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Nonfiction
Life’s Acces­sories: A Mem­oir and Fash­ion Guide
Rachel Levy Lesser
Nonfiction
Laugh Lines: My Life Help­ing Fun­ny Peo­ple Be Funnier
Alan Zweibel
Fiction
A Vil­lage Romance
Izzy Abrahm­son
Nonfiction
The War of the Itchy Balls and Oth­er Tales From Brook­lyn: A Half-Life Memoir
William Gral­nick
Children's
The Last Sur­viv­ing Dinosaur: The TyrantoCrankaTsuris
Steven Joseph
Nonfiction
Make­up Tips from Auschwitz: How Van­i­ty Saved my Moth­er’s Life
Tom­my Schnurmacher
Nonfiction
OMG WTF Does the Con­sti­tu­tion Actu­al­ly Say?: A Non-Bor­ing Guide to How Our Democ­ra­cy is Sup­posed to Work
Ben Shee­han
Nonfiction
Liv­ing in Heav­en Cop­ing with Hell
Clif­ford Sobin
Fiction
Holy Lands
Aman­da Sthers
Fiction
Moth­er India
Tova Reich
Nonfiction
Super­man Isn’t Jew­ish (But I Am…Kinda)
Jim­my Bemon; Emi­lie Boudet, illus.
Fiction
The Right Thing to Do at the Time
Dov Zeller
Fiction
Hey Ladies! The Sto­ry of 8 Best Friends, One Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails
Car­o­line Moss | Michelle Markowitz
Nonfiction
Just the Fun­ny Parts…And a Few Hard Truths About Sneak­ing into the Hol­ly­wood Boys’ Club
Nell Scov­ell
Nonfiction
A Mar­riage in Dog Years: A Memoir
Nan­cy Balbirer
Fiction
A Ter­ri­ble Country
Kei­th Gessen
Nonfiction
Thanks, Oba­ma: My Hopey, Changey White House Years
David Litt
Fiction
Yid­dish for Pirates
Gary Bar­win
Fiction
The Bible of Dirty Jokes
Eileen Pol­lack
Nonfiction
If You Could See Me: Life, Moth­er­hood, and the Pur­suit of Sanity
Erin Mahone
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