What’s the JBC team read­ing this month? From daz­zling new (and forth­com­ing!) releas­es to old favorites, here are the books on very top of our TBR piles.

Need more rec­om­men­da­tions? Check out JBC’s Feb­ru­ary Reads, our 2026 Purim Book­shelf, or our lat­est book reviews!
 


Nao­mi Fire­­s­tone-Teeter, CEO

Taran­tu­la by Eduar­do Halfon

Marc Roth­stein, COO

Dog by Yishay Ishi Ron, trans­lat­ed by Yardenne Greenspan

Kate Schmi­er, Direc­tor of Pub­lish­ing Relations

A Com­plete Fic­tion by R. L. Maizes

Miri Pomer­antz Dauber, Asso­ciate Director

Chil­dren of the Book: A Mem­oir of Read­ing Togeth­er by Ilana Kurshan

Simona Zaret­sky, Man­ag­er of Dig­i­tal Con­tent Strategy

Odessa by Gabrielle Sher

Jamie Betesh Carter, Nu Reads Pro­gram Director

Por­cu­pines by Fran Fabriczki 

Arielle Lan­dau, Pro­gram and Part­ner­ships Manager

The End of Romance by Lily Meyer

Suzanne Swift, Direc­tor of JBC Network

The Anato­my of Exile by Zee­va Bukai

Isado­ra Kianovsky, Mem­ber­ship & Engage­ment Associate

Iso­la by Alle­gra Goodman

Bec­ca Kan­tor, Edi­to­r­i­al Director

Old School by Tobias Wolff