Here is a list of recommended reading. I have read all of these books at one time or another, some more recently than others. Not all of them are related to Judaism or are written by a Jewish Author.
American Pastoral, by Philip Roth
Among the Righteous, by Robert Satloff
A Tale of Love and Darkness, by Amos Oz
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini
Behind Enemy Lines, by Marthe Cohn
Benevolence and Betrayal, by Alexander Stille
The Black Seasons, by Michal Glowinski
The Book of Daniel, by E.L. Doctorow
The Brooklyn Follies, by Paul Aster
The Children of Willesden Lane, by Mona Golabek
Dawn, by Elie Wiesel
The Diary of Petr Ginz, by Petr Ginz
Dreams of My Russian Summers, Andrei Makine
Einstein, His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson
Afternoons With Emily, by Rose MacMurray
Everyman, by Philip Roth
Exit Ghost, by Philip Roth
Fire in the Blood, by Irene Nemirovsky
Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, by Giorgio Bassani
The Girl in the Red Coat, by Roma Ligocka
Hannah Senesh: Her Life and Diary
Hester Among the Ruins, by Binnie Kirshenbaum
History on Trial, by Deborah Lipstadt
In My Mother’s House, by Margaret McMullan
Irene Nemirovsky, by Jonathan Weiss
The Island Within, by Ludwig Lewisohn
The Invisible Wall, by Harry Bernstein
The Jewish Book of Days, by Jill Hammer
Kalooki Nights, by Howard Jacobson
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Last Letters From the Shoah, by Ziwi Bachrach
Life Beyond the Holocaust, by Mira Ryczke Kimmelman
Lilah, by Marek Halter
The Litvaks, by Don Levin
The Lost, by Daniel Mendelsohn
The Lost Tribe, by Paul Zakrzewski
The Mercy Room, by Gilles Rozier
One Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini
The Pale of Settlement, by Margot Singer
The Periodic Table, by Primo Levi
The Pianist, by Wladyslaw Szpilman
The Pigeon and a Boy, by Meir Shalev
Sala’s Gift, by Ann Kirschner
The Secret Art of Lovingkindess, by Rabbi Rami Shapiro
The Septembers of Shiraz, by Dalia Sofer
Seyder Tkhines, by Devra Kay
Simon’s Family, by Marianne Fredriksson
Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky
The Time of the Uprooted, by Elie Wiesel
Two Lives, by Vikram Seth
Vita, by Malania G. Mazzucco
Who’s Who in the Jewish Bible, by David Mandel
The Wind of the Khazars, by Marek Halter
A Woman in Jerusalem, by A.B. Yehoshua
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, by Michael Chabon
Zipporah: Wife of Moses, by Marek Halter
The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman
I personally own and have read these books.
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Jew Wishes…Peace to you all.
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