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As the leaves change and we move into 5787, one constant is the incredible Jewish books hitting the shelves. Here are ten titles we can’t wait for you to add to your reading lists, suggest to your book clubs, and drop in your group chats. With inspired new cookbooks, an exciting collection of pieces that explore being Black and Jewish, stunning historical fiction set in 1920s Berlin, an essay collection from Gary Shteyngart, and more, it’s an autumn of fabulous reads! (You can see all of our latest book reviews here.)
Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices edited by Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, Sara Feldman, and Brett Ashley Kaplan
Memories if a Good Meal: Recipes of Resilience, Inspired by Stories of World War II Survival by Alon Shaya and June Hersh
Venus, Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell
The Girl in Blue: Renoir’s Portrait of a Dynasty Erased by Doreen Carvajal
Succubus: A Love Story by Kate Fox
The Sensualist: Adventures in Pure Pleasure by Gary Shteyngart
An Admirable Woman by Arthur A. Cohen
The Boy Who Vanished: A True Story of Surviving the Holocaust by Jordan Fontheim
Lozhka: Eastern European Soups, Stews & Other Things We Eat with a Spoon by Alissa Timoshkina
Simona is the Jewish Book Council’s manager of digital content strategy. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a concentration in English and History and studied abroad in India and England. Prior to the JBC she worked at Oxford University Press. Her writing has been featured in Lilith, The Normal School, Digging through the Fat, and other publications. She holds an MFA in fiction from The New School.