The origins of our 100 Nights To Hanukkah event this year are less than noble. It was not yet even Halloween and I had gotten a promo email in my inbox for “100 Nights to Christmas.” To say I was less than thrilled to see the unwritten societal agreement not to shove Christmas down everyone’s throats until after Thanksgiving broken, is an understatement. However, the results of my organizing out of spite were pretty great.
We’ve been able to feature a ton of new authors and books on our nightly countdown posts on social media. Interaction from readers has been at an all time high. Plus – we found a ton of books! Such a good time was had by all that we’ve decided to make it an annual event in some form or another.
Now that Hanukkah is upon us, it’s time to tally up how many of the 100 you’ve read…but also to tell us which ones you’re planning to read over the holiday. Drop your counts in the comments and HAPPY HANUKKAH EVERYONE.
Adult Romance:
Bens Bakery and The Hanukkah Miracles by Penelope Peters: Amazon
Bright Winter Lights by Liz Maverick: Amazon
Burning Bright by Wendy Warren, Stacey Agdern, KK Hendin, Jennifer Gracen: Amazon
Deadlines Donuts and Dreidels by Jennifer Wilck: Amazon | Bookshop
Dreidel Date by Eliana West: Amazon
Dreidels and Do-overs by Kim Fielding: Amazon
Dreidel Do-Over by Amanda Usen: Amazon
The Dreidl Disaster by Stacey Agdern: Amazon | Bookshop
Eight Crazy One Night Stands: Amazon | Bookshop
Eight Days by Ruth Nix: Amazon
Eight Kinky Nights: Amazon | Bookshop
Eight Nights of Apricot Cookies by Roni Denholtz: Amazon
Eight Nights to Win Her Heart by Miri White: Amazon | Bookshop
Eight Nights to Win Her Heart by Roni Denholtz: Amazon
Eitan’s Chord by Shira Glassman: Amazon
Fortunes Holiday Surprise by Jennifer Wilck: Amazon | Bookshop
Hanukkah At The Great Greenwich Ice Creamery by Sharon Ibbotson: Amazon
Hanukkah Hearts by Jean Joachim: Amazon
The Hanukkah Hook-Up by Jessica Topper: Amazon | BookishlyJewish review
Hearts of Hanukkah: Amazon
Holidays in Manhattan by Jennifer Gracen: Amazon
How to Survive a Chanukah Party by Rachel Abugov: Amazon
Homemade Hanukkah by Eliana West: Amazon
Home for Hanukkah by Rebecca Crowley: Amazon
Home For Hanukkah by Celine Banks: Amazon
I’ll Be Home for Hanukkah K K Hendin: Amazon
I made it Out Of Clay by Beth Kander: Amazon | Bookshop
A Jewish Love, Actually by Alex Turner: Amazon
Leah’s Perfect Christmas by Catherine Beck: Amazon
Light It Up by Evie Blum: Amazon | Bookshop
Lighting The Flames by Sarah Wendell: Amazon | Bookshop
Lights of Love by Morgan Malone: Amazon
Love and Latkes by Stacey Agdern: Amazon | Bookshop | BookishlyJewish review
Love and Latkes by Amanda Page: Amazon
Love You A Latke by Amanda Elliot: Amazon | Bookshop
The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer: Amazon | Bookshop
Meteors and Menorahs by Nessa Claugh: Amazon | Bookshop
Miracles and Menorahs by Stacey Agdern: Amazon | Bookshop | BookishlyJewish review
Mistletoe and Menorahs by Marily Jeulin and illustrated by Suzanna Smith: Amazon
Mistletoe and Mishigas by M. A Wardell: Amazon | Bookshop
Moonlights, Menorahs, and Mistletoe by Wendy Warren: Amazon
Newly Fallen by Megan Hart: Amazon
The Remaking of Corbin Whale by Roan Parrish: Amazon | Bookshop
Season of Love by Helena Greer: Amazon | Bookshop
The Sentient Lesbian Dreidel Eats Gimmel Off My Butt by Chuck Tingle: Amazon
Shine A Light by Rebecca Crowley: Amazon
Snowbound In her Boss’s Bed by Marcella Bell: Amazon
Spark by Allie Lasky : Amazon | Bookshop
To Touch The Light: E. M. Lindsey: Amazon
Twinkle by Allie Lasky: Amazon
Two Weeks in Toronto by Amelia Doyle: Amazon
Chapter Books:
How I Saved Hanukkah by Amy Goldman Koss and illustrated by Diane DeGroat: Amazon
The Magic Menorah by Jane Breskin Zalben and illustrated by Donna Diamond: Amazon
