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    Items with the category:

    Literary Fiction

    Cover of An Observant Wife: A Novel
    Fic­tion
    An Obser­vant Wife: A Novel
    Nao­mi Ragen
    Cover of The Pessimists
    Fic­tion
    The Pes­simists
    Bethany Ball
    Cover of Sirens & Muses
    Fic­tion
    Sirens & Muses
    Anto­nia Angress
    Cover of Jewish Literature: A Very Short Introduction
    Non­fic­tion
    Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture: A Very Short Introduction
    Ilan Sta­vans
    Cover of At Night's End
    Fic­tion
    At Night’s End
    Nir Baram
    Jes­si­ca Cohen
    Cover of Moshkeleh the Thief: A Rediscovered Novel
    Fic­tion
    Moshkeleh the Thief: A Redis­cov­ered Novel
    Sholom Aleichem, Curt Leviant
    Cover of Rare Stuff
    Fic­tion
    Rare Stuff
    Brett Ash­ley Kaplan
    Cover of The Promise of a Normal Life
    Fic­tion
    The Promise of a Nor­mal Life
    Rebec­ca Kaiser Gibson
    Cover of The Sleep of Apples: A Novel
    Fic­tion
    The Sleep of Apples: A Novel
    Ami Sands Brodoff
    Cover of Final Table: A Novel
    Fic­tion
    Final Table: A Novel
    Dan Schorr
    Cover of The Gallery of Beauties
    Fic­tion
    The Gallery of Beauties
    Nina Wachs­man
    Cover of Chicken Wars: A Tale of Love and Poultry
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    Chick­en Wars: A Tale of Love and Poultry
    Adam Leigh
    Cover of American Wasteland: Stories by Alexander Shalom Joseph
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    Amer­i­can Waste­land: Sto­ries by Alexan­der Shalom Joseph
    Alexan­der Shalom Joseph
    Cover of The Dig
    Fic­tion
    The Dig
    Anne Burt
    Cover of Rebecca of Salerno: A Novel of Rogue Crusaders, a Jewish Female Physician, and a Murder
    Fic­tion
    Rebec­ca of Saler­no: A Nov­el of Rogue Cru­saders, a Jew­ish Female Physi­cian, and a Murder
    Esther Erman
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    The Stock­well Letters
    Jacque­line Friedland
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