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Nonfiction In the Hour of Fate and Danger Ferenc Andai, Marietta Morry and Lynda Muir (trans.)
Cookbook Jewish Cuisine in Hungary: A Cultural History with 83 Authentic Recipes Andras Koerner
Children’s Parrots, Pugs, and Pixie Dust: A Book About Fashion Designer Judith Leiber Deborah Blumenthal, Masha D’Yans (illus.)
Children’s Francesco Tirelli’s Ice Cream Shop Tamar Meir (author), Yael Albert (illus.), Noga Applebaum (trans.)
Nonfiction The Restless Hungarian: Modernism, Madness, and The American Dream Tom Weidlinger
Interview Talking with Debut Novelist Kim Sherwood Testament tells the story of a young woman whose beloved grandfather dies, triggering her quest to find the truth of his past. Amy Spungen February 26, 2019
Fiction The Book of Mordechai and Lazarus: Two Novels (The Hungarian List) Gábor Schein; Adam Z. Levy and Ottilie Mulzet, trans.
Children’s Hedy’s Journey: The True Story of a Hungarian Girl Fleeing the Holocaust Michelle Bisson; El primo Ramón, illus.
Essay Heirlooms from Hungary Sophie Cook’s family history and childhood experience of surviving the Holocaust in Hungary inform her first historical novel, Anna & Elizabeth. Sophie… Sophie Cook June 6, 2016
Nonfiction Raoul Wallenberg: The Heroic Life and Mysterious Disappearance of the Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust Ingrid Carlberg; Ebba Segerberg, trans.; Kofi A. Annan, intro.
