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{{Short description|Annual award of the American Library Association}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2014}}
The '''Sophie Brody Award''' is an annual award of the [[American Library Association]], administered by the Reference and User Services Association [[Reference and User Services Association|RUSA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/brody|title=The Sophie Brody Award|publisher=ALA.org|accessdate=21 May 2019}}</ref> It is given for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature, for works published the previous year, in the US.
The '''Sophie Brody Award''' (Sophie Brody Meda) is an annual award of the [[American Library Association]], administered by the Reference and User Services Association [[Reference and User Services Association|RUSA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/brody|title=The Sophie Brody Award|publisher=ALA.org|accessdate=21 May 2019}}</ref> It is given for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature, for works published the previous year, in the US. <ref>Gladstein C. "Sophie’s Choice: The Best of Jewish Literature. ''Library Journal''. 2010;135(12):118.</ref> It was established in 2006.
The award is named after [[Sophie Brody]] and was established by her husband, Arthur Brody, and the [[Brodart]] Foundation.

The award is named after [[Sophie Brody]] and was established by her husband, Arthur Brody, and the Brodart Foundation.


==Honorees==
==Honorees==
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!Result
!Result
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="4" |
! rowspan="4" |2006
|'''{{sortname|Avner|Mandelman}}'''
|
|'''''Talking to the Enemy'''''
|
|'''[[Seven Stories Press]]'''
|
|'''Winner'''
|
|-
|-
|{{sortname|Michael|Wex}}
|
|''[[Born to Kvetch]]''
|
|[[St. Martin's Press]]
|
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname|Michael|Lavigne}}
|
|''Not Me''
|
|[[Random House]]
|
|-
|-
|{{sortname|Tom|Reiss}}
|
|''The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life''
|
|[[Random House]]
|
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |
! rowspan="4" |2007
|'''{{sortname|Daniel|Mendelsohn}}'''
|
|'''''[[The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million]]'''''
|
|'''[[HarperCollins]]'''
|
|'''Winner'''
|
|-
|-
|{{sortname|Sandy|Tolan}}
|
|''LemonTree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East''
|
|Bloomsbury
|
| rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="3" |Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname|Markus|Zusak}}
|
|''[[The Book Thief]]''
|
|[[Alfred A. Knopf]]
|
|-
|-
|{{sortname|Dara|Horn}}
|
|''The World to Come''
|
|[[W. W. Norton & Company]]
|
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|-
! rowspan="4" | 2008
|
|'''{{sortname|Nathan|Englander}}'''
|
| '''''The Ministry of Special Cases'''''
|
| '''[[Alfred A. Knopf]]'''
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! 2006
|'''{{sortname| Avner|Mandelman}}'''
| '''''Talking to the Enemy'''''
| [[Seven Stories Press|'''Seven Stories Press''']]
| '''Winner'''
| '''Winner'''
|-
|-
|{{sortname|Shalom|Auslander}}
! 2006
|{{sortname| Michael|Wex}}
| ''[[Born to Kvetch]]''
| [[St. Martin's Press]]
| Honor
|-
! 2006
|{{sortname| Michael|Lavigne}}
| ''Not Me''
| [[Random House]]
| Honor
|-
! 2006
|{{sortname| Tom|Reiss}}
| ''The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life''
| [[Random House]]
| Honor
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! 2007
|'''{{sortname| Daniel|Mendelsohn}}'''
| ''[[The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million|'''The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million''']]''
| '''[[HarperCollins]]'''
| '''Winner'''
|-
! 2007
|{{sortname| Sandy|Tolan}}
| ''LemonTree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East''
| Bloomsbury
| Honor
|-
! 2007
|{{sortname| Markus|Zusak}}
| ''[[The Book Thief]]''
| [[Alfred A. Knopf]]
| Honor
|-
! 2007
|{{sortname| Dara|Horn}}
| ''The World to Come''
| [[W. W. Norton & Company]]
| Honor
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="4" | 2008
|{{sortname| Nathan|Englander}}
| ''The Ministry of Special Cases''
| [[Alfred A. Knopf]]
| Winner
|-
|{{sortname| Shalom|Auslander}}
| ''[[Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir|Foreskin’s Lament: A Memoir]]''
| ''[[Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir|Foreskin’s Lament: A Memoir]]''
| [[Riverhead Books]]
| [[Riverhead Books]]
| Honor
| rowspan="3" | Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Diane|Ackerman}}
|{{sortname|Diane|Ackerman}}
| ''[[The Zookeeper's Wife]]''
| ''[[The Zookeeper's Wife]]''
| [[W. W. Norton & Company]]
