The Greatest Books of All Time on Jewish

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
113 The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank 1947 Dutch Dutch
126 If This Is a Man Primo Levi 1947 Italian Italian
314 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon 2000 American English
335 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Giorgio Bassani 1962 Italian Italian
420 The Human Stain Philip Roth 2000 American English
477 Fateless or Fatelessness Imre Kertész 1975 Hungarian Hungarian
519 Call It Sleep Henry Roth 1934 American English
535 Red Cavalry Isaac Babel 1926 Russian Russian
598 Night Elie Wiesel 1958 French French
665 The Family Moskat Isaac Bashevis Singer 1950 Polish Yiddish
832 The Last Of The Just André Schwarz-Bart 1959 French French
838 The Book of Daniel E. L. Doctorow 1971 American English
847 Only Yesterday Shmuel Yosef Agnon 1945 Israeli Hebrew
848 Der Judenstaat Theodor Herzl 1896 Austro-Hungarian German
885 A Tale of Love and Darkness Amos Oz 2002 Israeli Hebrew
918 The Plot Against America Philip Roth 2004 American English
958 The Periodic Table Primo Levi 1975 Italian Italian
1021 If Not Now, When? Primo Levi 1982 Italian Italian
1028 Schindler's List Thomas Keneally 1982 Australian English
1032 In The Heart Of The Seas Shmuel Yosef Agnon 1938 Israeli Hebrew
1104 Maus Art Spiegelman 1980 American English
1159 Eichmann in Jerusalem Hannah Arendt 1963 German English
1199 This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen Tadeusz Borowski 1947 Polish Polish
1237 Jacob the Liar Jurek Becker 1969 German German
1287 Odessa Stories Isaac Babel 1923 Ukrainian Russian
1357 I and Thou Martin Buber 1923 Austrian German
1430 The Wandering Jew Eugène Sue 1844 French French
1501 The Magician of Lublin Isaac Bashevis Singer 1960 Polish Yiddish
1579 The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel Isaac Babel 1934 Russian Russian
1718 The Fixer Bernard Malamud 1966 American English
1764 Tales Of The Hasidim Martin Buber 1949 German German
2024 The Chosen Chaim Potok 1967 American English
2055 Satan In Goray Isaac Bashevis Singer 1935 Polish Yiddish
2071 The Assistant Bernard Malamud 1957 American English
2148 Tractatus Theologico Politicus Baruch de Spinoza 1670 Dutch Latin
2164 Bread Givers Anzia Yezierska 1925 American English
2198 The Last Lion William Manchester 1983 American English
2396 The Drowned and the Saved Primo Levi 1986 Italian Italian
2510 Life With A Star Jiří Weil 1949 Czech Czech
2539 Journal, 1935 44 Mihail Sebastian 1996 Romanian Romanian
2710 Alan Turing Andrew Hodges 1983 British English
2786 By Night Under The Stone Bridge Leo Perutz 1953 Austrian German
2886 Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer 2002 American English
2934 Dolly City Orly Castel-Bloom 1992 Israeli Hebrew
2956 Fugitive Pieces Anne Michaels 1996 Canadian English
3173 A Simple Story S.Y. Agnon 1935 Israeli Hebrew
3624 Sepharad Antonio Muñoz Molina 2001 Spanish Spanish
3638 Jew Süss Lion Feuchtwanger 1925 German German
3638 The Road Into The Open Arthur Schnitzler 1908 Austrian German
4083 The Manor Isaac Bashevis Singer 1967 Polish Yiddish
4177 Shira S.Y. Agnon 1989 Israeli Hebrew
4207 The Case Worker György Konrád 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
4281 The Place Of The Star Patrick Modiano 1968 French French
4469 The History of Love Nicole Krauss 2005 American English
4510 Out Of The Fire Ales Adamovich, Yanka Bryl, Vladimir Kolesnik 1981 Belarusian Russian
4554 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr 1971 German English
4687 Major Trends In Jewish Mysticism Gershom Scholem 1929 German German
4767 The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon 2007 American English
