Books like Novogrudok by Jack Kagan

In an alternate present-day Alaska, Detective Eli Ratner investigates a murder that unearths the political and cultural legacy of a Jewish refuge founded in 1941.

Deborah Harkness’s final *All Souls* book follows historian‑witch Diana Bishop and vampire Matthew Clairmont as they return to the present, confront new threats, and race to recover the missing pages of Ashmole 782.

Two Jewish boys from opposing sects—one Hasidic, one secular—meet during a New York baseball game. A tragic accident binds them, sparking a lifelong friendship and a coming‑of‑age journey across divergent religious worlds.

Genuine accounts of a Jewish Haggadah’s journey from its origins to a 1990s discovery in Sarajevo, blending history and the preservation of manuscripts, as told by Geraldine Brooks.

"At the end of the fifteenth century, the Spanish Inquisition forced Jews to flee the country. The most adventurous among them took to the high seas as freewheeling outlaws. attacking and plundering the Spanish fleet while forming alliances with other European powers to ensure the safety of Jews living in hiding. This book is the entertaining saga of a hidden chapter in Jewish history and of the cruelty, terror, and greed that flourished during the Age of Discovery. Readers will meet such daring figures as the pirate rabbi Samuel Palache, who founded Holland's Jewish community; Abraham Cohen Henriques, an arms dealer who used his cunning and economic muscle to find safe havens for other Jews; and his pirate brother Moses, credited with the capture of the Spanish silver fleet in 1628--the largest heist in pirate history. Historian Kritzler here captures a gritty and glorious era of history from an eye-opening perspective."--From publisher description.

A sweeping love story that spans Budapest and Paris, following three Jewish brothers whose lives are reshaped by World War II and the desperate strife of family.