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amother

Thu, Sep 07 2023, 1:28 pm

Spinning off the unpopular opinions thread where someone mentioned that frum fiction feels safer to her than anything secular out there. I agree. I think there is some terrible frum fiction that shouldn't be published, but there is some great stuff out there as well.

Putting down my favorites in hope that others will list theirs too and maybe I can get a good idea for what to buy for Yom Tov.

My favorite frum fiction = I enjoyed the story plus it was written well.

Anything by Etka Gittel Schwartz - In Those Days, In This Time; Shortchanged; Full Harvest - there's more but can't think of them off the top of my head.

The Betrayal Series - written by M. Kenan and translated by Libby Lazewnik
The Betrayal, The Outcast. Didn't love the story of Dark Secrets as much, but it was well written. Waiting eagerly for the last one!

The Avner Gold series - especially the older ones

Will add more as I remember more

scruffy

Thu, Sep 07 2023, 1:31 pm

Henye Meyer - The Exiles of Crocodile Island (kids but very good), This is America

amother

Molasses

Thu, Sep 07 2023, 2:11 pm

Anything by Leah Gebber: Chains, Map the Starlight, Sisters under Siege, Rocking Horse

Sun Inside Rain - M. Bassara

Freefall - Miriam Zakon

Esther Kurtz - Rule of Three

There are so so many good ones, this is what I think of first

amother

Lime

Thu, Sep 07 2023, 2:25 pm

Anything by Gita Gordon and devora Glickstein

amother

Garnet

Thu, Sep 07 2023, 2:39 pm

Anything by Rachel Pomerantz

amother

Currant

Thu, Sep 07 2023, 2:51 pm

The Promise of Freedom - Shevy Schottenstein

Give Me the Moon, Between the Thorns - Libby Lazewnik

+1 for Sun Inside Rain

+1 for the M. Kenan Betrayal series. I read the last book in in Hebrew and it was great. Waiting to read it again in English.

BH Yom Yom

Thu, Sep 07 2023, 2:59 pm

Another vote for Sun Inside Rain, A Veiled Truth by EG Schwartz, and anything by Rachel Pomerantz. I also have enjoyed Gila Arnold’s and Ariella Schiller’s books as well.

Dev80

Thu, Sep 07 2023, 3:18 pm

Last chance and next, please by Efrat Singer were very enjoyable and real to read. I read a lot of secular books but felt these were well written and had a believable plot.

goldfish1

Thu, Sep 07 2023, 3:36 pm

the betrayal series
Yardsticks by Esti Heller

amother

Begonia

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 11:17 am

In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist by Ruchama king Feurman. Also Seven Blessings
(might use discretion for young reader, she is frum but not artsroll type book & has content regarding intimacy in both but mainly Seven B)

Beautiful novels, she was termed "Jewish Jane Austin" in a review

amother

Indigo

Thu, Oct 05 2023, 1:17 am

Anything good that came out this season?

a2z

Thu, Oct 05 2023, 4:42 am

Rabbi meir uri gottesman
All of his books

amother

Seablue

Thu, Oct 05 2023, 10:49 am

Some older books that are great
Among the thorns
Family secrets
A time to rend a time to sew
In full bloom
Deep blue

amother

PlumPink

Thu, Oct 05 2023, 12:31 pm

amother Indigo wrote:

Anything good that came out this season?

Esther Kurtz came out with a short stories book that's really good

There's a thriller by A. Yarden called The Trepid

Thriller by Rachel Schorr- I didn't love it

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