Looking to fill out your shelf this winter because you’ve lent so many books to friends because you’re such a kind and generous and altogether wonderful person?? Well, you’ve come to the right book nook, you mensch! Below you’ll find eleven forthcoming titles we’re excited about. Whether you’re in the mood for Soviet historical fiction, a modern-day Romeo-and-Juliet story, Ethiopian Jewish recipes, or a call for change in America, there’s surely a new read here for you.
The Lady of the Mine by Sergei Lebedev, translated by Antonina W. Bouis
The Anatomy of Exile: A Novel by Zeeva Bukai
The Thinking Heart: On Israel and Palestine by David Grossman
The New Internationals: A Novel by David Wright Faladé
Do Not Cry When I Die: A Holocaust Memoir of a Mother and Daughter’s Survival in Jewish Ghettos, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen by Renee Salt, with Kate Thompson
Tracing the Modern: Selections from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1880 – 1989, edited by Hillary Reder
Confidential: A Novel by Mikołaj Grynberg, translated by Sean Gasper Bye
Last Twilight in Paris: A Novel by Pam Jenoff
And, looking ahead to the spring (we can’t help ourselves) …
Gursha: Timeless Recipes for Modern Kitchens, from Ethiopia, Israel, Harlem, and Beyond by Beejhy Barhany, with Elisa Ung
Sons and Daughters: A Novel by Chaim Grade, translated by Rose Waldman
Kyra Lisse is Jewish Book Council’s Associate Editor. She holds a BA in creative writing and Latin from Franklin & Marshall College and an MFA in creative writing from Hollins University. Her email is kyra@jewishbooks.org.
