Sunday, March 3, 2013

The Top 10 Jewish Authors of Jewish Themed Books


  1. Elie Wiesel: Night, Dawn, The Oath, The Forgotten
  2. Sholem Aleichem: Tevye the Milkman (which turned into the musical, Fiddler on the Roof)
  3. Isaac Bashevis Singer: Satan in Goray, The Magician of Lublin, Gimpel the Fool, The Family Moskat, The Golem
  4. Victor Frankl: Man’s Search for Meaning
  5. Ann Frank: The Diary of Ann Frank
  6. Saul Bellow: The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, Humboldt’s Gift, Ravelstein, Mr. Samler’s Planet
  7. Chaim Potok: The Chosen, Jewish Ethics, The Promise, My Name is Asher Lev
  8. Primo Levi: This is a Man, If Not Now, When?, The Monkey’s Wrench
  9. Philip Roth: Portnoy’s Complaint, Goodbye Columbus, American Pastoral
  10. Herman Wouk: This is My God, The Caine Mutiny, Marjorie Morningstar

* Honorable Mention: Boris Pasternak, Shmuel Agnon, Ann Frank, Harold Kushner.

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