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The Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Chosen by Chaim PotokPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksThe Dovekeepers by Alice HoffmanJoheved by Maggie Anton
Jewish Historical Fiction non-Holocaust
313 books — 285 voters
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie OakesCult Girls by Natalie GrandThe Chosen One by Carol Lynch WilliamsThis I Know by Eldonna EdwardsDevoted by Jennifer Mathieu
Cults, Sects, and Religious Conflict for Young Adults
301 books — 200 voters

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergPaper is White by Hilary ZaidThink of England by K.J. CharlesKnit One, Girl Two by Shira GlassmanThe Dyke and the Dybbuk by Ellen Galford
Jewish LGBT Books
322 books — 116 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMaus I by Art SpiegelmanThe Chosen by Chaim PotokMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokMaus II by Art Spiegelman
Best Jewish Books
395 books — 115 voters

Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn SolomonAll-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney TaylorAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeYou'll Miss Me When I'm Gone by Rachel Lynn SolomonAll-of-a-Kind Family Downtown by Sydney Taylor
Jewish Americans in Children's Literature
457 books — 105 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe Portable Atheist by Christopher HitchensThe End of Faith by Sam Harris
What is Atheism About?
142 books — 76 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
258 books — 71 voters
Heart of the Beholder by Elizabeth RuthDaughter of Eden by Jill Eileen SmithThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Secret Chord by Geraldine BrooksNot Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley
Biblical Retellings
222 books — 59 voters

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. DanforthThe Summer I Wasn't Me by Jessica VerdiThe God Box by Alex SanchezCaught in the Crossfire by Juliann RichIf You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
YA Books about Homosexuality and Religion
65 books — 52 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverLast Things by Betta FerrendelliThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara RobinsonPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Religion in Literary Fiction
296 books — 45 voters

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric A. KimmelOskar and the Eight Blessings by T.R. SimonThe Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia PolaccoAll-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily JenkinsThe Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming by Lemony Snicket
Picture-Books for Hanukkah / Chanukah
174 books — 41 voters
Magda Revealed by Ursula WernerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDoes God Hate Women? by Ophelia BensonHeadscarves and Hymens by Mona EltahawyMan's Dominion by Sheila Jeffreys
Feminist Critique of Religion
62 books — 38 voters

Daughter of Eden by Jill Eileen SmithEast of Eden by John SteinbeckParadise Lost by John MiltonThe Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark TwainI Am Lilith by Melanie Dufty
Adam and Eve Retellings
112 books — 36 voters
The Rabbi's Cat by Joann SfarMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerThe Meyersons of Meryton by Mirta Ines TruppThe Book of Lights by Chaim Potok
Rabbis in Fiction
126 books — 27 voters

The Resurrection of the Son of God by N.T. WrightJesus and the Eyewitnesses by Richard BauckhamThe Resurrection of Jesus by Michael R. LiconaThe Historical Reliability of the Gospels by Craig L. BlombergThe Gospel of the Rauschmonstrum by Nick LaTorre
Resurrection of Jesus
88 books — 22 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Chosen by Chaim Potok
Best Popular Judaism Books on Goodreads
150 books — 21 voters

And Rachel Was His Wife by Marsi TabakSun Inside Rain by M. BassaraWildflower by Rachel PomerantzA Promise Fulfilled by Menachem KaganThe Betrayal by M. Kenan
Jewish (Frum) Books
207 books — 19 voters
Zohar by AnonymousStudies in Ecstatic Kabbalah by Moshe IdelMeditation and Kabbalah by Aryeh KaplanEXSTATICA Self-Help Essentials by FrankKabbalah by Moshe Idel
Best Kabbalah Lists
24 books — 19 voters

Through the Door of Life by Joy LadinStranger at the Gate by Mel WhiteJesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality by Jack Bartlett RogersTaking a Chance on God by John J. McNeillSex and the Single Savior by Dale B. Martin
Religion and GLBT: Supportive Nonfiction
35 books — 18 voters
The Parables of Peanuts by Robert L. ShortAnd the Beagles and the Bunnies Shall Lie Down Together by Charles M. SchulzThe Gospel According to Peanuts by Robert L. ShortHoly Superheroes by Greg GarrettGraven Images by A. David Lewis
Religion and Comics
108 books — 15 voters

Arguing with the Storm by Rhea TregebovThe Family Mashber by Der NisterPaper Bridges by Kadya MolodowskyThe Book of Paradise by Itzik MangerTevye the Milkman by Sholom Aleichem
Originally Written in Yiddish
57 books — 12 voters
Plenty by Yotam OttolenghiJoan Nathan's Jewish Holiday Cookbook by Joan NathanJerusalem by Yotam OttolenghiModern Jewish Cooking by Leah KoenigThe Book of Jewish Food by Claudia Roden
Best Jewish Cookbooks
51 books — 8 voters

The Trouble with Good Ideas by Amanda PanitchMonstrous Devices by Damien LoveSweep by Jonathan AuxierHow to Make a Golem by Alette J. WillisDC Holiday Special '09 (2009) #1 by Jay Faerber
Golems in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
20 books — 8 voters
God's Playground by Norman DaviesTeutonic Knight vs Lithuanian Warrior by Mark GaleottiThe Other Prussia by Karin FriedrichKing Sigismund of Poland and Martin Luther by Natalia NowakowskaBetween Lipany and White Mountain by James R. Palmitessa
Early Modern Eastern Europe
24 books — 6 voters

Victory Over The Devil by FP EbireriBasics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar by Gary D. PraticoMen As Friends by Irwin EpsteinThe First Hebrew Primer by Ethelyn SimonBasics of Biblical Hebrew Workbook by Gary D. Pratico
Language Learning: Biblical Hebrew & Aramaic
75 books — 5 voters
Genocide Bad by Sim KernDays of Awe by Atalia OmerMen As Friends by Irwin EpsteinJudaism Does Not Equal Israel by Marc H. EllisRabbi Outcast by Jack Ross
Israel-critical books by Jewish authors
82 books — 3 voters

The Montreal Shtetl by Zelda AbramsonMen As Friends by Irwin EpsteinBaron Byng to Bagels by Joe KingMontreal of Yesterday by Isreal MedresJewish Roots, Canadian Soil by Rebecca Margolis
Jewish Montreal (nonfiction)
13 books — 2 voters
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Heresy by Richard FlowerThe Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Th... by Alain Le BoulluecOf Piety and Heresy by Asghar Seyed-GohrabDamnable Heresy by David M. PowersHeresy and Literacy, 1000-1530 by Peter Biller
Heresy
97 books — 2 voters

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