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CODES Readers' Advisory Committee Inspirational Fiction: Keeping the Faith
A progam presented at the ALA Annual Conference, Atlanta Georgia,
June 16, 2002

CODES Readers' Advisory Committee Inspirational Fiction: Keeping the Faith
A progam presented at the ALA Annual Conference, Atlanta Georgia,
June 16, 2002

Featured speakers: Melanie Duncan, Christian Fiction columnist for Library Journal, Barb Lilland, Senior Acquisistions Editor of Bethany House and award-winning authors Beverly Lewis and Robert Whitlow.

Bibliographies: Jewish Fiction Authors, Catholic Fiction Authors, The Islamic World in Fiction

A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JEWISH FICTION AUTHORS

The authors listed below are a sampling of the many Jewish authors whose books portray Jewish religion, history, or people. When no titles are given after an author's name, all of their works have Jewish themes.

Yiddish Authors
Sholem Aleichem
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Literary Authors
Saul Bellow
Chaim Bermant The Patriarch 1981
Robert Cohen The Here and Now 1996
Hanna Demetz The House on Prague Street 1980
Anita Diamant The Red Tent 1997
Rebecca Goldstein Mazel 1995
Allegra Goodman The Family Markowitz 1996
Aviva Hellman To Touch A Dream 1989
Mark Helprin A Dove of the East & Other Stories 1978; Ellis Island & Other Stories 1981
Primo Levi If Not Now, When? 1982
Bernard Malamud
Cynthia Ozick
Chaim Potok
Mordecai Richler Joshua Then and Now 1980
Anne Roiphe Lovingkindness 1987
Henry Roth Call It Sleep 1934
Philip Roth
I. J. Singer The Brothers Ashkenzai 1936
Art Spiegelman Maus 1986
Elie Wiesel
Simon Wiesenthal The Sunflower 1976

Hebrew Authors
Shumeul Yosel Agnon
Yehuda Amichai
Aharon Appelfeld
Shalom Asch
Batya Gur (Inspector Michael Ohayon mystery series)
Anna Mitgutsch Lover, Traitor
Amos Oz
A. B. Yehoshua

Popular Fiction/Genre Authors

Gay Courter The Midwife 1981
Jack Dann More Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction 1999
Leslie Epstein King of the Jews 1979
Howard Fast The Outsider 1984
Gloria Goldreich Leah's Children 1980
Robert Greenfield Temple 1982
Joel Gross The Books of Rachel 1979
Mark Halter The Book of Abraham 1986
S. T. Hayman (Inspector Benjamin Jurnet mystery series)
Laura Z Hobson Gentleman's Agreement 1947
Michael Kahn (Rachel Gold mystery series)
Sharon Kahn (Ruby Rothman mystery series)
Faye Kellerman (Rina Lazarus/Peter Decker mystery series)
Harry Kemelman (Rabbi David Small mystery series)
Rochelle Krich (Jessie Drake mystery series)
Meyer Levin The Old Bunch 1937; The Settlers 1972
Joachim Neugroschel Great Tales of Jewish Fantasy and the Occult
Belva Plain The Golden Cup 1986; Tapestry 1988; Harvest 1990
Naomi Ragen Jephte's Daughter 1989
Dorothy Rosen (Belle Appleman mystery series)
Robert Rosenberg (Detective Avram Cohen mystery series)
R. K. Smith Sadie Shapiro's Knitting Book 1973
Barbara Sofer The Thirteenth Hour 1996
Janice Steinberg Death in a City of Mystics
Joseph Telushkin (Rabbi Daniel Winter mystery series)
Leon Uris Exodus 1959
Ayelet Waldman (Juliet Applebaum mystery series)
Herman Wouk The Hope 1993

Non-Jewish Authors with Jewish themed books
John Hersey The Wall 1961
Thomas Keneally Schindler's List 1982
Thomas Mann Joseph and His Brothers 1948
James Michener The Source 1965

For more information about Jewish books and authors see the following websites:
www.jewishbookcouncil.org
www.serersafari.com
learn.jtsa.edu

Also check these books:
Jewish Book Annual. Jewish Book Council, annual editions from 1948-1997
The Schocken Guide to Jewish Books . Schocken Books, 1992
Syme, Daniel. 100 Essential Books for Jewish Readers. Citadel Press, 1998

Bibliography selected by
Merle Jacob
Director of Library Collection Development
Chicago Public Library June 2002

