Best Popular Judaism Books on Goodreads

1.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,885 ratings
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Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating — 608,393 ratings
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The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,965 ratings
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,082 ratings
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Exodus
Exodus
by: Leon Uris
4.34 avg rating — 100,894 ratings
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The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1)
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 96,277 ratings
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union 3.72 avg rating — 79,301 ratings
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The Devil's Arithmetic
The Devil's Arithmetic 4.03 avg rating — 61,487 ratings
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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,154 ratings
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 365,563 ratings
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,375 ratings
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People of the Book
People of the Book 4.04 avg rating — 153,725 ratings
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The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,650 ratings
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The Jewish Study Bible: Featuring the Jewish Publication Society Tanakh Translation
The Jewish Study Bible: Featuring the Jewish Publication Society Tanakh Translation 4.46 avg rating — 1,673 ratings
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank 3.74 avg rating — 8,193 ratings
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A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam 3.89 avg rating — 51,731 ratings
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The Promise (Reuven Malther, #2)
The Promise (Reuven Malther, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 14,052 ratings
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Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 67,128 ratings
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I and Thou
I and Thou 4.07 avg rating — 11,691 ratings
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The Weight of Ink
The Weight of Ink 4.15 avg rating — 39,837 ratings
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The Rabbi's Cat (The Rabbi's Cat, #1-3)
The Rabbi's Cat (The Rabbi's Cat, #1-3) 4.06 avg rating — 7,186 ratings
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Who Wrote the Bible?
Who Wrote the Bible? 4.12 avg rating — 6,291 ratings
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The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels 3.87 avg rating — 5,054 ratings
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The World to Come
The World to Come
by: Dara Horn
3.86 avg rating — 8,945 ratings
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Everything is Illuminated
Everything is Illuminated 3.89 avg rating — 182,762 ratings
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Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2)
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 156,018 ratings
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The Torah: The Five Books of Moses
The Torah: The Five Books of Moses
by: Anonymous
4.17 avg rating — 2,318 ratings
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The Jew in the Lotus: A Poet's Re-Discovery of Jewish Identity in Buddhist India
The Jew in the Lotus: A Poet's Re-Discovery of Jewish Identity in Buddhist India 4.02 avg rating — 1,555 ratings
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Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History
Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History 4.32 avg rating — 2,438 ratings
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating — 209,867 ratings
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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth 3.86 avg rating — 72,046 ratings
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The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism
The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism 3.96 avg rating — 1,479 ratings
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Portnoy’s Complaint
Portnoy’s Complaint 3.71 avg rating — 72,163 ratings
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Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz 4.34 avg rating — 83,589 ratings
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Disobedience
Disobedience 3.68 avg rating — 13,262 ratings
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The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 129,516 ratings
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Spinning Silver
Spinning Silver 4.18 avg rating — 146,055 ratings
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The Sisters of the Winter Wood
The Sisters of the Winter Wood 3.52 avg rating — 7,436 ratings
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I Am Forbidden
I Am Forbidden 3.69 avg rating — 5,787 ratings
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How Mirka Got Her Sword
How Mirka Got Her Sword 3.74 avg rating — 7,537 ratings
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My Name Is Asher Lev
My Name Is Asher Lev 4.24 avg rating — 42,912 ratings
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The Jewish War
The Jewish War really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,887 ratings
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Briar Rose
Briar Rose 3.80 avg rating — 14,984 ratings
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The Source
The Source 4.30 avg rating — 45,002 ratings
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All Other Nights
All Other Nights
by: Dara Horn
3.77 avg rating — 3,372 ratings
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Dawn
Dawn 3.83 avg rating — 22,540 ratings
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When Bad Things Happen to Good People
When Bad Things Happen to Good People 4.02 avg rating — 19,697 ratings
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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins 4.32 avg rating — 3,337 ratings
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The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts
The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts 4.14 avg rating — 3,349 ratings
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Jewish Meditation: A Practical Guide
Jewish Meditation: A Practical Guide 4.23 avg rating — 992 ratings
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The Book of Lights
The Book of Lights 3.91 avg rating — 2,536 ratings
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Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews
Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews 4.10 avg rating — 2,305 ratings
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The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English 4.02 avg rating — 1,714 ratings
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Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books 4.25 avg rating — 2,213 ratings
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Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures
by: Anonymous
4.36 avg rating — 3,161 ratings
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The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man 4.37 avg rating — 7,305 ratings
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Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories
Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories 4.18 avg rating — 1,481 ratings
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Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation: In Theory and Practice
Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation: In Theory and Practice
by: Anonymous
4.32 avg rating — 1,356 ratings
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Davita's Harp
Davita's Harp 4.04 avg rating — 6,562 ratings
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The Gift of Asher Lev
The Gift of Asher Lev 4.19 avg rating — 8,470 ratings
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Joheved (Rashi’s Daughters #1)
Joheved (Rashi’s Daughters #1) 3.98 avg rating — 3,844 ratings
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As a Driven Leaf
As a Driven Leaf 4.14 avg rating — 2,994 ratings
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Foreskin's Lament
Foreskin's Lament 3.88 avg rating — 6,210 ratings
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The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus
The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus 4.07 avg rating — 1,139 ratings
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Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood
Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood 3.70 avg rating — 2,994 ratings
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A History of the Jews
A History of the Jews 4.17 avg rating — 2,629 ratings
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The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE – 1492 CE
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE – 1492 CE 3.98 avg rating — 2,342 ratings
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Judaism: A Very Short Introduction
Judaism: A Very Short Introduction 3.35 avg rating — 949 ratings
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What is a Jew?
What is a Jew? 3.95 avg rating — 301 ratings
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All Who Go Do Not Return
All Who Go Do Not Return 4.29 avg rating — 6,298 ratings
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Boychiks in the Hood: Travels in the Hasidic Underground
Boychiks in the Hood: Travels in the Hasidic Underground 3.62 avg rating — 545 ratings
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Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods
Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods 3.63 avg rating — 1,498 ratings
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Why the Jews?
Why the Jews? 4.14 avg rating — 871 ratings
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Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating — 489,772 ratings
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Biblical Literacy: The Most Important People, Events, and Ideas of the Hebrew Bible
Biblical Literacy: The Most Important People, Events, and Ideas of the Hebrew Bible 4.37 avg rating — 326 ratings
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How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household
How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household 4.28 avg rating — 456 ratings
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I Asked For Wonder: A Spiritual Anthology
I Asked For Wonder: A Spiritual Anthology 4.41 avg rating — 391 ratings
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The Essential Talmud
The Essential Talmud 4.03 avg rating — 709 ratings
78.
Hillel: If Not Now, When? (Jewish Encounters Series)
Hillel: If Not Now, When? (Jewish Encounters Series) 4.18 avg rating — 309 ratings
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Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective
Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective 4.05 avg rating — 389 ratings
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Choosing a Jewish Life: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends
Choosing a Jewish Life: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends 4.22 avg rating — 2,380 ratings
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God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism
God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism 4.39 avg rating — 1,638 ratings
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The History of Love
The History of Love 3.92 avg rating — 139,273 ratings
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Living Judaism: The Complete Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition, and Practice
Living Judaism: The Complete Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition, and Practice 4.19 avg rating — 444 ratings
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God Is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism
God Is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism 4.29 avg rating — 808 ratings
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To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility 4.55 avg rating — 634 ratings
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The Boston Girl
The Boston Girl 3.83 avg rating — 88,177 ratings
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At the End of the World, Turn Left
At the End of the World, Turn Left 3.52 avg rating — 332 ratings
88.
Who By Fire: War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen
Who By Fire: War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen 4.22 avg rating — 1,349 ratings
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The Dovekeepers
The Dovekeepers 4.07 avg rating — 79,266 ratings
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Safekeeping
Safekeeping 3.64 avg rating — 2,795 ratings
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The Man Across the River
The Man Across the River 4.64 avg rating — 307 ratings
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If Anyone Calls, Tell Them I Died
If Anyone Calls, Tell Them I Died 4.18 avg rating — 267 ratings
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The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible 3.76 avg rating — 68,669 ratings
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Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts
Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts 3.99 avg rating — 323 ratings
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Mendelevski's Box: A heartwarming and heartbreaking Jewish survivor's journey
Mendelevski's Box: A heartwarming and heartbreaking Jewish survivor's journey 4.23 avg rating — 1,199 ratings
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Separated Together: The Incredible True WWII Story of Soulmates Stranded an Ocean Apart
Separated Together: The Incredible True WWII Story of Soulmates Stranded an Ocean Apart 4.48 avg rating — 387 ratings
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Chelm for the Holidays
Chelm for the Holidays 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Hidden in Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir
Hidden in Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir 4.33 avg rating — 763 ratings
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Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories 3.94 avg rating — 883 ratings
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