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Destiny by Design- Leah's Journey
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Mirta Ines Trupp (Goodreads Author)
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Celestial Persuasion
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Mirta Ines Trupp (Goodreads Author)
4.54 avg rating — 72 ratings
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The Meyersons of Meryton
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4.08 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The Jews of Donwell Abbey: An Emma Vagary
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Mirta Ines Trupp (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Evergreen (Werner Family Saga, #1)
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Exodus
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People of the Book
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Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author)
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Night
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Death of a Monk
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Jews Without Money
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Kaddish in Dublin (Inspector Matt Minogue #3)
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John Brady (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 94 ratings
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Four Mothers
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The Quality of Mercy
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The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
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Helene Wecker (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 130,004 ratings
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The Baroness: The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild
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Hannah Rothschild (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 975 ratings
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Spinning Silver
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Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 147,320 ratings
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Almonds and Raisins
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Fiddler on the Roof
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The Improbability of Love
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Hannah Rothschild (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 15,852 ratings
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Always in My Mind
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Pillars of Light
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The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon (The Sephardic Cycle, #1)
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Richard Zimler (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 4,338 ratings
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The Thieves of Ostia (Roman Mysteries, #1)
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Caroline Lawrence (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 3,691 ratings
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Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 15,591 ratings
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The Pomegranate Pendant
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 253,147 ratings
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The Bridal Chair
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3.98 avg rating — 3,527 ratings
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A Tale of Two Avrahams
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
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People Like Us
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Louise Fein (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 19,217 ratings
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The Garden of Ruth
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Eva Etzioni-Halevy (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 411 ratings
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Testament
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The Rabbi's Daughter
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Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1)
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Esther: The Star & the Sceptre
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3.98 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Portnoy’s Complaint
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Kabbalah: A Love Story
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Caleb's Crossing
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Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 71,268 ratings
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The Last Jew
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You See Me
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Dev Friedlander (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings
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A Guide for the Perplexed
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To the End of the Land
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Incantation
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Alice Hoffman (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 9,044 ratings
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Almost Dead
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3.76 avg rating — 662 ratings
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Last Train to Istanbul
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3.88 avg rating — 28,793 ratings
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Delilah
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Joy Comes in the Morning
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3.64 avg rating — 430 ratings
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Zipporah, Wife of Moses (Canaan, #2)
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3.81 avg rating — 3,561 ratings
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Sarah (Canaan, #1)
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Lilah (Canaan, #3)
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When I Lived in Modern Times
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Kibbutz: A Novel
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The Harem Midwife (Midwife #2)
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Roberta Rich (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 2,856 ratings
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A Trial in Venice (Midwife #3)
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Roberta Rich (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 684 ratings
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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John Boyne (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 944,089 ratings
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Matches: A Novel
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Alan Kaufman (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 58 ratings
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The Thread
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
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Heather Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 1,131,219 ratings
score: 67,
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All Backs Were Turned
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The Secret Chord
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Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 21,527 ratings
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The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
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The Return
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The Hope (The Hope and the Glory, #1)
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The Secret Book of Kings
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Delilah
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The Midwife of Venice (Midwife #1)
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Roberta Rich (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 13,455 ratings
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Henna House
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Nomi Eve (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 4,368 ratings
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Queenmaker: A Novel of King David's Queen
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The Tenth Song
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Naomi Ragen (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 1,244 ratings
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The Ghost of Hannah Mendes
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Naomi Ragen (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 2,135 ratings
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Rachel (Rashi’s Daughters #3)
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Maggie Anton (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 1,354 ratings
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Miriam (Rashi’s Daughters #2)
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Maggie Anton (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 1,946 ratings
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Joheved (Rashi’s Daughters #1)
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Maggie Anton (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 3,852 ratings
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Masada
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The Coffee Trader
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David Liss (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 9,208 ratings
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Year of Wonders
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Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 172,793 ratings
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The Source
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The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #13)
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Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 100,110 ratings
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The Painted Kiss
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Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith
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The Rabbi’s Wife, The Bishop’s Wife
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
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The Marriage of Opposites
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Alice Hoffman (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 62,094 ratings
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The Dovekeepers
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Alice Hoffman (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 79,494 ratings
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A Remarkable Kindness
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Diana Bletter (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 429 ratings
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The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
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Maggie O'Farrell (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 51,491 ratings
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,820,948 ratings
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The Book of Esther
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Emily Barton (Goodreads Author)
3.46 avg rating — 506 ratings
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The Red Tent
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Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author)
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The Winemaker's Wife
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Kristin Harmel (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 97,412 ratings
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The Legacy
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Melanie Phillips (Goodreads Author)
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