The most popular jewish experience books of 2024

These books tell the stories of Jewish life, history and culture. Family, humor, tradition, migration, persecution and renewal fill novels and memoirs from the shtetl to the modern city. They are about a people and its memory, whether or not religious belief plays a part. This list shows the ones first published in 2024.

Cover of One Night, Two Holidays

One Night, Two Holidays

Ali Brady

Published 2024

142 pages

Cover of Love, Me

Love, Me

Jessica Saunders

Published 2024

267 pages

Cover of Across So Many Seas

Across So Many Seas

Ruth Behar

2024 · 2025 edition

258 pages

Cover of The Boy with the Star Tattoo

The Boy with the Star Tattoo

Talia Carner

Published 2024

430 pages

Cover of I Seek a Kind Person My Father, Seven Children, and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust

I Seek a Kind Person My Father, Seven Children, and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust

Julian Borger

2024 · 2025 edition

304 pages

Cover of Hidden Yellow Stars

Hidden Yellow Stars

Rebecca Connolly

Published 2024

336 pages

Cover of Dialogue Books City of Laughter.

Dialogue Books City of Laughter.

Temim Fruchter

Published 2024

363 pages

Cover of Just Shy of Ordinary

Just Shy of Ordinary

A. J. Sass

2024 · 2025 edition

400 pages

Cover of Margot's Secret

Margot's Secret

Roberta Kagan

Published 2024

286 pages

Cover of The Berlin Wife's Resistance An Utterly Heartbreaking and Unforgettable WW2 Historical Novel

The Berlin Wife's Resistance An Utterly Heartbreaking and Unforgettable WW2 Historical Novel

Marion Kummerow

Published 2024

270 pages

Cover of Max's War

Max's War

Libby Fischer Hellmann

Published 2024

418 pages

Cover of Flirty Little Secret

Flirty Little Secret

Jessica Lepe

Published 2024

384 pages

Cover of Banned Books, Crop Tops, and Other Bad Influences

Banned Books, Crop Tops, and Other Bad Influences

Brigit Young

2024 · 2025 edition

336 pages

Cover of Bombing Hitler's Hometown

Bombing Hitler's Hometown

Mike Croissant

2024 · 2026 edition

352 pages

Cover of The Safekeep

The Safekeep

Yael van der Wouden

Published 2024

272 pages

Cover of Lovers in Auschwitz

Lovers in Auschwitz

Keren Blankfeld

Published 2024

400 pages

Cover of The Counterfeit Countess The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust

The Counterfeit Countess The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust

Elizabeth B. White, Joanna Sliwa

2024 · 2025 edition

336 pages

Cover of The Sins on Their Bones

The Sins on Their Bones

Laura R. Samotin

Published 2024

416 pages

Cover of In the Shadow of the Greenbrier

In the Shadow of the Greenbrier

Emily Matchar

Published 2024

400 pages

Cover of The Star on the Grave A Novel Inspired by the 'Japanese Schindler', Written by a Woman Who Owes Him Her Life

The Star on the Grave A Novel Inspired by the 'Japanese Schindler', Written by a Woman Who Owes Him Her Life

Linda Margolin Royal

Published 2024

288 pages

Cover of Under the Rockets' Glow

Under the Rockets' Glow

Roman Sandler

Published 2024

28 pages

Cover of South of Sepharad The 1492 Jewish Expulsion from Spain

South of Sepharad The 1492 Jewish Expulsion from Spain

Eric Weintraub

Published 2024

334 pages

Cover of Fervor

Fervor

Toby Lloyd

Published 2024

256 pages

Cover of Magical Meet Cute

Magical Meet Cute

Jean Meltzer

Published 2024

400 pages

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