| [[W. W. Norton & Company]]
| Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Joyce|Antler}}
|{{sortname|Joyce|Antler}}
| ''You Never Call! You Never Write! A History of the Jewish Mother''
| ''You Never Call! You Never Write! A History of the Jewish Mother''
| [[Oxford University Press]]
| [[Oxford University Press]]
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
| Honor
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="4" | 2009
! rowspan="4" | 2009
|{{sortname| Peter|Manseau}}
|'''{{sortname|Peter|Manseau}}'''
| ''Songs for the Butcher's Daughter''
| '''''Songs for the Butcher's Daughter'''''
| [[Free Press (publisher)|Free Press]]
| [[Free Press (publisher)|'''Free Press''']]
| Winner
| '''Winner'''
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Ron|Leshem}}
|{{sortname|Ron|Leshem}}
| ''Beaufort''
| ''Beaufort''
| [[Delacorte Press]]
| [[Delacorte Press]]
| rowspan="3" | Honor
| rowspan="3" | Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname| A.B.|Yehoshua}}
|{{sortname|A.B.|Yehoshua}}
| ''Friendly Fire: A Duet''
| ''Friendly Fire: A Duet''
| [[Mariner Books]]
| [[Mariner Books]]
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Arie|Kaplan}}
|{{sortname|Arie|Kaplan}}
| ''From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books''
| ''From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books''
| [[Jewish Publication Society]]
| [[Jewish Publication Society]]
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
! rowspan="4" | 2010
! rowspan="4" | 2010
|{{sortname| Jonathon|Keats}}
|'''{{sortname|Jonathon|Keats}}'''
| ''The Book of the Unknown: Tales of the Thirty-Six''
| '''''The Book of the Unknown: Tales of the Thirty-Six'''''
| [[Random House]]
| '''[[Random House]]'''
| Winner
| '''Winner'''
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Thomas|Buergenthal}}
|{{sortname|Thomas|Buergenthal}}
| ''A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy''
| ''A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy''
| [[Little, Brown and Company|Little Brown]]
| [[Little, Brown and Company|Little Brown]]
| rowspan="3" | Honor
| rowspan="3" | Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Clara|Kramer}} and Stephen Gantz
|{{sortname|Clara|Kramer}} and Stephen Gantz
| ''[[Clara's War|Clara’s War]]: One Girl’s Story of Survival''
| ''[[Clara's War|Clara’s War]]: One Girl’s Story of Survival''
| [[Ecco Press]]
| [[Ecco Press]]
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Melvin|Konner}}
|{{sortname|Melvin|Konner}}
| ''The Jewish Body''
| ''The Jewish Body''
| [[Schocken Books]]
| [[Schocken Books]]
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
! rowspan="2" | 2011
! rowspan="2" | 2011
|{{sortname| Judith|Shulevitz}}
|'''{{sortname|Judith|Shulevitz}}'''
| ''The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time''
| '''''The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time'''''
| [[Random House]]
| '''[[Random House]]'''
| Winner
| '''Winner'''
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Eshkol|Nevo}}
|{{sortname|Eshkol|Nevo}}
| ''Homesick''
| ''Homesick''
| [[Dalkey Archive Press]]
| [[Dalkey Archive Press]]
| Honor
| Honor
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
! rowspan="4" | 2012
! rowspan="4" | 2012
|{{sortname| Adina|Hoffman}} and Peter Cole
|'''{{sortname|Adina|Hoffman}} and [[Peter Cole]]'''
| ''Sacred Trash: the Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza''
| '''''Sacred Trash: the Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza'''''
| [[Schocken Books]]
| '''[[Schocken Books]]'''
| Winner
| '''Winner'''
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Simon|Sebag Montefiore}}
|{{sortname|Simon|Sebag Montefiore}}
| ''[[Jerusalem: The Biography|Jerusalem: the Biography]]''
| ''[[Jerusalem: The Biography|Jerusalem: the Biography]]''
| [[Alfred A. Knopf]]
| [[Alfred A. Knopf]]
| rowspan="3" | Honor
| rowspan="3" | Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Art|Spiegelman}}
|{{sortname|Art|Spiegelman}}
| ''[[MetaMaus]]''
| ''[[MetaMaus]]''
| [[Pantheon Books]]
| [[Pantheon Books]]
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Erika|Dreifus}}
|{{sortname|Erika|Dreifus}}
| ''Quiet Americans: Stories''
| ''Quiet Americans: Stories''
| Last Light Studio Books
| Last Light Studio Books
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="4" | 2013
! rowspan="4" | 2013
|'''{{sortname| Matti|Friedman}}'''
|'''{{sortname|Matti|Friedman}}'''
| '''''[[The Aleppo Codex]]: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible'''''
| '''''[[The Aleppo Codex]]: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible'''''
| [[Algonquin Books|'''Algonquin Books''']]
| '''[[Algonquin Books]]'''
