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The 50 Most Essential Works of Jewish Fiction of the Last 100 Years

'From the Kafkaesque to "Everything is Illuminated" and a childhood favourite: the 50 works of fiction by or about Jews that you must check out.' (Jason Diamond, Jewcy)
'Our criteria for this list was any work that could be considered "Jewish fiction": written by a Jewish author or dealing heavily with Jewish topics and themes, all written in the last 100 years. Short story collections, plays, graphic novels and novellas were all taken into consideration.'
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The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
1
Franz Kafka
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
2
Marcel Proust
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
3
Philip Roth
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
4
Arthur Miller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
6
Franz Kafka
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
7
Saul Bellow
The Pagan Rabbi, and Other Stories (Cynthia Ozick)
The Pagan Rabbi, and Other Stories
8
Cynthia Ozick
A Contract With God (Will Eisner)
A Contract With God
9
Will Eisner
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
10
Henry Roth
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America
11
Tony Kushner
Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
12
Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
13
Michael Chabon
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
14
Philip Roth
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
15
Judy Blume
Odessa Stories (Isaac Babel)
Odessa Stories
16
Isaac Babel
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
17
Bernard Malamud
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
18
Joseph Heller
The Brothers Ashkenazi
The Brothers Ashkenazi
19
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
20
Maurice Sendak
The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West
The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West
21
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale (Art Spiegelman)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
22
Art Spiegelman
Goodbye, Columbus (Philip Roth)
Goodbye, Columbus
23
Philip Roth
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
24
Paul Auster
The History of Love (Nicole Krauss)
The History of Love
25
Nicole Krauss
The Pawnbroker (Edward Lewis Wallant)
The Pawnbroker
26
Edward Lewis Wallant
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Mordecai Richler)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
27
Mordecai Richler
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
28
Jonathan Safran Foer
Absurdistan (Gary Shteyngart)
Absurdistan
29
Gary Shteyngart
The Nimrod Flipout (Etgar Keret)
The Nimrod Flipout
30
Etgar Keret
The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
The Man With the Golden Arm
31
Nelson Algren
The Street of Crocodiles (Bruno Schulz)
The Street of Crocodiles
32
Bruno Schulz
The Lazarus Project (Aleksandar Hemon)
The Lazarus Project
33
Aleksandar Hemon
The Mind-Body Problem (Rebecca Goldstein)
The Mind-Body Problem
34
Rebecca Goldstein
The Tenants of Moonbloom (Edward Lewis Wallant)
The Tenants of Moonbloom
35
Edward Lewis Wallant
Motherless Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem)
Motherless Brooklyn
36
Jonathan Lethem
The Instructions (Adam Levin)
The Instructions
37
Adam Levin
The Trial of God (Elie Wiesel)
The Trial of God
38
Elie Wiesel
Bech: A Book (John Updike)
Bech: A Book
39
John Updike
The Best of Everything (Rona Jaffe)
The Best of Everything
40
Rona Jaffe
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