Paula Levine is a Potato Pancake by Rebecca O’Connell and illustrated by Majella Lue Sue: Amazon
Pinky Bloom and the Case of the Magical Menorah by Judy Press and illustrated by Erica-Jane Water: Amazon | Bookshop
Rachel Friedman and the Eight Not-So Perfect Nights of Hanukkah by Sarah Kapit and illustrated by Genevieve Kote: Amazon | Bookshop
CookBooks:
Hanukkah Treats to Make and Bake by Ronne Randall: Amazon | Bookshop
Latkes and Vodka by Yael Mao: Amazon
Horror:
Dreidel of Dread by Alex Shvartsman and illustrated by Tomeu Riera: Amazon
Eight Very Bad Nights edited by Tod Goldberg: Amazon | Bookshop
Humor:
How To Spell Hanukkah…And Other Holiday Dilemmas edited by Emily Franklin: Amazon
Literary:
The Power of Light by Isaac Bashevis Singer: Amazon
Mystery:
Hanukah Guilt by Rabbi Ilene Schneider: Amazon
The Latke in the Library by Libi Astaire: Amazon | Bookshop
Middle Grade:
A Donut in Time by Elana Rubinstein: Amazon | Bookshop
Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton: Amazon | Bookshop | BookishlyJewish review
The Festival of Lights edited by Henry Herz : Amazon | Bookshop
The Golden Dreidel by Ellen Kushner and illustrated by Kevin Keele: Amazon | Bookshop
Hollowthorn: Amazon | Bookshop | BookishlyJewish review
Rebecca Reznick Reboots the Universe: Amazon | Bookshop | BookishlyJewish review
Takedown by Laura Shovan: Amazon | Bookshop
This Is Just a Test by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg: Amazon | Bookshop
Nonfiction:
Halachic Handbook: The Laws of Chanuka by Rabbi Yitzchok Rosedale: Amazon
Inside Chanukah by Aryeh Pinchas Strinkoff: Amazon
The Lights of Chanukah by Avraham Arieh Trugman: Amazon
Picture Books:
Beam of Light by Elisa Boxer and illustrated by Sofia Moore: Amazon | Bookshop
Chanukah Lights by Michael J Rosen and illustrated by Robert Sabuda: Amazon | Bookshop
Chanukah On The Prairie by Burt E. Schuman and illustrated by Rosalind Charney Kaye: Amazon
The Eight Knights of Hanukkah by Leslie Kimmelman and illustrated by Galia Bernstein: Amazon | Bookshop
Eight Winter Nights by Laura Krauss Melmed illustrated by Elisabeth Schlossberg: Amazon
The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol by Arthur A. Levine and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes: Amazon | Bookshop
Hanukkah at Valley Forge by Stephen Krensky illustrated by Greg Harlin: Amazon | Bookshop
Hanukkah Pajamakkahs by Dara Henry and illustrated by Olga Ivanov and Aleksey Ivanov: Amazon | Bookshop
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric A. Kimmel and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman: Amazon | Bookshop
J is for Januca by Melanie Romero and illustrated by Cassie Gonzalez: Amazon | Bookshop
Katie Koala and The Perfect Latke by Nina Schultz and Illustrated by Selfi Sidabutar: Amazon
The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming by Lemony Snicket and illustrated by Lisa Brown: Amazon | Bookshop
The Light From My Menorah by Robin Heald and illustrated by Andrea Blinick: Amazon | Bookshop
Meet The Latkes by Alan Silberberg: Amazon | Bookshop
My First Hanukkah by Anna Kris: Amazon
The Odd Potato by Eileen Bluestone Sherman: Amazon
Oskar and the Eight Blessings by Tanya Simon, Richard Simon, and illustrated by Mark Siegel: Amazon | Bookshop
Young Adult Romance:
As If On Cue by Marissa Kanter: Amazon | Bookshop
Eight Dates and Eight Nights by Betsy Aldredge: Amazon | Bookshop | BookishlyJewish review
Eight Nights of Flirting by Hannah Reynolds: Amazon | Bookshop | BookishlyJewish review
The Eight Slopes of Chanukah by Jacqueline Elisabeth: Amazon | Bookshop
How To Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow: Amazon | Bookshop | BookishlyJewish review
Recommended For You by Laura Silverman: Amazon | Bookshop
Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz: Amazon