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Month­ly Picks

Each month we rec­om­mend one fic­tion and one non­fic­tion book for book clubs. Check back for new selec­tions, and browse past picks to find your next read.

May 2020

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Fic­tion
The Tenth Muse
Cather­ine Chung
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Non­fic­tion
The Return of Car­va­jal: A Mystery
Ilan Sta­vans

April 2020

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Fic­tion
The Ger­man Girl
Arman­do Lucas Correa
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Non­fic­tion
I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: A Post-Holo­­caust Memoir
Esther Safran Foer

March 2020

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Fic­tion
Naamah
Sarah Blake
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Non­fic­tion
What We Talk about When We Talk about Hebrew (and What It Means to Americans)
Nao­mi B. Sokoloff and Nan­cy E. Berg 

Feb­ru­ary, 2020

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Fic­tion
Calm Sea and Pros­per­ous Voy­age: Select­ed Stories
Bette How­land
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Non­fic­tion
The Col­or of Love: A Sto­ry of a Mixed Race Jew­ish Girl
Mar­ra B. Gad

Jan­u­ary 2020

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Fic­tion
Fly Already
Etgar Keret
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The Guard­ed Gate: Big­otry, Eugen­ics, and the Law That Kept Two Gen­er­a­tions of Jews, Ital­ians, and Oth­er Euro­pean Immi­grants Out of America
Daniel Okrent
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