4804 The Wolf Of Masada John Fredman 1978 Unknown English
4976 God In Search Of Man Abraham Joshua Heschel 1955 American English
5019 The King David Report Stefan Heym 1972 German German
5019 Hourglass Danilo Kiš 1972 Serbian Serbo-croatian
5084 Short Friday Isaac Bashevis Singer 1964 Polish Yiddish
5130 All But My Life Gerda Weissmann Klein 1957 American English
5146 Dawn Elie Wiesel 1961 Romanian French
5247 Jews Without Money Michael Gold 1930 American English
5447 The Lover A. B. Yehoshua 1977 Israeli Hebrew
5530 A Prayer For Kateřina Horovitzová Arnost Lustig 1964 Czech Czech
5693 How I Came To Know Fish Ota Pavel 1971 Czech Czech
5858 Wasteland Jo Sinclair 1946 American English
5916 The Tale Of The 1002nd Night Joseph Roth 1938 Austrian German
6159 The Star Of Redemption Franz Rosenzweig 1971 German German
6215 The Sound Of Our Steps Ronit Matalon 2008 Israeli Hebrew
6216 Holocaust Charles Reznikoff 1975 American English
6446 Kapo Aleksandar Tišma 1987 Serbian Serbo-croatian
6748 Hoffman's Hunger Leon de Winter 1990 Dutch Dutch
6860 The Thirteen Petalled Rose Adin Steinsaltz 1980 Israeli Hebrew
7151 The Shawl Cynthia Ozick 1989 American English
7215 The Island Within Ludwig Lewisohn 1928 American English
8443 Russian Disco Wladimir Kaminer 2000 German German
8585 The Postcard Anne Berest 2021 French French
9911 Thera Zeruya Shalev 2005 Israeli Hebrew
9961 San Remo Drive Leslie Epstein 2003 American English
10228 Long Island Compromise Taffy Brodesser-Akner 2024 American English
10386 The Remains Of Love Zeruya Shalev 2011 Israeli Hebrew
10491 Remember Us To Life Joanna Rubin Dranger 2022 Unknown English
10680 My Name Is Barbra Barbra Streisand 2023 American English
10721 Melting Point Rachel Cockerell 2024 Unknown English
10900 The Hooligan's Return Norman Manea 2003 Romanian Romanian
10923 Fear No Evil Natan Sharansky 1988 Israeli English
11661 Eternal Life Dara Horn 2018 American English
11851 Chosen Peoples Anthony D. Smith 2003 British English
12048 Blooms Of Darkness Aharon Appelfeld 2005 Israeli Hebrew
12148 Snow In August Pete Hamill 1997 American English
12560 Cry For Me, Argentina Tamara Yajia 2025 American English
12721 Tomorrow Is Yesterday Hussein Agha, Robert Malley 2025 American English
12773 Children Of Radium Joe Dunthorne 2025 Welsh English
12821 Being Jewish After The Destruction Of Gaza Peter Beinart 2025 American English
12875 I Seek A Kind Person Julian Borger 2025 Unknown English
12913 Fear No Pharaoh Richard Kreitner 2025 American English
13030 The Last Days Of Budapest Adam LeBor 2025 British English
13054 Sons And Daughters Chaim Grade 2025 American Yiddish
13087 Eminent Jews David Denby 2025 American English
13242 A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories Isaac Bashevis Singer 1973 Polish English
13359 The Slave Isaac Bashevis Singer 1962 Polish Yiddish
13816 Morality Jonathan Sacks 2019 British English
13885 Anne Frank Francine Prose 2009 American English
14666 The Finkler Question Howard Jacobson 2010 British English
14759 The Nazarene Sholem Asch 1939 Polish Yiddish
14984 Shadows on the Hudson Isaac Bashevis Singer 1997 American Yiddish
15610 Qb Vii Leon Uris 1970 American English
17120 Kaaterskill Falls Allegra Goodman 1998 American English
17120 Lublin Manya Wilkinson 2024 Unknown English
17120 Maus Ii Art Spiegelman 1992 American English
17120 Bee Season Myla Goldberg 2000 American English
17120 A Brilliant Life Rachelle Unreich 2024 Unknown English
17120 Songs For The Brokenhearted Ayelet Tsabari 2024 Unknown English
17120 The Gift Of Asher Lev Chaim Potok 1990 American English
17120 Hope Shalom Auslander 2012 American English
17120 Benevolence And Betrayal Alexander Stille 1991 American English