Book Recommendations for General Fiction + Jewish Authors

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  • The Slip: A Novel
    Lucas Schaefer
    Hardcover: 06/03/2025
     
    For readers of Jonathan Franzen and Nathan Hill comes a haymaker of an American novel about a missing teenage ...
  • Taffy Brodesser-Akner
    Paperback: 05/20/2025
     
    An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, and ...
  • All Fours: A Novel
    Miranda July
    Paperback: 05/13/2025
     
    The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising ...
  • Binnie Kirshenbaum
    Hardcover: 03/25/2025
     
    A middle-aged couple struggles with the husband's descent into early-onset Lewy Body dementia in this profound...
  • Mona Acts Out: A Novel
    Mischa Berlinski
    Hardcover: 01/21/2025
     
    An exuberant, darkly humorous novel by the National Book Award–nominated author of Fieldwork.
  • Lauren Grodstein
    Paperback: 10/29/2024
     
    A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives kept by ...
  • Elana K. Arnold
    Paperback: 10/22/2024
     
    From Michael L. Printz honoree & National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold comes the harrowing story of a ...

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