At Bustle, Melissa Ragsdale tagged eight books that "go right along with the spirit of [Hanukkah]," including:
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
If you're looking for a Jewish adventure story, Michael Chabon's your guy. This brilliant novel takes place in Sitka, an independent Jewish colony in Alaska that, after sixty years, is about to become part of Alaska again. We follow the slightly off-the-rails homicide detective Meyer Landsman, as he works to solve a murder that may just be tied in closely with the fate of Sitka.
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the other entries on the list.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union is among
Jeff Somers's five best oddball detective novels,
J.D. Taylor's ten top counter-factual novels, and
Molly Driscoll's top six alternate-history novels.
--Marshal Zeringue
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