Rec­om­mend­ed Reading

15 Fic­tion, Non­fic­tion, and Mem­oir Titles from 2015

JBC Staff
December 31, 2015

With an entire year’s worth of 2015 titles of Jew­ish inter­est fea­tured on Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s dai­ly new book reviews, we thought we’d sum up the year with the fic­tion, non­fic­tion, and mem­oirs that shaped Jew­ish lit­er­a­ture in 2015.

Fic­tion

The Empire of the Sens­es: A Novel

The Last Flight of Poxl West: A Novel

After Birth

Mer­cy of a Rude Stream

A Reunion of Ghosts

After Abel and Oth­er Stories

Hap­py Are the Happy

The Book of Aron

The Girl from the Garden

Book of Num­bers: A Novel

The Sun­lit Night

The Pinch: A History/​A Novel

The Secret Chord: A Novel

Alexan­dri­an Summer

The Boat­mak­er: A Novel
Non­fic­tion

Jew­ish Mad Men: Adver­tis­ing and the Design of the Amer­i­can Jew­ish Experience

Lin­coln and the Jews: A History

The Vil­na Veg­e­tar­i­an Cookbook

Roads Tak­en: The Great Jew­ish Migra­tions to the New World and the Ped­dlers Who Forged the Way

There Is Sim­ply Too Much To Think About: Col­lect­ed Nonfiction

Ghet­to Broth­er: War­rior to Peacemaker

Not In God’s Name: Con­fronting Reli­gious Violence

Mus­lims and Jews in France: His­to­ry of a Conflict

Born Sur­vivors: Three Young Moth­ers and Their Extra­or­di­nary Sto­ry of Courage, Defi­ance, and Hope

Beyond Sec­tar­i­an­ism: The Realign­ment of Amer­i­can Ortho­dox Judaism

The Con­sum­ing Tem­ple: Jews, Depart­ment Stores, and the Con­sumer Rev­o­lu­tion in Ger­many, 1880 – 1940

The Com­plete Works of Pri­mo Levi

Take Your Soul to Work: 365 Med­i­ta­tions on Every Day Leadership

Young Lions: How Jew­ish Authors Rein­vent­ed the Amer­i­can War Novel

Anony­mous Sol­diers: The Strug­gle For Israel, 1917 – 1947
Mem­oir

The House of Twen­ty Thou­sand Books

All Who Go Do Not Return: A Memoir

A Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War, and a Ruined House in France

Why Not Say What Hap­pened: A Sen­ti­men­tal Education

Uncov­ered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Final­ly Came Home

Between Gods: A Memoir

Nine Essen­tial Things I’ve Learned About Life

Then Comes Mar­riage: Unit­ed States v. Wind­sor and the Defeat of DOMA

The Girl from Human Street: Ghosts of Mem­o­ry in a Jew­ish Family

The Gram­mar of God: A Jour­ney into the Words and Worlds of the Bible

The Nazi Offi­cer’s Wife: How One Jew­ish Woman Sur­vived the Holocaust

This Is Not a Love Sto­ry: A Memoir

The Sev­en Good Years

Ally: My Jour­ney Across the Amer­i­can-Israeli Divide

The Best Boy in the Unit­ed States Of Amer­i­ca: A Mem­oir of Bless­ings and Kisses

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