| '''Winner'''
| '''Winner'''
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Anouk|Markovits}}
|{{sortname|Anouk|Markovits}}
| ''I Am Forbidden''
| ''I Am Forbidden''
| [[Hogarth Press]]
| [[Hogarth Press]]
| rowspan="3" | Honor
| rowspan="3" | Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Herman|Wouk}}
|{{sortname|Herman|Wouk}}
| ''[[The Lawgiver]]''
| ''[[The Lawgiver]]''
| [[Simon & Schuster]]
| [[Simon & Schuster]]
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Nathan|Englander}}
|{{sortname|Nathan|Englander}}
| ''[[What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank]]''
| ''[[What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank]]''
| [[Alfred A. Knopf]]
| [[Alfred A. Knopf]]
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="3" | 2014
! rowspan="3" | 2014
|'''{{sortname| Yossi|Klein Halevi}}'''
|'''{{sortname|Yossi|Klein Halevi}}'''
| '''''Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation'''''
| '''''Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation'''''
| '''[[HarperCollins]]'''
| '''[[HarperCollins]]'''
| '''Winner'''
| '''Winner'''
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Ari|Shavit}}
|{{sortname|Ari|Shavit}}
| ''My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel''
| ''My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel''
| [[Spiegel & Grau]]
| [[Spiegel & Grau]]
| rowspan="2" | Honor
| rowspan="2" | Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Jeremy|Dauber}}
|{{sortname|Jeremy|Dauber}}
| ''The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem: The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of the Man Who Created Tevye''
| ''The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem: The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of the Man Who Created Tevye''
| [[Schocken Books]]
| [[Schocken Books]]
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="3" | 2015
! rowspan="3" | 2015
|'''{{sortname| Boris|Fishman}}'''
|'''{{sortname|Boris|Fishman}}'''
| '''''A Replacement Life'''''
| '''''A Replacement Life'''''
| '''[[HarperCollins]]'''
| '''[[HarperCollins]]'''
| '''Winner'''
| '''Winner'''
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Ruchama|King Feuerman}}
|{{sortname|Ruchama|King Feuerman}}
| ''In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist''
| ''In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist''
| [[The New York Review of Books]]
| [[The New York Review of Books]]
| rowspan="2" | Honor
| rowspan="2" | Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Stuart|Rojstaczer}}
|{{sortname|Stuart|Rojstaczer}}
| ''The Mathematician’s Shiva''
| ''The Mathematician’s Shiva''
| [[Penguin Books|Penguin]]
| [[Penguin Books|Penguin]]
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" | 2016
! rowspan="5" | 2016
|'''{{sortname| Jim|Shepard}}'''
|'''{{sortname|Jim|Shepard}}'''
| '''''[[The Book of Aron]]: A Novel'''''
| '''''[[The Book of Aron]]: A Novel'''''
| [[Alfred A. Knopf|'''Alfred A. Knopf''']]
| '''[[Alfred A. Knopf]]'''
| '''Winner'''
| '''Winner'''
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Michal|Lemberger}}
|{{sortname|Michal|Lemberger}}
| ''After Abel and Other Stories''
| ''After Abel and Other Stories''
| [[Prospect Park Books]]
| [[Prospect Park Books]]
| rowspan="4" | Honor
| rowspan="4" | Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Dan|Ephron}}
|{{sortname|Dan|Ephron}}
| ''Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel''
| ''Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel''
| [[W. W. Norton & Company]]
| [[W. W. Norton & Company]]
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Primo|Levi}}
|{{sortname|Primo|Levi}}
| ''The Complete Works of Primo Levi''
| ''The Complete Works of Primo Levi''
| [[Liveright]]
| [[Liveright]]
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Sasha|Abramsky}}
|{{sortname|Sasha|Abramsky}}
| ''The House of Twenty Thousand Books''
| ''The House of Twenty Thousand Books''
| [[The New York Review of Books]]
| [[The New York Review of Books]]
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" | 2017
! rowspan="5" | 2017
|'''{{sortname| Michael|Chabon}}'''
|'''{{sortname|Michael|Chabon}}'''
| '''''[[Moonglow (novel)|Moonglow]]: A Novel'''''
| '''''[[Moonglow (novel)|Moonglow]]: A Novel'''''
| '''[[HarperCollins]]'''
| '''[[HarperCollins]]'''
| '''Winner'''
| '''Winner'''
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Ezra|Glinter}}
|{{sortname|Ezra|Glinter}}
| ''Have I got a Story For You: More than a Century of Fiction from the Forward''
| ''Have I got a Story For You: More than a Century of Fiction from the Forward''
| [[W. W. Norton & Company]]
| [[W. W. Norton & Company]]
| rowspan="4" | Honor
