As a new year approaches, we are waiting in anticipation for all the exciting new books that will come with it — from queer time-traveling folklorish fantasies to reproductive health guidebooks, and everything in between.
Just in time for end-of-year reading and Hanukkah gift-giving, we’ve compiled this comprehensive list of some of our favorite reads of 2023 – perfect for Jewish feminists of all ages!
Debut author Gabriella Saab talks about the power that chess exerts in her character’s life—and her own.
Jerusalem as a Second Language, Distelheim’s second novel, is out from Audbade on September 29, 2020 but sadly, Distelheim died on June 1 and didn’t get to savor the praise that is sure to come for her sophomore effort.
The Book Of V (Henry Holt, $27.99) is nothing if not ambitious—three main characters, three storylines and three wildly divergent time periods—and yet novelist Anna Solomon manages to weave all three together with an effortlessness that belies the profound nature of her fictional probing.
“I know what it’s like to feel hated and betrayed by a woman friend. I think we all do.”
The cover of the New York Times Book Review this weekend features a review of 5 recent books detailing the American Jewish experience — all of which were written by men. We’ve aggregated 12 books written by women (not just academics, by the way) that address these urgent issues–all published since 2017.
Welcome to another installment of this occasional recurring feature in which Lilith staffers reveal what books are on our nightstands, our e-readers and tucked in our bags for the commute.
The dog days of summer are here, but there’s still plenty of time to stretch out with a good book. Here is a glimpse of the memoirs and novels we’re reading this August — look for part two next week!
Jill Smolowe, a journalist and memoirist, had her own annus horribilis, only hers lasted a year and a half.
