This critical biography of Carole King pays close attention to her Jewishness and how, while lightly worn, it informed her life and work
By David Bennun
I can’t recommend the author’s latest novel, but I have no doubt his fans will buy it in their millions
By Jenni Frazer
After a lifetime of trying, I have finally found my literary voice – by becoming a Jew
By Michael Kretzmer
Lionel Zetter’s novel captures the rapacious spirit of Britain’s political centre
By Jennifer Lipman
Jewish comedian and writer Ben Elton settles old scores in this frank account of his life in showbiz
The art historian Dan Cruikshank tells the story of the English house through eight very different buildings and, in the process, tells the story of the Jews in England
The shortlist will be announced in mid-December and the winner early next year
By Siam Goorwich
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A welcome guide on combatting extremism from a figure who can draw on decades of hard-won street-level experience doing exactly that
This moving and tense Holocaust memoir is a fitting tribute to a remarkable and courageous husband and wife whose lives ended in the most appalling circumstances, and who might otherwise be forgotten
By Robert Low
Originally published in 1950, and now translated into English by the Pushkin Press, the teenager at the centre of this novel is so bored he wishes for all-out war...
By David Herman
This novel by Lihi Lapid follows two parallel stories to weave a heart-rending portrait of marriage and domesticity
A deeply moving book of case histories which brings the experience of psychoanalysis to life
The first hostage releases a book and instead of the misery memoir you might expect, it is a story of survival
By Nicole Lampert
The author’s new work superbly distils the issues facing the West
By Stephen Pollard
This historical account of antisemitism is a remarkable exercise in cognitive dissonance
Leon Craig on publishing her debut in what feels an increasingly hostile literary landscape
By Leon Craig
From marvellous mucoid humour to a madcap fairy tale, here is the best new fiction for kids
By Angela Kiverstein
The filmmaker’s debut is as Jewish as can be and a wonderful evocation of New York
He tells the story of the courageous groups of Germans who risked their lives to defy Hitler with all the flair of the seasoned thriller writer that he is
British-American writer Ben Markovits’s new Booker-longlisted novel leaves this reviewer cold
This fascinating account of Israeli counterterrorism is based on unique access to a huge cache of original documents
The author’s new book about a Jewish family in post-war exile employs an unconventional format and elements of the supernatural to illustrate the disarray of grief
By Eliana Jordan
Ivor Baddiel on the new sci-fi thriller he began with children’s author Jonny Zucker
By Lianne Kolirin