| rowspan="4" | Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Helen|Maryles Shankman}}
|{{sortname|Helen|Maryles Shankman}}
| ''[[In the Land of Armadillos]]''
| ''[[In the Land of Armadillos]]''
| [[Charles Scribner's Sons]]
| [[Charles Scribner's Sons]]
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Matti|Friedman}}
|{{sortname|Matti|Friedman}}
| ''[[Pumpkinflowers]]: A Soldier’s Story''
| ''[[Pumpkinflowers]]: A Soldier’s Story''
| [[Algonquin Books]]
| [[Algonquin Books]]
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Abraham|Karpinowitz}}
|{{sortname|Abraham|Karpinowitz}}
| ''Vilna My Vilna''
| ''Vilna My Vilna''
| [[Syracuse University Press]]
| [[Syracuse University Press]]
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|- style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="3" | 2018
! rowspan="3" | 2018
|'''{{sortname| Ilana|Kurshan}}'''
|'''{{sortname|Ilana|Kurshan}}'''
| '''''If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir'''''
| '''''If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir'''''
| [[St. Martin's Press|'''St. Martin’s Press''']]
| [[St. Martin's Press|'''St. Martin’s Press''']]
| '''Winner'''
| '''Winner'''
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Leonardo|Padura}}
|{{sortname|Leonardo|Padura}}
| ''Heretics''
| ''Heretics''
| [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]]
| [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]]
| rowspan="2" | Honor
| rowspan="2" | Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Bruce|Henderson|Bruce Henderson (author)}}
|{{sortname|Bruce|Henderson|Bruce Henderson (author)}}
| ''Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler''
| ''Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler''
| [[William Morrow and Company|William Morrow]]
| [[William Morrow and Company|William Morrow]]
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| '''Winner'''
| '''Winner'''
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Ronen|Bergman}}
|{{sortname|Ronen|Bergman}}
| ''[[Rise and Kill First]]: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations''
| ''[[Rise and Kill First]]: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations''
| [[Random House]]
| [[Random House]]
| rowspan="2" | Honor
| rowspan="2" | Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Jeremy|Dronfield}}
|{{sortname|Jeremy|Dronfield}}
| ''The Stone Crusher: The True Story of a Father and Son’s Fight for Survival in Auschwitz''
| ''The Stone Crusher: The True Story of a Father and Son’s Fight for Survival in Auschwitz''
| [[Chicago Review Press]]
| [[Chicago Review Press]]
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|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2021
! rowspan="5" |2021
|'''{{sortname| Yishai|Sarid}}'''
|'''{{sortname|Yishai|Sarid}}'''
|'''''The Memory Monster'''''
|'''''The Memory Monster'''''
|[[Restless Books|'''Restless Books''']]
|'''[[Restless Books]]'''
|'''Winner'''
|'''Winner'''
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Hadley|Freeman}}
|{{sortname|Hadley|Freeman}}
|''House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family''
|''House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family''
|[[Simon & Schuster]]
|[[Simon & Schuster]]
| rowspan="4" |Honor
| rowspan="4" |Honor
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Max|Gross}}
|{{sortname|Max|Gross}}
|''The Lost Shtetl''
|''The Lost Shtetl''
|[[HarperVia]]
|[[HarperVia]]
|-
|-
|{{sortname| A.B|Yehoshua}}
|{{sortname|A.B|Yehoshua}}
|''The Tunnel''
|''The Tunnel''
|[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]
|[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]
|-
|-
|{{sortname| Ariana|Neumann}}
|{{sortname|Ariana|Neumann}}
|''When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains''
|''When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains''
|[[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]]
|[[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]]
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[[Category:English-language literary awards]]
[[Category:Lists of books]]
[[Category:Lists of books]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2006]]
[[Category:American Library Association]]


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The Sophie Brody Award (Sophie Brody Meda) is an annual award of the American Library Association, administered by the Reference and User Services Association RUSA.[1] It is given for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature, for works published the previous year, in the US. [2] It was established in 2006. The award is named after Sophie Brody and was established by her husband, Arthur Brody, and the Brodart Foundation.

