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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.

July 2019

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Fic­tion
We Were Strangers Once
Bet­sy Carter
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Non­fic­tion
Res­cue Board: The Untold Sto­ry of Amer­i­ca’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe
Rebec­ca Erbelding

June 2019

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Fic­tion
Immi­grant City: And Oth­er Stories
David Bez­mozgis
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Non­fic­tion
The Last Palace: Europe’s Tur­bu­lent Cen­tu­ry Through Five Lives and One House
Nor­man Eisen

May 2019

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Fic­tion
The Fal­con­er
Dana Czap­nik
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Non­fic­tion
Inher­i­tance: A Mem­oir of Geneal­o­gy, Pater­ni­ty, and Love
Dani Shapiro

April 2019

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Fic­tion
kad​dish​.com
Nathan Eng­lan­der
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Non­fic­tion
Hitler’s Pawn: The Boy Assas­sin and the Holocaust
Stephen Koch

March 2019

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Fic­tion
The Last Watch­man of Old Cairo
Michael David Lukas
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Non­fic­tion
Spies of No Coun­try: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
Mat­ti Fried­man Win­ner of the 2018 Natan Book Award 
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