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Curated Reading Lists

Everyone has a favorite genre or topic of book to read—or maybe there's subject or theme that you want to learn more about. With this in mind, JBC set out to collect reading lists on topics across the spectrum of Jewish life. The Jewish Book Council is pleased to partner with organizations in the field to present these reading guides. If you have additional suggestions for reading lists, please let us know at jbc@jewishbooks.org .

Recommended Reading Lists:

Book Club Themes (curated by JBC staff)

Dalkey Archive Hebrew Literature Series (curated by Dalkey Archive Press)

Goldberg Prize for Fiction

Jewish Children's and YA Books (curated by Association of Jewish Libraries)

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices (curated by Jewish Publication Society)

Jewish Encounters (curated by Nextbook Press)

Jewish Interfaith Families (curated by Jewish Outreach Institute)

Jewish LGBT Themes (curated by Keshet)

Jewish Lives (curated by Yale University Press)

Jewish Rituals and Customs (curated by MyJewishLearning.com)

Jewish Social Justice (curated by American Jewish World Service)

Jewish Women and Breast Cancer (curated by Sharsheret)

Judaism and the Environment (curated by Hazon)

The Novella (curated by JBC staff)

Sephardic Studies (curated by American Sephardi Federation)

Soviety Jewry (curated by Lea Zeltserman)

Women and Judaism (curated by Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance)

Jewish Leadership (curated by Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies)