Israel (fiction and 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. 
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
by:
Ronen Bergman
4.41 avg rating — 9,237 ratings 4. 
5. 
Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World
by:
Seth M. Siegel
4.21 avg rating — 1,011 ratings 6. 
9. 
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories
by:
Ilan Pappé
4.36 avg rating — 1,289 ratings 
11. 
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
by:
Sandy Tolan
4.12 avg rating — 18,016 ratings 12. 
Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017
by:
Ian Black
4.19 avg rating — 1,398 ratings 13. 
Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
by:
Dan Senor
4.11 avg rating — 12,440 ratings 14. 
Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services
by:
Ian Black
3.98 avg rating — 247 ratings 15. 
Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917 - 1947
by:
Bruce Hoffman
4.23 avg rating — 179 ratings 16. 
18. 
Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation 4.45 avg rating — 1,482 ratings
19. 
Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance
by:
Amy Kaplan
4.31 avg rating — 108 ratings 
23. 
Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel's Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny
by:
Dennis Ross
3.91 avg rating — 82 ratings 
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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 26. 
Bram: The Life and Wisdom of Messianic Jewish Pioneer Abram Poljak in His Own Words
by:
Abram Poljak
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 26. 
Torn Country: An Oral History of the Israeli War if Independence
by:
Lynne Reid Banks
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
26. 
We Will Dance Again: A novel about October 7th and Jewish resilience
by:
Aviva Gat
4.67 avg rating — 57 ratings 
32. 
Soldier of Peace: The Life of Yitzhak Rabin
by:
Dan Kurzman
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings 
32. 
Letters To My Israeli Sons: The Story of Jewish Survival
by:
Lynne Reid Banks
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 32. 
Black Saturday: An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza
by:
Trey Yingst
4.36 avg rating — 1,448 ratings 
37. 
No Room for Small Dreams: The Decisions That Made Israel Great
by:
Shimon Peres
4.53 avg rating — 1,220 ratings 37. 
Homeland: The Illustrated History of the State of Israel
by:
Marv Wolfman
3.44 avg rating — 32 ratings 37. 
Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
by:
Michael B. Oren
4.17 avg rating — 6,034 ratings 37. 
Hope Is a Woman's Name: My Journey as a Bedouin Palestinian Activist in Israel 4.68 avg rating — 31 ratings
44. 
My Country, My Life: Fighting for Israel, Searching for Peace
by:
Ehud Barak
4.26 avg rating — 143 ratings 44. 
Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel's Soul (Jewish Encounters Series)
by:
Daniel Gordis
4.29 avg rating — 433 ratings 46. 
Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International Terrorists 3.55 avg rating — 271 ratings
46. 
Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country - and Why They Can't Make Peace
by:
Patrick Tyler
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 138 ratings 
49. 
Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel
by:
Dan Ephron
4.33 avg rating — 1,246 ratings 49. 
Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli Conflict
by:
John B. Judis
3.98 avg rating — 200 ratings 49. 
One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict
by:
Benny Morris
3.56 avg rating — 241 ratings 
53. 
The Rabin Memoirs, Expanded Edition with Recent Speeches, New Photographs, and an Afterword
by:
Yitzhak Rabin
4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings 53. 
Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team
by:
George Jonas
4.13 avg rating — 2,209 ratings 
58. 
Making David into Goliath: How the World Turned Against Israel
by:
Joshua Muravchik
4.30 avg rating — 108 ratings 58. 
A Short History of the Jewish People: From Legendary Times to Modern Statehood 3.87 avg rating — 427 ratings
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Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
by:
Michael B. Oren
4.14 avg rating — 1,288 ratings 63. 
A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel
by:
Ronald Radosh
3.96 avg rating — 156 ratings 
63. 
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics
by:
Marc Lamont Hill
4.20 avg rating — 4,165 ratings 68. 
The Weapon Wizards: How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower
by:
Yaakov Katz
4.20 avg rating — 603 ratings 
68. 
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World 4.44 avg rating — 2,270 ratings
75. 
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 
79. 
The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts 4.14 avg rating — 3,349 ratings
81. 
Reclaiming Israel's History: Roots, Rights, and the Struggle for Peace
by:
David Brog
4.31 avg rating — 311 ratings 81. 
All the Trees of the Forest: Israel's Woodlands from the Bible to the Present
by:
Alon Tal
4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings 
84. 
A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time
by:
Howard M. Sachar
4.17 avg rating — 297 ratings 
86. 
Arabs & Israel for Beginners (Writers and Readers Series)
by:
Ron David
3.79 avg rating — 154 ratings 87. 
Chutzpah: Why Israel Is a Hub of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
by:
Inbal Arieli
3.78 avg rating — 161 ratings 87. 
Death, Burial, and Afterlife in the Biblical World: How the Israelites and Their Neighbors Treated the Dead 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
90. 
Aphrodite and the Rabbis: How the Jews Adapted Roman Culture to Create Judaism as We Know It 3.73 avg rating — 104 ratings
94. 
A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
by:
Karen Armstrong
3.89 avg rating — 51,733 ratings 96. 
The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East 4.34 avg rating — 1,350 ratings
96. 
God Mocks: A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert
by:
Terry Lindvall
3.70 avg rating — 37 ratings 98. 
Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History
by:
Saul David
4.23 avg rating — 1,533 ratings 99. 
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
by:
Lawrence Wright
4.19 avg rating — 3,195 ratings 100. 
Lords Of The Desert: The Battle Between The United States And Great Britain For Supremacy In The Modern Middle East
by:
James Barr
4.01 avg rating — 1,029 ratings