2020-21
- September Here I am: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer
- October Family papers: A Sephardic journey through the 20th Century by Sara Abrevava Stein
- November Saving Sophie by Ronald H. Balson
- December Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart
- January The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
- February The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel by Helene Wecker
- March I.M. Memoir by Isaac Mizrahi
- April The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
- May The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman
- June The Last Jews in Berlin by Leonard Gross
2019-20
- September The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
- October The Ruined House by Ruby Namdar
- November Naamah by Sarah Blake
- December Spies of No Country by Matti Friedman
- January Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel by Francine Klagsbrun
- February The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas
- March The Family Tabor by Cherise Wolas
- April Button Man by Andrew Gross
- May The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
- June Not Our Kind by Kitty Zeldis
2018-19
- September And After the Fire by Lauren Belfer
- October 100 Suggestions for Secrets and Spiritual Activists by Rabbi Josh Bolton
- November Memento Park by Mark Sarbas
- December The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem by Sarit Yishai-Levi
- January Away by Amy Bloom
- February In the Land of the Invisible Women by Qanta Ahmed
- March The Frozen Rabbi by Steve Stern
- April Miss Burma by Charlene Craig
- May The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
- June The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
2017-18
- September Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
- October Heat and Light by Jennifer Haigh
- November Karolina’s Twins by Ronald Balson
- December The Seven Good Years by Etgar Keret
- January The Family Orchard by Nomi Eve
- February In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi
- March A Backpack, a Bear, and 9 Crates of Vodka by Lev Golinkin
- April Two She-Bears by Meir Shalev
- May Pastrami on Rye by Ted Merwin
- June All Who Go Do Not Return by Shulem Deen
2016-17
- September Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon
- NovemberThe Family by David Laskin
- December Moving Day by Jonathan Stone
- January The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
- February Jews and Words by Amos Oz
- March The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- April My Grandfathers Gallery by Anne Sinclair
- May Lineup by Liad Shoham
- June The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
2015-16
- September Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
- October Ten Green Bottles: The True Story of One Family’s Journey from War-torn Austria to the Ghettos of Shanghaiby Vivian Jeanette Kaplan
- November The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barberry
- December The Aleppo Codex: In Pursuit of One of the World’s Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books by Matti Friedman
- January The Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
- February The Catcher Was a Spy: the Mysterious Life of Moe Berg by Nicholas Dawidoff
- March Henna House by Nomi Eve
- April Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart
- May Thirteen Days in September: the Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace by Lawrence Wright
- June All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2014-15
- September The Lion Seeker by Kenneth Bonert
- October & November Like Dreamers by Yossi Klein Halevi
- December Shlepping the Exile by Michael Wex
- January Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson
- February My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit
- March Hope : a tragedy by Shalom Auslander
- April The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
- May Dissident Gardens by Jonathan Lethem
- June To Algeria, With Love by Suzanne Ruta
2013-14
- September Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman
- October Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman
- November Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal & Eli Wiesel
- December Clothes on their Backs by Linda Grant
- January Scenes from Village Life by Amos Oz
- February Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst
- March Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
- April The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
- May People of Forever Are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu
- June I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovitz
2012-13
- September The Hare with The Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
- October The Last Brother: A Novel by Nahancha Appanah
- November Start Up Nation by DAN SENOR & SAUL SINGER
- December Burnt Bread and Chutney by Carmit Delman
- January The Arrogant Years: One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, From Cairo to Brooklyn
- February The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolin
- March What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander
- April Movie Night Something on my Own: Gertrude Berg and American Broadcasting
- May In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
- June Walking Israel by Martin Fletcher
2011-12
- September Yellow Wind by David Grossman
- October Running the Books by Avi Steinberg
- November 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal
- December Lost Legends of New Jersey by Frederick Reiken
- January Song of Songs
- February Mazel by Rebecca Goldstein
- March Enemies of the People by Kati Marton
- April The List by Martin Fletcher
- May Constantine’s Sword
- June Day after Night by Anita Diamant
2010-11
- September Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World’s Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb
- October By Fire, By Water by Mitchell Kaplan
- November Friendly Fire: A Duet by A. B. Yehoshua
- December The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
- January Rashi’s Daughters: Miriam by Maggie Anton
- February The Prophet’s Wife by Milton Steinberg
- March A Pigeon & a Boy by Meir Shalev
- April The New Rabbi: A Congregation Searches for its Leader by Stephen Fried
- May Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
- June Day After Night by Anita Diamant
- June La’s Orchestra Saves the World by Aexander McCall Smith
