Love Stories for Tu B'Av

Tales and poetry of love, selected by the Jewish Book Council staff for Tu B'Av:

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A Book About Love

About the Night

Albina and the Dog-Men

The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem

Gorsky

Fever at Dawn

Eve of a Hundred Midnights

In the Unlikely Event

Good on Paper: A Novel

Scary Old Sex

Sunday's on the Phone to Monday

The Beautiful Possible

Will Jew Marry Me? A Guide to Dating, Relationships, Love, and Marriage

The German Girl

Love and Miss Communication

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The Sunlit Night

Leaving the Sea: Stories

Above Us Only Sky: A Novel

Love by the Morning Star

The Marrying of Chani Kaufman

The Innocents

One Night in Winter

The Glory of Life

Paper Love: Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind

On Bittersweet Place

The Marriage of Opposites

Poor Man's Feast: A Love Story of Comfort, Desire, and the Art of Simple Cooking

Happy Are the Happy

The Hidden of Things: Twelve Stories of Love & Longing

Super Sad True Love Story

Take My Spouse, Please: How to Keep Your Marriage Happy, Healthy, and Thriving by Following the Rules of Comedy

The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.

The Exiles Return: A Novel

Night in Shanghai

Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932

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The Anatomy Lesson

One More Thing

Suddenly, Love: A Novel

A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York

Love & Treasure

The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig

Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers: The Song of Songs in Israeli Culture

All Russians Love Birch Trees

Timeless: Love, Morgenthau, and Me

How to Woo a Jew: The Modern Jewish Guide to Dating and Mating

I Pity the Poor Immigrant

In Paradise: A Novel

One Night in Winter

The Great Glass Sea

The UnAmericans


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A Pigeon and a Boy

Fugitive Pieces

The History of Love


If You Awaken Love

The Mind-Body Problem

In Sunlight and in Shadow


The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel

The Dream of the Poem

Shir Hashirim: A Modern Commentary on the Song of Songs


 

What makes these titles among the best love stories we've read this year? Find out here.