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Books about the Jewish people or Jewish religion. Common themes include Biblical stories, the Jewish diaspora, and the Holocaust.

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Homebound
Soon by You
The Cove
Palaces of the Crow
Meet Me at the Picket Line
Odessa
Livonia Chow Mein
Porcupines
When We See You Again
When You're Brave Enough
Tractor Zack on Sunshine Kibbutz
This Is Not About Us
The Little Liar
When We See You Again
Off the Record
Homebound
The Midwife of Auschwitz (Women of War #1)
The Sunflower House
The Water Women: A Novel
Three Sisters (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #3)
Don’t Forget to Write
Hostage
What Happens in Amsterdam
Girls Girls Girls
The Goddess of Warsaw
The Postcard
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Winds of War by Herman WoukThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best 1940s Historical Fiction
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Fantasy Novels by Women of Color
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Top Reads
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In the Ring by Sierra IsleyThe City Beautiful by Aden PolydorosWhen You're Brave Enough by Rebecca BendheimSailor's Delight by Rose LernerBitterfeld by L.L. Seneca
Jewish and Queer Fiction
62 books — 27 voters
The Chosen by Chaim PotokMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokThe Promise by Chaim PotokDavita's Harp by Chaim PotokThe Book of Lights by Chaim Potok
Hasidism & Orthodox Judaism
272 books — 79 voters

Night
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Chosen (Reuven Malter, #1)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
My Name Is Asher Lev
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Book Thief
People of the Book
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
The Red Tent
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
Everything is Illuminated
Number the Stars
Man's Search for Meaning

Chaim Potok
For all the pain you suffered, my mama. For all the torment of your past and future years, my mama. For all the anguish this picture of pain will cause you. For the unspeakable mystery that brings good fathers and sons into the world and lets a mother watch them tear at each other’s throats. For the Master of the Universe, whose suffering world I do not comprehend. For dreams of horror, for nights of waiting, for memories of death, for the love I have for you, for all the things I remember, and ...more
Chaim Potok, My Name Is Asher Lev

Sloane Crosley
I was taught that candles are like house cats - domesticated versions of something wild and dangerous. There's no way to know how much of that killer instinct lurks in the darkness. I used to think the house-burning paranoia was the result of some upper-middle-class fear regarding the potential destruction of a half-million-dollar Westchester house the size of a matchbox. But then I realized the fear stemmed from something far less complex: we're not used to fire. Candles are a staple of the Jud ...more
Sloane Crosley, I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays

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