Jewish Fiction 2016-2017
Title Author Publisher Year 4 3 2 1 Paul Auster Macmillan/Henry Holt 2017 About the Night Anat Talshir Amazon Crossing 2016 Address in Amsterdam, An Mary Dingee Fillmore She Writes Press 2016 After Anatevka Alexandra Silber WW Norton/Pegasus 2017 Afterlife of Stars, The Joseph Kertes Little Brown 2017 Albina and the Dog-Men Alejandro Jodorowsky Restless Books 2016 All the Rivers Dorit Rabinyan Random House 2017 Among the Living Jonathan Rabb Other Press 2016 Among the Survivors Ann Leventhal She Writes Press 8/22/2017 And After the Fire Lauren Belfer Harper 2016 And So Is the Bus: Jerusalem Stories Yossel Birstein Dryad Press 2016 As Close to Us As Breathing Elizabeth Poliner Lee Boudreaux Books 2016 Awkward Age, The Francesca Segal Penguin Random House/Riverhead Books 2017 Beautiful Possible, The Amy Gottlieb Harper Perennial 2016 Beauty Queen of Jerusalem, The Sarit Yishai-Levi Random House 2016 Bed Moved, The Rebecca Schiff Knopf 2016 Bed-Stuy Is Burning Brian Platzer Atria 7/11/2017 Béla’s Letters Jeff Ingber Self-Published 2016 Beneath a Scarlet Sky Mark T. Sullivan Lake Union 2017 Best Place on Earth, The: Stories Ayelet Tsabari Random House 2016 Betrand Place Michelle Brafman Prospect Park Books 2016 Between Life and Death Yoram Kaniuk Restless Books 2016 Black Widow Daniel Silva HarperCollins 2016 Bone Box Faye Kellerman HarperCollins/William Morrow 2017 Book of Blam, The Aleksandar Tisma Random House 2016 Book of Esther, The Emily Barton Random House 2016 Boy in Winter, A Rachel Seiffert Knopf Doubleday/Pantheon 8/1/17 Broken Angels Gemma Liviero Lake Union 2016 Carry Me Peter Behrens Pantheon Books 2016 Chalk Artist, The Allegra Goodman Penguin Random House/Dial 2017 Charlotte: A Novel David Foenkinos Overlook Press 2016 Chosen, The Kristina Ohlsson Bestler/Washington Square 2016
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Title Author Publisher Year City of Secrets Stewart O'Nan Viking 2016 Come Back to Me Sharon Hart-Green New Jewish Press 2017 Conviction (Rebekah Roberts #3) Julia Dahl Minotaur Books 2017 Cruel Beautiful World Caroline Leavitt Algonquin 2016 Dark Circle, The Linda Grant Virago 2016 Daughter Who Got Away, The Leora Freedman Yotzeret Publishing 2016 Dead Man, The Nora Gold Inanna Publications 2016 Dear Fang, with Love Rufi Thorpe Knopf 2016 Department of Missing Persons, The Ruth Zylberman Arcade 9/5/2017 Devil and Webster, The Jean Hanff Korelitz Hachette/Grand Central 2017 Dinner at the Center of the Earth Nathan Englander Penguin Random House 9/1/2017 Dinner Party, The Brenda Janowitz St. Martin’s Press 2016 Diplomat's Daughter, The Karin Tanabe Washington Square Press 7/11/2017 Displaced Stephan Abarbanell HarperCollins 11/7/2017 Dispossessed, The Szilard Borbely Perennial 2016 Don't Let My Baby Do Rodeo Boris Fishman Harper Collins 2016 Doorposts of Your House and on Your Gates, The Jacob Bacharach Liveright 2017 Eichmann's Executioner Astrid Dehe & Achim Engstler New Press 7/18/2017 Enchanted Islands Allison Amend Doubleday/Nan A. Talese 2016 English Teacher, The Yiftach Reicher Atir Penguin 2016 Eternal Life Dara Horn WW Norton 2018 Eternal Sonata Jamie Metzl Arcade 2016 Extra, The A.B. Yehoshua Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016 Fever at Dawn Peter Gárdos Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016 Forbidden Love in St. Petersburg Mishka Ben-David Overlook Press 2016 Forest Dark Nicole Krauss Harper 9/2017 Fortunate Ones, The Ellen Umansky HarperCollins/William Morrow 2017 Fraulein M. Caroline Woods Tyrus Books 2017 From Sand and Ash Amy Harmon Lake Union 2016 German Girl, The Armando Lucas Correa Atria 2016 Girl from Venice, The Martin Cruz Smith Simon & Schuster 2016 Gone to Dust Matthew Goldman Macmillan/Forge Books/Tor 2017
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Title Author Publisher Year Good at Heart, The Ursula Werner Simon & Schuster/Touchstone Books 2017 Good on Paper Rachel Cantor Melville House 2016 Gustav Sonata Rose Tremain WW Norton 2016 Have I Got a Story for You Ezra Glintner WW Norton 2016 Heirlooms Rachel Hall Bkmk Pr/University of Missouri Kansas City 2016 Helen Anita Mishook Berwick Court 2017 Here I Am Joanthan Safran Foer Farrar 2016 Heretics Leonardo Padura Macmillan/Farrar Straus & Giroux 2017 Hero of France, A Alan Furst Random House 2016 Horse Walks into a Bar, A David Grossman Knopf 2017 House of Dreams, The Kate Lord Brown Thomas Dunne 2016 House of Spies Daniel Silva Harper Collins 7/11/2017 Houseguest, The Kim Brooks Counterpoint 2016 I Don't Want to Know Anyone Too Well Norman Levine Biblioasis 2016 If the Creek Don't Rise Leah Weiss Sourcebooks Landmark 2017 Imperial Wife Irina Reyn Thomas Dunne Books 2016 In the Land of Armadillos: Stories Helen Maryles Shankman Simon & Schuster 2016 In the Shadow of Alabama Judy Reene Singer Kensington 2017 Isra-isle Nava Semel Mandel Vilar Press 2016 Jerzy: A Novel Jerome Charyn Bellevue Literary Press 2017 Jews Queers Germans Martin Duberman Seven Stories Press 2017 Judas Amos Oz Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016 Judenstaat Simone Zelitch Tor Books 2016 Kafka's Son Curt Leviant Dzanc Books 2016 Karolina's Twins: a novel Ronald Balson St. Martin's 2016 Killing Season Faye Kellerman HarperCollins/William Morrow 2017 Kiraze Solmaz Kamuran Periscope 11/4/2017 Last Bullet Calls It Amir Gutfreund Amazon Crossing 2017 Last Woman Standing, The Thelma Adams Lake Union 2016 Leaving Lucy Pear Anna Solomon Viking 2016 Left to Chance Amy Sue Nathan Macmillan/St.Martin's Griffin 2017 Life Twice Given, A David Daniel Berwick Court 2016
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Title Author Publisher Year Light of Paris, The Eleanor Brown G.P. Putnam's Sons 2016 Light Radiance Splendor Leah Chyten She Writes Press 2017 Lilac Girls, The Martha Hall Kelly Ballantine 2016 Lost Letter, The Jillian Cantor Penguin Random Hoyse/Riverhead Books 2017 Madonna in a Fur Coat Sabahattin Ali Other Press 11/7/2017 Man Lies Dreaming, A Lavie Tidhar Atria 2016 Man Who Never Stopped Sleeping, The Aharon Appelfeld Schocken 2017 Man Who Wanted to Know Everything, The D.A. Mishani HarperCollins 2016 Matrimonial Flirtations of Emma Kaulfield, The Anna Fishbeyn Skyhorse Publishing/Arcade 2017 Max Baer and the Star of David Jay Neugeboren Mandel Vilar Press 2016 Max's Diamonds Jay Greenfield Chickadee Prince Books 2016 Minyan: Ten Interwoven Stories John Clayton Paragon House 2016 Mischling Affinity Konar Lee Boudreaux Books 2016 Modern Girls Jennifer Brown Penguin 2016 Moonglow Michael Chabon Harper 2016 Moving Kings Joshua Cohen Penguin Random House 7/11/2017 Mrs. Houdini Victoria Kelly Atria 2016 Narrow Bridge, A JJ Gesher Prospect Park Books 2017 Nightfall Over Shanghai Daniel Kalla St. Martin's 2016 Nine Facts That Can Change Your Life Ronna Wineberg Serving House Books 2016 Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan Ruth Gilligan Tin House Books 2017 Not Just a Game Doug Zipes iUniverse 2016 Nuclear Family Susanna Fogel Henry Holt 7/18/2017 Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories Blume Lempel Mandel Vilar Press 2016 On the Shore Ann Epstein Vine Leaves Press 2017 One Man, The Andrew Gross Minotaur Books 2016 Orphan's Tale, The Pam Jenoff HarperCollins/Mira Books 2017 Other Einstein, The Marie Benedict Sourcebooks Landmark 2016 Paris in the Present Tense Mark Helprin Overlook/Norton 10/17/2017 Patriots, The Sana Krasikov Penguin Random House/Spiegel & Grau 2017 Perfect Life, A Eileen Pollack Ecco Press 2016 Petty Business Yirmi Pinkus Syracuse University Press 11/15/17
