Set largely in Italy, acclaimed author Mary Morris’s latest novel is both a penetrating psychological study and World War II mystery about intergenerational trauma and family secrets.

Allegra Goodman, the arbiter of Jewish American family tsuris, delivers a complex portrait of complicated people living in a world that they find increasingly inscrutable and impenetrable.

Howard Langer’s award-winning novel follows the lone survivor of a Polish Hasidic sect and a time when Jews and Blacks found common ground in their struggles.

Maya Arad’s latest novel follows Leah, an Israeli living in America, over five decades as she writes annual Rosh Hashanah letters to friends in Israel.

First published in Germany in 2023, this coming-of-age story is a debut from 20-something Dana Vowinckel, who hails from a self-described American-Jewish-German family in Berlin.

In Reuven Fenton’s debut novel, a Christian character wants more than anything to be seen and known as Jewish.

Set half in Israel and half in America, Joan Leegant’s collection of stories is filled with gorgeous tales of wandering Jews.

Maya Arad's new book, translated by Jessica Cohen, is a must-read in 2024.