Archive - The Frum Books Newsletter

Let's Discuss Deep Blue

A virtual bookclub

Jun 11

May 2025

Bashie Lisker: arc, villainy, and the inevitability of frum guilt

Bashie calls Lie of the Land, the Family First serial she just completed, a thriller; she set out to write a suspenseful story for frum women who grew…

May 21

April 2025

Questions about teen reading, Gita Gordon, early readers, and Jewish history

Apr 30

Chewing on Fiction

A chat with authors Adina Edeman, Esty Heller, Menucha Ceitlin, and Chanie Spira

Apr 15

Pesach 2025 Releases

From intriguing novels to thought-provoking stories, this season's lineup of new releases offers something for every reader.

Apr 6

Rivka Streicher: character, statements, and the hammering action toward growth

Just out, On Paper is a short story collection featuring imaginative stories about contemporary characters discovering themselves and finding unexpected…

Apr 2

March 2025

The Books are Coming: Looking Ahead to Pesach '25

After a long dry winter, the valve has been opened and the Purim/Pesach stream of releases is starting to make its way to you

Mar 10

February 2025

Yonah Klein: tone, fantasy, and the humanity behind superpowers

Some of our beloved authors have a signature voice, a comforting familiarity where you know what you’ll get.

Feb 26

A Biography and Memoir Collection

Feb 5

January 2025

Channah Cohen: voices, heroes, and the great confrontation of history

Guardian of the Flames, out just before Chanukah, is a story set in the time of the Hasmonean wars, deep in the Maccabbee camp.

Jan 15

Your votes are in

Jan 5

December 2024

A Year in Reading: Looking back at 2024

It’s been a year of so much going on: in the world at large, in the frum world, and undoubtedly in each of our lives.

Dec 31, 2024

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