With gripping historical fiction, captivating novels translated from Hebrew, and illuminating texts on contemporary Jewish life, 2024 has bestowed on us so many gorgeous and evocative stories. Below is a list of the ten most-read reviews this year.
(And check out some forthcoming books we’re already kvelling over in our JBC Bookshelf: Winter 2025.)
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
The Hebrew Teacher by Maya Arad and translated by Jessica Cohen
On Her Own by Lihi Lapid and translated by Sondra Silverston
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr
The Wolf Hunt by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Simona is the Jewish Book Council’s managing editor of digital content and marketing. 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.