Honorees

Year Author Title Publisher Result
2006 Avner Mandelman Talking to the Enemy Seven Stories Press Winner
Michael Wex Born to Kvetch St. Martin's Press Honor
Michael Lavigne Not Me Random House
Tom Reiss The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life Random House
2007 Daniel Mendelsohn The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million HarperCollins Winner
Sandy Tolan LemonTree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East Bloomsbury Honor
Markus Zusak The Book Thief Alfred A. Knopf
Dara Horn The World to Come W. W. Norton & Company
2008 Nathan Englander The Ministry of Special Cases Alfred A. Knopf Winner
Shalom Auslander Foreskin’s Lament: A Memoir Riverhead Books Honor
Diane Ackerman The Zookeeper's Wife W. W. Norton & Company
Joyce Antler You Never Call! You Never Write! A History of the Jewish Mother Oxford University Press
2009 Peter Manseau Songs for the Butcher's Daughter Free Press Winner
Ron Leshem Beaufort Delacorte Press Honor
A.B. Yehoshua Friendly Fire: A Duet Mariner Books
Arie Kaplan From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books Jewish Publication Society
2010 Jonathon Keats The Book of the Unknown: Tales of the Thirty-Six Random House Winner
Thomas Buergenthal A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy Little Brown Honor
Clara Kramer and Stephen Gantz Clara’s War: One Girl’s Story of Survival Ecco Press
Melvin Konner The Jewish Body Schocken Books
2011 Judith Shulevitz The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time Random House Winner
Eshkol Nevo Homesick Dalkey Archive Press Honor
2012 Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole Sacred Trash: the Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza Schocken Books Winner
Simon Sebag Montefiore Jerusalem: the Biography Alfred A. Knopf Honor
Art Spiegelman MetaMaus Pantheon Books
Erika Dreifus Quiet Americans: Stories Last Light Studio Books
2013 Matti Friedman The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible Algonquin Books Winner
Anouk Markovits I Am Forbidden Hogarth Press Honor
Herman Wouk The Lawgiver Simon & Schuster
Nathan Englander What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank Alfred A. Knopf
2014 Yossi Klein Halevi Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation HarperCollins Winner
Ari Shavit My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel Spiegel & Grau Honor
Jeremy Dauber The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem: The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of the Man Who Created Tevye Schocken Books
2015 Boris Fishman A Replacement Life HarperCollins Winner
Ruchama King Feuerman In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist The New York Review of Books Honor
Stuart Rojstaczer The Mathematician’s Shiva Penguin
2016 Jim Shepard The Book of Aron: A Novel Alfred A. Knopf Winner
Michal Lemberger After Abel and Other Stories Prospect Park Books Honor
Dan Ephron Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel W. W. Norton & Company
Primo Levi The Complete Works of Primo Levi Liveright
Sasha Abramsky The House of Twenty Thousand Books The New York Review of Books
2017 Michael Chabon Moonglow: A Novel HarperCollins Winner
Ezra Glinter Have I got a Story For You: More than a Century of Fiction from the Forward W. W. Norton & Company Honor
Helen Maryles Shankman In the Land of Armadillos Charles Scribner's Sons
Matti Friedman Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story Algonquin Books
Abraham Karpinowitz Vilna My Vilna Syracuse University Press
2018 Ilana Kurshan If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir St. Martin’s Press Winner
Leonardo Padura Heretics Farrar, Straus and Giroux Honor
Bruce Henderson Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler William Morrow
2019 Michael Lukas The Last Watchman of Old Cairo Spiegel & Grau Winner
Ronen Bergman Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations Random House Honor
Jeremy Dronfield The Stone Crusher: The True Story of a Father and Son’s Fight for Survival in Auschwitz Chicago Review Press
2020 Thomas Wolf The Nightingale’s Sonata: The Musical Odyssey of Lea Luboshutz Pegasus Books Winner
Leah Hager Cohen Strangers and Cousins Riverhead Books Honor
Daniel Okrent The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians and Other European Immigrants Out of America Simon & Schuster
Alice Hoffman The World That We Knew Simon & Schuster
2021 Yishai Sarid The Memory Monster Restless Books Winner
Hadley Freeman House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family Simon & Schuster Honor
Max Gross The Lost Shtetl HarperVia
A.B Yehoshua The Tunnel Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Ariana Neumann When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains Scribner

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Sophie Brody Award". ALA.org. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ^ Gladstein C. "Sophie’s Choice: The Best of Jewish Literature. Library Journal. 2010;135(12):118.