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From our recently lauded National Jewish Book Award winners to mystery, horror, ’80s nostalgia, and a history of pickles in New York City, here are the books the JBC team can’t wait to read this April.
Need more recommendations to take you through the month? Check out the 2026 Passover Bookshelf, JBC’s March Reads, or our latest book reviews!
Naomi Firestone-Teeter, CEO
Kate Schmier, Director of Publishing Relations
Tarantula by Eduardo Halfon, translated by Daniel Hahn
Jamie Betesh Carter, Nu Reads Program Director
Suzanne Swift, Director of JBC Network
Evie Saphire-Bernstein, Program Director
I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This: A Graphic Memoir by Eugene Yelchin
Becca Kantor, Editorial Director
Return to the Place I Never Left by Tobias Schiff, translated by Dani James
Arielle Landau, Program and Partnerships Manager
Simona Zaretsky, Manager of Digital Content Strategy
The Pickled City: The Story of New York Pickles by Paul van Ravestein and Monique Mulder
Isadora Kianovsky, Membership & Engagement Associate
From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg: Memoir and Testimony by Abraham Sutzkever, edited and translated by Justin D. Cammy