Jewish Lives Books in Order

Jewish Lives contains 78 books, published between 1946 and 2026. The first book is Medallions (1946) and the newest is Edmond de Rothschild (2026). One more title is announced: Fiorello La Guardia (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
78 + 1 announced
Published
1946–2026
Pages on record
3,705 in 16 of 79 books

Jewish Lives is a biography series whose subjects include Jewish biography, the Holocaust, the Second World War and the Arab-Israeli conflict. The 79 listed books come from different writers, among them Robert Adams Gottlieb, Vivian Gornick, Steven Weitzman, Mark Kurlansky, Joshua Rubenstein and Saul Friedländer. Titles include Moses Mendelssohn (2009), Emma Goldman (2011), Leon Trotsky (2011), Franz Kafka (2012) and Edmond de Rothschild (2026), and Fiorello La Guardia is scheduled for 2027.

How many Jewish Lives books are there?

Jewish Lives has 78 published books, released between 1946 and 2026. One more, Fiorello La Guardia (2027), is announced.

Jewish Lives Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 79 Jewish Lives 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. 1
    Medallions1946 · 49 pages · confirmed 1/4
    194649
  2. 2
    Moses Mendelssohn2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009
  3. 3
    Sarah2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  4. 4
    Emma Goldman2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  5. 5
    Solomon2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  6. 6
    Hank Greenberg2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  7. 7
    Leon Trotsky2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  8. 8
    Franz Kafka2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  9. 9
    Walther Rathenau2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  10. 10
    Moshe Dayan2012 · 247 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012247
  11. 11
    Jacob2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  12. 12
    Primo Levi2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  13. 13
    Bernard Berenson2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  14. 14
    Rav Kook2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  15. 15
    Lillian Hellman2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  16. 16
    Becoming Freud2014 · 178 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014178
  17. 17
    Jabotinsky2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  18. 18
    Leonard Bernstein2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  19. 19
    David2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  20. 20
    Ben-Gurion2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  21. 21
    Mark Rothko2015 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015282
  22. 22
    Einstein2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  23. 23
    Léon Blum2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  24. 24
    Peggy Guggenheim2015 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015211
  25. 25
    Proust2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  26. 26
    Groucho Marx2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  27. 27
    Barbra Streisand2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  28. 28
    Disraeli2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  29. 29
    Louis D. Brandeis2016 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016242
  30. 30
    Moses2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016

Where to start with Jewish Lives

Start with Medallions (1946), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jewish Lives book?

Edmond de Rothschild (2026) is the newest Jewish Lives book released so far.

Is there a new Jewish Lives book coming?

Yes. Fiorello La Guardia (2027) is the next Jewish Lives book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Jewish Lives at a glance

Still running
Jewish Lives is still running. Fiorello La Guardia is announced for 2027.
Release pace
Jewish Lives books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,705 pages across the 16 of 79 books with a recorded length, a median of 244 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jewish Lives books, 43 of 79, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 79 titles, 1 are credited to Anthony Berris, 1 to Shmuel Feiner, 1 to Robert Adams Gottlieb and 1 to Vivian Gornick. A further 74 writers are credited. 2 titles carry no credit.

What the Jewish Lives books are about

17 of the 79 Jewish Lives books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 11 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Biography 11 of 17 books
  • Art patrons 2 of 17 books
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious 2 of 17 books