The debut novel from CNN newsman Jake Tapper examines 1950s-era Washington at the height of anti-communist hysteria.

Well written and fun, A.J. Jacobs's latest book takes readers on his quest to discover how we are all related.

Ilana Kurshan traces her journey through marriage, aliyah, divorce, re-marriage and motherhood through the framework of the daily study of a page of Talmud.

The Holocaust remains the focus of many middle school books as writers and readers alike continue to seek an understanding of the horrific event.

Nathan Englander takes on his toughest topic and format to date—the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, wrapped in the guise of an international thriller.

Literary critic and linguist Joseph Lowin analyzes eight contemporary Israeli writers through the books they have written over the past four decades.

H.G. Adler arrived in the ghetto-work camp in February 1942, determined to record everything he witnessed.

A heavy dose of sex, drug and intrigue fills Bethany Ball's humor-laced debut novel about a dysfunctional family.