The History of Israel and the Jewish People (nonfiction)
1. 
The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace
by:
Adi Schwartz
4.42 avg rating — 689 ratings 
3. 
Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017
by:
Ian Black
4.19 avg rating — 1,398 ratings 
4. 
Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
by:
Matti Friedman
3.94 avg rating — 2,465 ratings 4. 
Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community
by:
Dan Raviv
4.01 avg rating — 245 ratings 
4. 
9. 
9. 
Homeland: The Illustrated History of the State of Israel
by:
Marv Wolfman
3.44 avg rating — 32 ratings 
12. 
Starstruck in the Promised Land: How the Arts Shaped American Passions about Israel
by:
Shalom Goldman
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 12. 
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics
by:
Marc Lamont Hill
4.20 avg rating — 4,165 ratings 
15. 
Angels in the Sky: How a Band of Volunteer Airmen Saved the New State of Israel
by:
Robert Gandt
4.31 avg rating — 391 ratings 15. 
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World 4.44 avg rating — 2,270 ratings
18. 
A History Of Israel: From The Rise Of Zionism To Our Time
by:
Howard M. Sachar
4.17 avg rating — 297 ratings 18. 
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
by:
Nathan Thrall
4.35 avg rating — 11,054 ratings 
20. 
The Weapon Wizards: How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower
by:
Yaakov Katz
4.20 avg rating — 603 ratings 20. 
Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation
by:
Sim Kern
4.63 avg rating — 269 ratings 23. 
Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917 - 1947
by:
Bruce Hoffman
4.23 avg rating — 179 ratings 23. 
Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World
by:
Seth M. Siegel
4.21 avg rating — 1,011 ratings 
26. 
Uprooted: How 3000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight
by:
Lyn Julius
4.30 avg rating — 67 ratings 26. 
Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team
by:
George Jonas
4.13 avg rating — 2,209 ratings 26. 
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories
by:
Ilan Pappé
4.36 avg rating — 1,289 ratings 
29. 
All the Trees of the Forest: Israel's Woodlands from the Bible to the Present
by:
Alon Tal
4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings 29. 
A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict
by:
Ilan Pappé
4.37 avg rating — 2,515 ratings 32. 
The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis
by:
David E. Fishman
4.32 avg rating — 667 ratings 32. 
The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts 4.14 avg rating — 3,349 ratings
35. 
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
by:
David Fromkin
4.22 avg rating — 9,543 ratings 35. 
Death, Burial, and Afterlife in the Biblical World: How the Israelites and Their Neighbors Treated the Dead 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
35. 
Out of the Frame: The Struggle for Academic Freedom in Israel: The Struggle for Academic Freedom in Israel
by:
Ilan Pappé
4.21 avg rating — 78 ratings 
38. 
Arabs & Israel for Beginners (Writers and Readers Series)
by:
Ron David
3.79 avg rating — 154 ratings 40. 
Too Deep Were Our Roots: A Viennese Jewish memoir of the years between the two world wars
by:
Sonia Wachstein
4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings 40. 
Jews and the American Soul: Human Nature in the Twentieth Century
by:
Andrew R. Heinze
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings 42. 
Aphrodite and the Rabbis: How the Jews Adapted Roman Culture to Create Judaism as We Know It 3.73 avg rating — 104 ratings
44. 
The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain 3.92 avg rating — 2,949 ratings
45. 
Let Jasmine Rain Down: Song and Remembrance among Syrian Jews (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings
48. 
The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism
by:
Daniel C. Matt
3.96 avg rating — 1,479 ratings 
50. 
Peace Be Upon You: The Story of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Coexistence
by:
Zachary Karabell
3.96 avg rating — 170 ratings 
52. 
Jews and American Comics: An Illustrated History of an American Art Form
by:
Paul M. Buhle
3.33 avg rating — 24 ratings 53. 
Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food (HBI Series on Jewish Women)
by:
Laura Silver
3.76 avg rating — 67 ratings 54. 
56. 
Up, Up, and Oy Vey! How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero
by:
Simcha Weinstein
3.80 avg rating — 132 ratings 57. 
The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
by:
Thomas Cahill
3.87 avg rating — 5,054 ratings 
60. 
An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood
by:
Neal Gabler
4.01 avg rating — 765 ratings 
62. 
America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today
by:
Pamela S. Nadell
3.88 avg rating — 182 ratings 63. 
Siegel and Shuster's Funnyman: The First Jewish Superhero, from the Creators of Superman
by:
Thomas Andrae
3.52 avg rating — 31 ratings 64. 
Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe 3.95 avg rating — 171 ratings
65. 
66. 
The Story of the Jews Volume One: Finding the Words 1000 BC-1492 AD (Story of the Jews, 1)
by:
Simon Schama
3.98 avg rating — 2,342 ratings