A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CATHOLIC FICTION AUTHORS

William Barrett Lilies of the Field 1962
Georges Bernanos Diary of a Country Priest 1937
Dan Binchy The Neon Madonna 1992; The Last Resort 1993
James Blish A Case of Conscience 1958; Black Easter 1968 (science fiction)
Taylor Caldwell Answer As A Man 1981
Willa Cather Death Comes For the Archbishop 1927
Arthur Cavanaugh The Faithful 1986
G. K. Chesterton (Father Brown mystery series)
Hannah Closs High Are the Mountains 1959; Deep Are The Valleys 1960; The Silent Tarn 1963
Carol Collioli Heaven and Earth 1952; The White Stone 1960
A.J. Cronin The Keys of the Kingdom 1941; A Song of Six Pence 1964; A Pocketful of Rye 1969
Marele Day Lambs of God 1998
Lester del Rey The Eleventh Commandment 1962 (science fiction)
Seamus Deane Reading in the Dark 1997
Umberto Eco The Name of the Rose 1983
Chris Fuhrman Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys 1994
Paul Gallico The Small Miracle 1952
Joseph Girzone The Shepherd 1990
Rumer Godden In This House of Brede 1969
Andrew Greeley The Cardinal Virtues 1990; A Midwinter's Tale 1998; Younger Than Springtime 1999; Sacred Visions (anthology of science fiction)
Graham Greene Monsignor Quixote 1982
Giovanni Guareschi The Little World of Don Camillo 1950 and five more books in the series
Ron Hansen Mariette In Ecstasy 1991
Jeanine Hathaway Motherhouse 1992
Leonard Holton (Father Joseph Bredder mystery series)
Kathryn Hulme The Nun's Story 1956
Walter Keady Celibates and Other Lovers 1997
William Kienzle (Father Koesler mystery series)
Bruce Marshall The Bishop 1970; Urban the Ninth 1972
Bud MacFarlane Pierced By the Sword 1995
Ralph McInerny (Father Dowling mystery series); The Priest 1973; The Red Hat 1998
Compton MacKenzie Seek the Fair Land 1959; The Silent People 1962; The Scorching Wind 1964
Brian Moore Black Robe 1985; No Other Life 1993
Flannery O'Connor Complete Stories 1971
Ellis Peters (Brother Cadfael mystery series)
J. F. Powers Morte d' Urban 1962; Wheat That Springeth Green 1988
J. R. Powers Do Black Patent-Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? 1975; The Last Catholic in America 1973
Monica Quill (Sister Mary Teresa mystery series)
Sister Carol Anne O'Marie (Sister Mary Helen mystery series)
Mark Salzman Lying Awake 2000
Greg Tobin Conclave 2001
Peter Tremayne (Sister Fidelma mystery series)
Sigrid Undset Wild Orchid 1931; Burning Bush 1932
Ken Wales Sea of Glory 2001
Evelyn Waugh Brideshead Revisited 1993
Franz Werfel The Song of Bernadette 1942
Morris West The Shoes of the Fisherman 1963; The Clowns of God 1981; Lazarus 1990
Antonia White Frost in May 1934
Thornton Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey 1967

Bibliography selected by
Merle Jacob
Director of Library Collection Development
Chicago Public Library June 2002

THE ISLAMIC WORLD IN FICTION

Safi Abdi A Mighty Collision of Two Worlds 2001
Diana Abu-Jaber Arabian Jazz 1993 (Palestian Americans)
Salim al-Lawzi The Emigres 1977
Layla Abu Zayd Year of the Elephant 1990 (Morocco)
Tariq Ali The Book of Saladin 1998 (Historical fiction about 11th century Kurds); Shadows of
the Pomegranate Tree 1993 (Historical fiction in 11th century Spain)
Rashid al-Daif Dear Mr. Kawabata 1999 (Lebanon)
Hanan al-Shaykh I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops 1998 (Lebanon)
Merzak Allouache Bab el-Oued 1998 (Algeria)
Muhammad Bisati A Last Glass of Tea and Other Stories 1998 (Egypt)
Driss Chraibi Muhammad 1998
Shaw J. Dallal Scattered Like Seeds 1999 (Palestine)
Simin Danishvar A Persian Requiem 1992 (Iran)
Assja Djebar Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade 1985; A Sister to Scheherazade 1988 (Algeria)
Fadia Faqir Nisanit 1987 (Palestine)
Ibrahim Fawal On the Hills of God 1998 (Palestine)
Imil Habibi The Secret Life of Saeed 1985 (Palestine)
Tawfiq Hakim In the Tavern of Live and Other Stories 1998 (Egypt)
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Hunters in a Narrow Street 1960 (Palestine)
Ghassan Kanafani Men in the Sun 1999
Abdel-Hakim Kassem The Seven Days of Man 1996 (Egypt)
Naguib Mahfouz Palace Walk 1956; Palace of Desire 1957; Sugar Street 1957 (Egypt)
Taghi Modarressi Rules of Etiquette 1989 (Iran)
Abdelrahmar Munif Endings 1988 (Syria)
Naomi Shihab Nye Habibi 1997 (Palestine, young adult novel)
Orhan Pamuk The White Castle (Turkey); My Name is Red 2001
Susanne Pari The Fortune Catcher 1999 (Iran)
Alifa Rifaat Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories 1985
Kurban Said Ali and Nino 1970 (Azerbaijan)
Nabil Saleh Open House 2000 (Lebanon)
Al-Tayyib Salih Bandarshah 1996 (Sudan); Season of Migration To the North 1969
Ghadah Samman The Square Moon 1998 (Arab culture in Paris)
Idries Shah Kara Kush 1986 (Afghanistan)
Ahdaf Soueif In the Eye of the Sun 1993 (Palestine); The Map of Love 1999
Shiham Turjuman Daughter of Damascus 1994 (Syria)
Yahy Yakhlif A Lake Beyond the Wind 1999 (Palestine)
Haifa Zangana Through the Vast Halls of Memory 1991 (Iraq)

Western Authors with Islamic themed books
Jay Bremyer The Dance of the Created Lights 1996
Ann Chamberlin Sofia The Sultan's Daughter 1996; The Reign of the Favored Women 1998
Barbara Chase-Riboud Valide: A Novel of the Harem 1986
Miriam Cooke Hayati, My Life 2000
March Cost The Veiled Sultan 1969
Aileen Crawley The Bride of Suleiman 1982; The House of War 1984; The Shadow of God
1983
Alev Lytle Croutier The Palace of Tears 2000
Daniel Gavron Pilgrims 2000
Edwin Hoyt The Voice of Allah 1970
Frances Kazan Halide's Gift 2001
James Michener Caravans 1963
Stephen J. Rivele A Booke of Days 1998
Rosemary Sutcliff Blood and Sand 1987
Georgia Elizabeth Taylor The Infidel 1979

Bibliography selected by
Merle Jacob
Director of Library Collection Development
Chicago Public Library
June 2002

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