Chaim Potok

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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1967
  • Latest Book:
    November 2001
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Book List in Order: 14 titles

  • The Chosen

    A coming-of-age classic about two Jewish boys growing up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, this “profound and universal” (The Wall Street Journal) story of faith, family, tradition, and assimilation remains deeply pertinent today.“Works of this caliber...

  • The Promise

    In a passionate, energetic narrative, The Promise brilliantly dramatizes what it is to master and use knowledge to make one’s own way in the world.Reuven Malter lives in Brooklyn, he’s in love, and he’s studying to be a rabbi. He als...

  • My Name Is Asher Lev

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this modern classic from the National Book Award"nominated author of The Chosen, a young religious artist is compulsively driven to render the world he sees and feels, even when it leads him to blasphemy. “A novel ...

  • In the Beginning

    “Powerful . . . It successfully recreates a time and place and the journey of a soul.” -- The New York TimesAll beginnings are hard -- that is the lesson David Lurie learns early and painfully in his life. As a boy in the depression-shadowed Bron...

  • My Name Is Asher Lev-3

  • The Book of Lights

    Gershon Loran, a quiet rabinical student, is troubled by the dark reality around him. He sees hope in the study of Kabbalah, the Jewish book of mysticism and visions, truth and light. But to Gershon's friend, Arthur, light means something else, the A...

  • Davita's Harp

    For Davita Chandal, growing up in New York in the 1930s and '40s is an experience of indescribable joy -- and unfathomable sadness. Her loving parents, both fervent radicals, fill her with the fiercely bright hope for a new, better world. But the dep...

  • The Gift Of Asher Lev

    “Extraordinary . . . No one but Chaim Potok could have written this strangely sweet, compelling, and deeply felt novel.” -- The Cleveland Plain Dealer   In his powerful My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok gave the world an unforgettable charac...

  • I Am The Clay

    “[Chaim] Potok writes powerfully about the suffering of innocent people caught in the cross-fire of a war they cannot begin to understand. . . . Humanity and compassion for his characters leap from every page.” -- San Francisco ChronicleAs the Ch...



  • The Sky of Now

  • The Gates of November

    "REMARKABLE . . . A WONDERFUL STORY."--The Boston GlobeThe father is a high-ranking Communist officer, a Jew who survived Stalin's purges. The son is a "refusenik," who risked his life and happiness to protest everything his father held dear. Now, Ch...

  • HRW Library

    "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is considered by many to be the greatest of all American novels. This sequel to Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," is a first person narrative told by its title character. The novel picks up where "The Advent...

  • Zebra and Other Stories

    "In six quietly powerful stories, Potok explores varieties of inner and outer healing, both in individuals and families: 'Zebra' begins to regain use of his crushed hand and leg creating art assigned by an intinerant teacher; 'Isabel' finds unexpecte...

  • Old Men at Midnight

    From the celebrated author of The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev, a trilogy of related novellas about a woman whose life touches three very different men -- stories that encompass some of the profoundest themes of the twentieth century.Ilana Davita ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Chaim Potok has published 14 books.

Chaim Potok does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Old Men at Midnight, was published in November 2001.

The first book by Chaim Potok, The Chosen, was published in May 1967.

No. Chaim Potok does not write books in series.
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