- June Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
2009–10
- June The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer
- May The Girl from Foreign, Sadia Shepard
- April He, She, It, Marge Piercy
- March The Muslim Next Door: The Qu’ran, the Media, and That Veil Thing, Sumbul Ali-Karamali
- February The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World, Kati Marton
- January A Murder in the Kibbutz, Batya Gur
- December The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, Lucette Lagnado
- November All Other Nights, Dara Horn
- October Other People’s Houses, Lore Segal
- September The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon
2008–09
- June Rashi’s Daughers, Maggie Anton
- May Other People’s Houses, Lore Segal
- April The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, Michael Chabon
- March Once Upon a Country, Sari Nusseibeh with Anthony David
- February O Jerusalem, by Laurie King
- January The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
- December Septembers of Shiraz, Dalia Sofer
- November My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq, Ariel Sabar
- October People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks
- September The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, Daniel Mendelsohn
2007–08
- June A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
- May The Sex Wars, Marge Piercey
- April Not Me, Michael Lavigne
- March Twins, Tessa De Loo
- February The Misunderstood Jew (pp. 199-229), Amy-Jill Levine
- January The Misunderstood Jew (pp. 1-118), Amy-Jill Levine
- December Everyman, Philip Roth
- November Black, White and Jewish, Rebecca Walker
- October History of Love, Nicole Krauss
- September The Ornament of the World, Maria Rosa Menocal
2006–07
- June The Caged Virgin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- April The World to Come, Dara Horn
- March Outwitting History, Aaron Lansky
- February The Battle of God (pp. 167-372), Karen Armstrong
- January The Battle of God (pp. 1-167), Karen Armstrong
- December Family Orchard, Nomi Eve
- November The Coffee Trader, David Liss
- October China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin, Isabelle Maynard
- September At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden, Yossi Klein Halevi
2005–06
- June Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed, Philip Hallie
- May The Covenant, Naomi Ragen
- April A Tale of Love and Darkness, Amos Oz
- March The Israelis (Sections 4 & 5), Donna Rosenthal
- February The Israelis (Sections 1, 2, & 3), Donna Rosenthal
- January The Plot Against America, Philip Roth
- December How Israel Lost, Richard Ben Cramer
- November A Simple Story, S. Y. Agnon
- October The Song of Names, Norman Labrecht
- September The Autobiography of God, Julius Lester
2004–05
- June The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
- September Abraham, Bruce Feiler
2003–04
- June Giving Up America, Pearl Abraham
- May The Peddlar’s Grandson, Edward Cohen
- April Far Euphrates, Aryeh Stolman
- March The Golem of Auschwitz, Bernard Otterman
- January Martyr’s Crossing, Amy Wilentz
- December The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, Gary Shteyngart
- November The Physician (last 4 sections), Noah Gordon
- October The Physician, Noah Gordon
- September The Brigade, Howard Blum
2002–03
- June Teacha! Stories from a Yeshiva, Gerry Albarellis
- May After a Long Silence, Helen Fremont
- April The Celebrant, Eric Greenberg
- March Henry Ford and the Jews, Neil Baldwin
- February The Last Jew, Noah Gordon
- January Sleeping Arrangements, Laura Cunningham
- December The Mark of the Angel, Nancy Huston
- November Lost in Translation, Eva Hoffman
- October Jew vs. Jew, Samuel Freedman
- September Paradise Park, Allegra Goodman
2001–02
- June Shiksa Goddess, Wendy Wasserstein
- May Nine Parts of Desire, Geraldine Brooks
- April Coming Home to Jerusalem, Wendy Orange
- March Louisa, Simone Zelitch
- February Out of Egypt: A Memoir, Andre Aciman
- January Mr. Mani, A.B. Yehoshua
- December The Soup has Many Eyes, Joann Leonard
- November In My Brother’s Image, Eugene Togany
- October Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters, Ted Cohen
- September For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, Nathan Englander
2000–01
- June The Human Stain, Phillip Roth
- May I Married a Communist, Phillip Roth
- April Hotel Bolivia, Leo Spitzer
- March If I Told You Once, Judy Budnitz
- February Chosen by God, Joshua Hammer
- January To Know a Woman, Amoz Oz
- December The Ladies’ Auxiliary, Tova Marvis
- November The Vanishing American Jew, Alan Dershowitz
- October Flora’s Suitcase, Dalia Rabinovich
- September The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, Richard Zimler
1999–2000
- June Seize the Day, Saul Bellow
- May Fugitive Pieces, Ann Michaels
- April The Conversion, Aharon Appelfeld
- March Storm Tide, Marge Piercy
- February The Provincals: The History of the Jews in the South, Eli Evans
- January Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven, S. Stern
- December Roommates, Max Appel
- November Turbulent Souls, Stephen Dubner
- October The Reader, Bernhard Schlink
- September Damascus Gate, Robert Stone
1998–99
- June Liberating the Gospels, John Spong
- May American Pastoral, Philip Roth
- April The Red Tent, Anita Diamant
- March As a Driven Leaf, Milton Steinberg
- February Memoirs of a Fortunate Jew (an Italian Story), Dan Vittorio Segre
- January Jepthe’s Daughter, Naomi Ragen
- December Bread Givers, Anzia Yezierska
- November Where She Came From, Helen Epstein
- October Snow in August, Pete Hamill
- September Stones from the River, Ursula Hegi
1997–98
- June A Hole in the Heart of the World, Jonathan Kaufman
- May The Prince of West End Avenue, Alan Isler
- April The Mezuzah in the Madonna’s Foot, Trudi Alexy
- March The Family Markowitz, Allegra Goodman
- February An Orphan in History, Paul Cowan
- January Fima, Amos Oz
- December Mazel, Rebecca Goldstein
- November Fima, Amos Oz
- October My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok
1996–97
- June The Imported Bridegroom, Abraham Cahan
- May The Color of Water, James McBride
- April Boychicks in the Hood, Robert Eisenberg
- March Romance Reader, Pearl Abraham
- February Enormous Changes at the Last Minute, Grace Paley
- January Enemies: A Love Story, I. B. Singer
- December Silences, Tillie Olson
- November An Interrupted Life…, Etty Hillesum