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Joseph Telushkin Books in Order

Joseph Telushkin has written 20 books, published between 1981 and 2014. The first book is Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism (1981) and the newest is Rebbe (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1981–2014
Pages on record
6,458 in 19 of 20 books
Reading time
108–161 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,458 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Joseph Telushkin, born 1948, is an American rabbi and writer. Telushkin's 20 catalogued books run from Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism (1981) to Rebbe (2014), a title that reached the New York Times bestseller list on release. Subjects across the listing cover Jewish ethics, Jewish literacy, the Jewish way of life, rabbis, history and quotations. Telushkin also wrote the Rabbi Daniel Winter Mysteries; the catalogue records Daniel Winter as a fictitious character.

How many Joseph Telushkin books are there?

Joseph Telushkin has 20 books, released between 1981 and 2014. They include 2 series and 14 titles listed outside any series.

Joseph Telushkin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Joseph Telushkin books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism by Joseph Telushkin, book 1 of the Touchstone Book series (1981)
  2. Cover of Why the Jews? by Joseph Telushkin (1983)
  3. Cover of The Unorthodox Murder Of Rabbi Moss by Joseph Telushkin, book 1 of the Rabbi Daniel Winter Mysteries series (1986)
  4. Cover of The Unorthodox Murder of Rabbi Wahl by Joseph Telushkin, book 2 of the Rabbi Daniel Winter Mysteries series (1987)
  5. Cover of The Final Analysis of Dr. Stark by Joseph Telushkin, book 3 of the Rabbi Daniel Winter Mysteries series (1988)
  6. Cover of An Eye for an Eye by Joseph Telushkin, book 4 of the Rabbi Daniel Winter Mysteries series (1991)
  7. Cover of Jewish Literacy by Joseph Telushkin (1991)
  8. Cover of Jewish Humor by Joseph Telushkin (1992)
  9. Cover of Jewish Wisdom by Joseph Telushkin (1994)
  10. Cover of Words That Hurt, Words That Heal by Joseph Telushkin (1996)
  11. Cover of Biblical Literacy by Joseph Telushkin (1997)
  12. Cover of The Golden Land by Joseph Telushkin (2002)
  13. Cover of The Ten Commandments of Character by Joseph Telushkin (2003)
  14. Cover of A Code of Jewish Ethics: Volume 1 by Joseph Telushkin (2006)
  15. Cover of Hillel: If Not Now, When? by Joseph Telushkin, book 15 of the Jewish Encounters series (2010)
  16. Cover of Rebbe by Joseph Telushkin (2014)
  1. 1
    Nine Questions People Ask About JudaismTouchstone Book #11981 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981218
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  2. 2
    Why the Jews?1983 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983244
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  3. 3
    The Unorthodox Murder Of Rabbi MossRabbi Daniel Winter Mysteries #11986 · 219 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986219
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  4. 4
    The Unorthodox Murder of Rabbi WahlRabbi Daniel Winter Mysteries #21987 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987200
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  5. 5
    Uncommon Sense1987 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987238
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  6. 6
    The Final Analysis of Dr. StarkRabbi Daniel Winter Mysteries #31988 · 214 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988214
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  7. 7
    An Eye for an EyeRabbi Daniel Winter Mysteries #41991 · 237 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991237
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  8. 8
    Jewish Literacy1991 · 756 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991756
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  9. 9
    Jewish Humor1992 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992240
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  10. 10
    Jewish Wisdom1994 · 663 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994663
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  11. 11
    Words That Hurt, Words That Heal1996 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996240
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  12. 12
    Biblical Literacy1997 · 628 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997628
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  13. 13
    The Book of Jewish Values2000 · 519 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000519
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  14. 14
    The Golden Land2002 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200232
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  15. 15
    The Ten Commandments of Character2003 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003320
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  16. 16
    A Code of Jewish Ethics: Volume 12006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  17. 17
    A Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 22009 · 576 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009576
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  18. 18
    Hillel: If Not Now, When?Jewish Encounters #152010 · 243 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010243
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  19. 19
    Telushkinisms2012 · 54 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201254
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  20. 20
    Rebbe2014 · 617 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014617
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Joseph Telushkin books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Rabbi Daniel Winter Mysteries in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Unorthodox Murder Of Rabbi Moss
  2. 2. The Unorthodox Murder of Rabbi Wahl
  3. 3. The Final Analysis of Dr. Stark
  4. 4. An Eye for an Eye

Touchstone Book in order

1 book
  1. 1. Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism

Jewish Encounters in order

1 book
  1. 15. Hillel: If Not Now, When?

Standalone books

14 books

14 Joseph Telushkin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Joseph Telushkin books in order?

You only need to read Joseph Telushkin books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Joseph Telushkin

Start with Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism (1981), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joseph Telushkin book?

Rebbe (2014) is the newest Joseph Telushkin book released so far.

Is there a new Joseph Telushkin book coming?

No next Joseph Telushkin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Joseph Telushkin at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Joseph Telushkin title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Joseph Telushkin books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
6,458 pages across the 19 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joseph Telushkin books, 6 of 20, were published in the 1990s.

What the Joseph Telushkin books are about

19 of the 20 Joseph Telushkin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: jewish ethics is tagged on 7 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Jewish ethics 7 of 19 books
  • Judaism 6 of 19 books
  • Jews 5 of 19 books
  • Jewish way of life 4 of 19 books
  • Rabbis 4 of 19 books
  • Daniel Winter (Fictitious character) 3 of 19 books
  • History 3 of 19 books
  • Radio broadcasters 3 of 19 books
  • Conduct of life 2 of 19 books
  • Essence, genius, nature 2 of 19 books
  • Judentum 2 of 19 books
  • Quotations 2 of 19 books