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Fic­tion
The Liar
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen; Sondra Silverston, trans.
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Saba­ba: Fresh, Sun­ny Fla­vors From My Israeli Kitchen
Adeena Suss­man
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Non­fic­tion
Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel’s Most Impor­tant Lead­ers Shaped Its Destiny
Den­nis Ross
David Makovsky
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Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Lega­cy of the Six-Day War
Micah Goodman; Eylon Levy, trans.
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The Beau­ty Queen of Jerusalem
Sarit Yishai-Levi; Anthony Berris, trans.
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Israel: A Con­cise His­to­ry of a Nation Reborn
Daniel Gordis
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Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solu­tion for a Water-Starved World
Seth M. Siegel
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Like Dream­ers: The Sto­ry of the Israeli Para­troop­ers Who Reunit­ed Jerusalem and Divid­ed a Nation
Yos­si Klein Halevi
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Lioness: Gol­da Meir and the Nation of Israel
Francine Klags­brun
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A Pigeon and a Boy
Evan Fal­l­en­berg
Meir Shalev
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Pump­kin­flow­ers: A Sol­dier’s Story
Mat­ti Friedman
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Start-Up Nation: The Sto­ry of Israel’s Eco­nom­ic Miracle
Dan Senor and Saul Singer
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A Tale of Love and Darkness
Amos Oz; Nicholas de Lange, trans.
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Three Floors Up
Eshkol Nevo; Son­dra Sil­ver­ston, trans.
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Till We Have Built Jerusalem
Adi­na Hoffman

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