Publication year 1979
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Aging, Memory, Love, Grief, Perseverance, Nostalgia, Animals, Place, Appearance & Reality
Tags Lyric Poem, Grief & Death
Jewish American Literature
Including Pulitzer Prize winners like Art Spiegelman's groundbreaking Maus and Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, the texts in this collection celebrate the literary contributions and stories of Jewish Americans.
Dreams
Dying of Whiteness
Eating Animals
Eight Dates
Eileen
Ellen Outside the Lines
Elon Musk
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Escape From Freedom
Everlost
Everything Is Illuminated
Excellent Sheep
Exodus
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Fear of Flying
Feathers
Fiddler on the Roof
Fight Right
Finding Chika
Find Me
Publication year 1979
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Aging, Memory, Love, Grief, Perseverance, Nostalgia, Animals, Place, Appearance & Reality
Tags Lyric Poem, Grief & Death
Publication year 2019
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Community, Fear, Social Class, Economics, Education, Politics & Government, Power & Greed
Tags Education, Education, World History, Politics & Government, Race & Racism, Sociology, Social Justice, Health
Publication year 2009
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Environment
Tags Food, Philosophy, Animals, Health, Science & Nature, Philosophy
Eating Animals is a nonfiction book written by Jonathan Safran Foer and published originally in 2009. Foer is an accomplished novelist, and Eating Animals is his first foray into long-form nonfiction writing. The book fits into a genre of criticism of the food industry, specifically factory farming and animal welfare. Eating Animals is a New York Times bestseller, though it met with mixed reviews regarding both the content and style of Foer’s writing. In 2018... Read Eating Animals Summary
Publication year 2019
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Marriage, Love, Loyalty & Betrayal
Tags Relationships, Self-Improvement, Psychology, Romance
Publication year 2015
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Coming of Age
Tags Horror & Suspense, Psychological Fiction, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, Coming of Age, Modern Classic Fiction
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh was published in 2015 and won the PEN/Hemingway award for debut fiction. The novel is set in 1964. It follows the story of Eileen, a woman planning to escape her life in the New England town of X-ville. Eileen is characterized by self-loathing, depression, and body dysmorphia, all of which developed due to her abusive and neglectful childhood. Before she leaves X-ville forever, Eileen must come to terms with her own... Read Eileen Summary
Publication year 2022
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Disability, Gender Identity, Sexual Identity, Coming of Age, Place, Family, Self Discovery
Tags LGBTQ+, Disability, Realistic Fiction, Jewish Literature, Contemporary Literature
Publication year 2023
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Science & Technology, Fathers, Power & Greed
Tags Business & Economics, Science & Nature, Leadership, World History, Biography
Publication year 1995
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Mental Health, Science & Technology, Education
Tags Self-Improvement, Psychology, Leadership, Science & Nature, Business & Economics, Relationships, Psychology
In Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, Daniel Goleman discusses how The Components of Emotional Intelligence, like self-awareness, empathy, and social skills, shape an individual’s life. He explores key themes, such as The Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Personal and Professional Success, The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Traditional IQ, and Emotional Intelligence Affecting Mental Health and Interpersonal Relationships. This guide refers to the 1995 Bantam Books hardcover edition. Content Warning: The... Read Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ Summary
Publication year 1941
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Community
Tags Psychology, Sociology, World History, Psychology, Philosophy, Philosophy, Classic Fiction, Politics & Government
Escape From Freedom is a book of social psychology written by Erich Fromm in 1941. A German-Jewish psychoanalyst, Fromm had been a member of Frankfurt’s influential Institute for Social Research before fleeing the Nazis and relocating to the United States. In Escape From Freedom, Fromm uses ideas from both psychology and sociology to explain humanity’s ambivalent relation to freedom, with a particular attention paid to the rise of Nazism in Germany. The first two chapters of... Read Escape From Freedom Summary
Publication year 2006
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Death, Friendship, Siblings, Self Discovery
Tags Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Grief & Death, Religion & Spirituality
