hysterischen Geographie. Die muslimische Variante ist jedoch am gelungensten und lohnt wirk…"

-Michel Onfray, Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

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2. Poland

By: James A. Michener

3.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Like the heroic land that is its subject, James Michener's Polandteems with vivid events and unforg… read more

Similar categories in James A. Michener's Poland book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • historical

3. An Irish Country Doctor (Irish Country #1)

By: Patrick Taylor

3.75

Format: None pages,

De jonge dokter Barry Laverty kan Ballybucklebo, een schilderachtig dorpje in Noord-Ierland, nauwel… read more

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4. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine

By: Serhii Plokhy

3.87

Format: 268 pages, Hardcover

Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more

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5. The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors

By: Dan Jones

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A major new history of the knights Templar--holy warriors, bankers, priests, heretics--by the bests… read more

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6. The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1)

By: Noah Gordon

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In the 11th century, Rob Cole left poor, disease-ridden London to make his way across the land, hus… read more

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7. Auschwitz Lullaby

By: Mario Escobar

4.23

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1943 Germany, Helene is just about to wake up her children to go to school when a group of polic… read more

Similar categories in Mario Escobar's Auschwitz Lullaby book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • historical
  • audiobook
"Sometimes we have to lose everything to find what is most important. When life robs us of what we thought we could not live without and leaves us standing naked before reality, the essential things t…"

-Mario Escobar, Auschwitz Lullaby

Cover of Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth by Noa Tishby

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

Similar categories in Noa Tishby's Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • history
  • jewish
  • historical
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

By: Salman Rushdie

4.10

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply pers… read more

Similar categories in Salman Rushdie's Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Waiting is thinking, and to think deeply is, very often, to change one’s mind."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"I don’t usually think of my books as prophecies. I’ve had some trouble with prophets in my life, and I’m not applying for the job."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"To have a room of one’s own, one must have money. (I don’t think Virginia Woolf ever went to India, but her dictum stands, even there, even for men.)"

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"An intimacy of strangers. That's a phrase I've sometimes used to express the joyful thing that happens in the act of reading, that happy union of the interior lives of author and reader."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

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10. Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

4.06

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia  The Achaemen… read more

Similar categories in Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones's Persians: The Age of the Great Kings book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • history
  • historical
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Story of Russia

By: Orlando Figes

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern R… read more

Similar categories in Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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12. The Last Carolina Girl

By: Meagan Church

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"Unforgettable, this a powerful debut to savor." — Kim Michele Richardson, New York Times bestselli… read more

Similar categories in Meagan Church's The Last Carolina Girl book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • historical
  • audiobook
"Sometimes the strength you need comes in silence."

-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl

"Sometimes tears are the only words worth sharing."

-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl

"Sometimes yuh gotta love even when it don't make sense."

-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl

"Sometimes family's not who you've been given. It's who you choose."

-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl

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13. They Went Left

By: Monica Hesse

4.24

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over,… read more

Similar categories in Monica Hesse's They Went Left book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • historical
  • audiobook
"Choose to love."

-Monica Hesse, They Went Left

"Our minds are nothing. That's the biggest nothing, the reason we are still in the hospital. Our minds are soft. Confused."

-Monica Hesse, They Went Left

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14. The Forest of Stolen Girls

By: June Hur

3.75

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

Suspenseful and richly atmospheric, June Hur's The Forest of Stolen Girls is a haunting historical … read more

Similar categories in June Hur's The Forest of Stolen Girls book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • historical
  • audiobook
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15. The World That We Knew

By: Alice Hoffman

4.19

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

In 1941, during humanity’s darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and … read more

Similar categories in Alice Hoffman's The World That We Knew book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • historical
  • audiobook
"In Berlin evil came to them slowly and then all at once."

-Alice Hoffman, The World That We Knew

"We must do as we're told," Ava reminded her. "We will honor your mother and follow her instructions." "Because she is your maker?" Lea asked, her heart breaking. Ava shook her head. "Because she is y…"

-Alice Hoffman, The World That We Knew

"She had a solemn expression as she asked if, in his opinion as a doctor, he had come to the conclusion that all living things had souls. ...... If a soul was formed by meaning and purpose, did not ev…"

-Alice Hoffman, The World That We Knew

Cover of The Memory Library by Kate  Storey

16. The Memory Library

By: Kate Storey

4.40

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library. Each year, on her daughter’s b… read more

Similar categories in Kate Storey's The Memory Library book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • audiobook
Cover of Lilac Ink: The Knocknashee Story by Jean Grainger

17. Lilac Ink: The Knocknashee Story

By: Jean Grainger

4.59

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

1937. Two lives. Thousands of miles apart. One in Dingle, Ireland, the other in Georgia, USA. G… read more

Similar categories in Jean Grainger's Lilac Ink: The Knocknashee Story book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • historical
Cover of The Jews: Story of a People by Howard Fast

18. The Jews: Story of a People

By: Howard Fast

4.03

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

The “epic and stirring story” of 4,000 years of Judaism—told by a #1 New York Times–bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • cultural
  • christian
  • history
  • jewish
  • historical
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • judaica
  • audiobook
Cover of The History of Jerusalem: Its Origins to the Early Middle Ages by Alan J Potter

19. The History of Jerusalem: Its Origins to the Early Middle Ages

By: Alan J Potter

3.72

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Fascinating revelations of the parts played by David, Solomon, Judas Maccabee, Pompey, Cleopatra, J… read more

Similar categories in Alan J Potter's The History of Jerusalem: Its Origins to the Early Middle Ages book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • history
Cover of Hill of Secrets by Galina  Vromen

20. Hill of Secrets

By: Galina Vromen

4.16

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

In a desert outpost, nuclear scientists and their families face the toll of the secrets they keep f… read more

Similar categories in Galina Vromen's Hill of Secrets book and Howard Fast's The Jews: Story of a People

  • historical

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Mario Escobar

4.23

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Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

Noa Tishby

4.34

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Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Salman Rushdie

4.10

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Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

4.06

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My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

Ari Shavit

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn

Daniel Gordis

4.31

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Jews Don't Count

David Baddiel

4.21

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People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Dara Horn

4.36

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