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Month­ly Picks

Each month we rec­om­mend one fic­tion and one non­fic­tion book for book clubs. Check back for new selec­tions, and browse past picks to find your next read.

March 2021

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Fic­tion
Flo­rence Adler Swims Forever
Rachel Bean­land
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Non­fic­tion
The Telling: How Judais­m’s Essen­tial Book Reveals the Mean­ing of Life
Mark Ger­son

Feb­ru­ary 2021

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Fic­tion
The Lost Shtetl
Max Gross
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Non­fic­tion
The Art of the Jew­ish Fam­i­ly: A His­to­ry of Women in Ear­ly New York in Five Objects
Lau­ra Arnold Leibman

Jan­u­ary, 2021

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Fic­tion
The Inter­preter
A.J. Sidran­sky
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Non­fic­tion
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story
Bess Kalb

Decem­ber, 2020

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Fic­tion
To Be a Man
Nicole Krauss
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Non­fic­tion
Hou­di­ni: The Elu­sive American
Adam Beg­ley

Novem­ber, 2020

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Fic­tion
The Clothes on Their Backs
Lin­da Grant 
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The Out­skirts of Hope: A Mem­oir of the 1960s Deep South
Jo Ivester
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