Best-selling and award-winning novelist Neal Shusterman published the fantasy novel Everlost in 2006. It is the first novel in the young adult Skinjacker trilogy, which also includes Everwild (2009) and Everfound (2011). Everlost explores what might lie between life and death and incorporates a rich cast of characters, all of whom are children. The novel has won multiple awards and distinctions, including being included among the 2009 Garden State Teen Book Award nominees and the... Read Everlost Summary
Publication year 2002
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Family, Memory
Tags Life-Inspired Fiction, Historical Fiction, Holocaust, Jewish Literature, World War II, Modern Classic Fiction, World History, Magical Realism
Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer’s first book, was originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 2002. A portion of the book had been published previously in The New Yorker. The novel won several awards, including the National Jewish Book Award, the Guardian First Book Award, and the Young Lions Fiction Award. The book received rave reviews but also received some criticism for its fictional portrayal of historical events. In response to this criticism, Safran Foer... Read Everything Is Illuminated Summary
Publication year 2014
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Community
Tags Sociology, Education, Education, World History, Parenting, Psychology, Psychology, Philosophy, Philosophy, Politics & Government
William Deresiewicz’s 2014 nonfiction book Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life examines elite education in America in the 21st century and finds it sorely lacking. By “elite education,” Deresiewicz is referring to the Ivy League schools and a handful of top-tier universities just below the Ivy League. Having spent over two decades in the Ivies as both a student and professor, Deresiewicz speaks from his own... Read Excellent Sheep Summary
Publication year 1958
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Nation, Perseverance, Race, Immigration, War
Tags Historical Fiction, Jewish Literature, Military & War, World War II, World History, Classic Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
Exodus (1958) is a historical novel by the Jewish American author Leon Uris. The novel follows the multigenerational story of a Jewish family in Palestine, giving the sweep of Jewish history from the First Aliyah in the 1880s to the modern state of Israel’s establishment in 1948. It focuses its greatest attention on the years from 1946 to 1948, following a group of Jewish agents and refugees as they first attempt to transport immigrants to... Read Exodus Summary
Publication year 2005
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Grief, Loneliness, Family, War
Tags Historical Fiction, Coming of Age, Dramatic Literature, Grief & Death, Trauma & Abuse, 9/11, Modern Classic Fiction
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a realistic fiction novel written by Jonathan Safran Foer and based on the September 11 terrorist attacks that occurred in New York City in 2001. The novel was originally published in 2005. Its characters grapple with Fear of Death and Loss as an Obstacle to Living, The Complex Nature of Relationships, The Importance of Little Things, and The Influence of the Past on the Present. This guide uses the... Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Summary
Publication year 1973
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Love, Guilt, Loneliness, Shame & Pride, Femininity, Gender Identity, Mental Health, Sexual Identity, Marriage, Mothers, Self Discovery, Loyalty & Betrayal
Tags Love & Sexuality, Gender & Feminism
Fear of Flying (1973) is author Erica Jong’s first novel, considered by many to be semiautobiographical. Like her protagonist, Isadora Wing, Jong was married multiple times, published a book of poetry, and earned degrees from Barnard College and Columbia University. She also underwent psychoanalysis, a process in which Isadora has been engaged for many years. Isadora is married to an analyst, and the novel follows her as she attempts to reconcile her desire for sexual... Read Fear of Flying Summary
Publication year 2007
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Conflict, Race, Death, Justice, Trust & Doubt
Tags Crime & Law, Horror & Suspense
Publication year 1964
Genre Play, Fiction
Tags Jewish Literature, Dramatic Literature, Historical Fiction, Music, Humor, Classic Fiction
Fiddler on the Roof, a musical with a score by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and a libretto by Joseph Stein, first opened on Broadway in 1964. The play is based on an amalgam of stories written by Solomon NaumovichRabinovich under the pen name Sholem Aleichem, which is Hebrew for “peace be unto you.” The musical takes place on a fictional Russian shtetl, or Jewish village, called Anatevka during the reign of Tsar Nicholas... Read Fiddler on the Roof Summary
Publication year 2024
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Tags Self-Improvement
Publication year 2019
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Family, Childhood & Youth, Death
Tags Inspirational, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Biography
Publication year 2019
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Love, Death, The Past, Aging, Sexual Identity, Family
Tags Romance, LGBTQ+