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Title Author Publisher Year Photographer's Wife, The Suzanne Joinson Bloomsbury 2016 Piece of Mind Michelle Adelman WW Norton 2016 Pockets Stuart Ross ECW Press 10/3/2017 Protecting Paige Deby Eisenberg Studio House Literary 2016 Puppet Boy of Warsaw Eva Weaver Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd 9/26/2017 Pursuit of Pearls, The Jane Thynne Ballentine 2016 Questioning Return Beth Kissileff Mandel Vilar 2016 Redemption (Heritage Trilogy #3) Alan Gold Self-Published 2016 Rembrandt's Shadow Janet Lee Berg Post Hill Press 2016 Repercussions Anthony Schneider Permanent Press 2016 Reykjavik Assignment, The Adam LeBor Harper 2016 Ruined House, The Ruby Namdar Harper 11/7/2017 Saturday Evening Girls Club, The Jane Healey Lake Union Publishing 2017 Scroll, The Miriam Feinberg Vamosh Menorah Books 2016 Second Winter, The Craig Larsen Other Press 2016 Secret Book of Kings, The Yochi Brandes St. Martin's 2016 Secrets of Flight, The Maggie Leffler William Morrow 2016 Septimania Jonathan Levi Overlook Press 2016 Shtum Jem Lester Overlook/Norton 2017 Shylock Is My Name Howard Jacobson Hograth 2016 Sirius Jonathan Crown Scribner 2016 Song of the Stork, The Stephan Collishaw Legend Times Group 7/1/2017 Songs, The Charles Elton Other Press 2017 Sonora Hannah Lillith Assadi Soho Press 2017 Stolen Beauty Laurie Lico Albanese Simon & Schuster/Atria Books 2017 Sweet Breath of Memory Ariella Cohen Kensington 2016 Tasa's Song Linda Kass She Writes Press 2016 Tell Me How This Ends Well David Levinson Penguin Random House/Hogarth 2017 These Are the Names Tommy Wieringa Melville House 2016 They Were Like Family to Me: Stories Helen Maryles Shankman Scribner 2016 Three Floors Up Nevo Eshkol Other Press 10/10/17 Tobacconist, The Robert Seethaler House of Anansi Press 9/5/2017
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Title Author Publisher Year Trick, The Emanuel Bergmann Simon & Schuster/Atria Books 9/19/2017 Trust, The Ronald Balson St. Martin's 9/19/2017 Two She-bears Meir Shalev Schocken 2016 Two-Family House, The Lynda Cohen Loigman St. Martin's 2016 Tzippy the Thief Patricia Striar Rohner She Writes Press 2016 Underground Fugue Margot Singer Melville House 2017 Undisturbed Peace, An Mary Glickman Open Road Media 2016 Unexpected Afterlife, An Dan Sofer Self-Published 2017 Unspeakable Things Kathleen Spivack Knopf 2016 Velvet Hours Alyson Richman Berkley 2016 Waiting Room, The Leah Kaminsky Harper Perennial 2016 Waking Lions Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Little Brown 2017 Ways to Disappear Idra Novey Little Brown 2016 We Were Strangers Once Betsy Carter Hachette/Grand Central 9/12/2017 We Were the Lucky Ones Georgia Hunter Penguin Random House/Viking 2017 Week in Paris, A Rachel Hore St. Martin's 2016 Weight of Ink, The Rachel Kadish Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017 What to Do About the Solomons Bethany Ball Grove/Atlantic/Atlantic Monthly Press 2017 When It's Over Barbara Ridley She Writes Press 9/26/2017 Windy City Blues Renee Rosen Penguin Random House/Berkley Publishing 2017 Worlds We Think We Know, The Dalia Rosenfeld Milkweed Editions 2017 Yid, The Paul Goldberg St. Martin's 2016 Yiddish for Pirates Gary Barwin Penguin Random House Canada 2016 You Should Pity Us Instead Amy Gustine Sarabande 2016 Young Jane Young Gabrielle Zevin Algonquin 8/22/2017 Zaddik David Rosenbaum Felony & Mayhem 2016
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