Jewish American Heritage Month

Stories about Jewish lives or written by Jewish authors

Updated May 2, 2026
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Jewish American Heritage Month

Stories about Jewish lives or written by Jewish authors

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Roman year : a memoir
Aciman, André
Paper Book
The elegant and insightful memoir from the bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name, Find Me and The Gentleman From Peru.
Call me by your name
Aciman, André.
Paper Book
The film tie-in edition to the already highly acclaimed Luca Guadagnino-directed film of one of the great love stories of our time.
The future : a novel
Alderman, Naomi
Paper Book
'Gripping' MARGARET ATWOOD 'A fabulous, witty writer on the digital world' SUNDAY TIMES 'A little Atwood, a little Gibson, all Alderman, it's brilliant and I loved it' LAUREN BEUKES The latest novel from the Women's Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Power...
The power : a novel
Alderman, Naomi
Paper Book
Foundation
Asimov, Isaac
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov's iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon's two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one that shaped...
A legacy
Bedford, Sybille
Paper Book
Sybille Bedford's first novel, A Legacy is a savage indictment of the brutality and anti-Semitism spawned in German officer-cadet schools, published with an introduction by the author in Penguin Modern Classics. On the marriage of Julius von Felden and Melanie Merz, the fortunes of two...
The butterfly lampshade : a novel
Bender, Aimee
Paper Book
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE - A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD 'The Butterfly Lampshade is an...
The particular sadness of lemon cake : a novel
Bender, Aimee.
Paper Book
The postcard
Berest, Anne
Paper Book
A moving novel based on the true story of a family's endurance and pain, and a heartfelt exploration of Jewish identity in a secular society
Fleishman is in trouble : a novel
Brodesser-Akner, Taffy
Paper Book
Long Island compromise : a novel
Brodesser-Akner, Taffy
Paper Book
'Is this book as good [as Fleishman]? It's better' THE NEW YORK TIMES 'The best book I've read this year' HARLAN COBEN 'Very, very good' ELIZABETH DAY 'The book of the summer, nay, the year' DAVID SEDARIS 'This book is DYNAMITE....
Moonglow : a novel
Chabon, Michael
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A Telegraph Book of the Year * A New York Times Notable Book of the Year * A Washington Post Book of the Year * A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year * A Slate Book of the Year 'Probably Chabon's greatest, a piece of sustained writing that will be hard to see outdone...
Man's search for meaning
Frankl, Viktor E.
Paper Book
The moving true story of psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl's time as a prisoner in Auschwitz and what we can learn from his experience. OVER 16 MILLION COPIES SOLD 'A book to read, to cherish, to debate, and one that will ultimately keep the...
Doppelganger : a trip into the mirror world
Klein, Naomi
Paper Book
What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired a double? Someone almost like you, and yet not you at all? When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared her first name, but had radically different, harmful views, was getting chronically mistaken for her, it seemed...
The light of the midnight stars
Rossner, Rena
Paper Book
A SPELLBINDING TALE OF LOVE AND LOSS, SISTERHOOD AND THE TANGLED THREADS OF FATE 'Blending folktale with history, hope with tragedy, its touch will linger on your heart long after you put it down' Marie Brennan, author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent series ...
American pastoral
Roth, Philip.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Philip Roth's masterpiece provides a piercing look into the promises of prosperity, civic order and domesticity in twentieth century America 'Swede' Levov is living the American dream. He glides through life cocooned by his...
Tepper isn't going out : a novel
Trillin, Calvin.
Paper Book
Night
Wiesel, Elie
Paper Book
Elie Wiesel's harrowing first-hand account of the atrocities committed during the Holocaust, Night is translated by Marion Wiesel with a preface by Elie Wiesel in Penguin Modern Classics. Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi...
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