BOOKS 2025 #הוצאת כתר

Noa Susanna Morag sketches the lives of young people after the pandemic and amid political instability, thrown into nothingness. It is a seismograph of a time when the inside and the outside dissolve into each other, in a violent era where truth is only one option, not necessarily the preferred one.

Charlie Hoskins worked undercover for five years for a murderous biker gang. The mission nearly cost him his life, but he managed to find one critical piece of evidence that might lead to the arrest of the gang's brutal leader. Now that evidence is in jeopardy.

A family drama that looks with tenderness and compassion at the shock waves of sudden loss. It is a novel about trauma but also about love, recovery and repair. The book appeared on the bestseller lists in its native Italy for two years, selling some 200,000 copies there and being translated into fifteen languages.

סיפורו של הורטון הפיל, המגלה עיר שלמה של יצורים זעירים בשם "הוויל" בתוך גרגר אבק, ומנסה להגן עליהם מפני סכנות, למרות לעגם של שאר חיות הג'ונגל. דּוֹקְטוֹר סוּס הוּא מִסּוֹפְרֵי הַיְּלָדִים הָאֲהוּבִים בְּכָל הַזְּמַנִּים. סְפָרָיו הַבִּלְתִּי נִשְׁכָּחִים, וּבָהֶם 'חָתוּל תַּעֲלוּל'.

When she was a kid, she wanted to be a dancer, and then she started painting, and then she started taking pictures, and then she wrote a book, and now she's a filmmaker. But to this day, she still loves to put on music and dance.

A group of trans women who make a living as prostitutes are making their usual nightly rounds in the park. Suddenly, from the other side, the voice of Aunt Encarna, the leader, is heard calling them to come. Among the bushes is a living, freezing baby. Against all logic, the aunt decides to adopt the baby and add him to the bosom of the colorful trans family gathered in her home. The book is based in part on episodes from the author's biography.

On the verge of fame, Ilam, a promising painter, insists on hanging a small painting of a mysterious baby's face at his first solo exhibition at a famous gallery. He will take this painting with him to the gallery owner's wife, on what turns out to be the last day of her life.

1789. In a particularly cold winter, the body of a man accused of rape is found floating in the ice. The entire town is swept into a whirlwind of lies, suspicions, and crimes. The book is based on the true life of Martha Ballard, who delivered more than a thousand babies during her career. The book provides a rare glimpse into marital, family, and community life in the 18th century...

When Galia Sotzky's body is discovered in the basement of the building where she lives, Inspector Sigal Shemesh-Levin is called to lead the investigation, but has difficulty finding a clue. Despite her extraordinary beauty, Galia was an introverted and shy woman who lived a quiet, ordinary life with her husband and young daughter. Why would anyone want her dead?

Rintaro Natsuki is a shy high school student who lives with his grandfather, who owns an old used bookstore. The store, with its shelves full of books that reach up to the ceiling, serves as a refuge for Rintaro and he spends hours there. When his grandfather suddenly passes away, Rintaro is left alone in the store and fears that he will have to close it. But one day a talking cat appears in the store, and everything changes...

Suspense. And humor too. Ernest participates in a thriller writers' festival that takes place on a train crossing the Australian continent, hoping that the days on the train will give him the peace he needs to write. But the six thriller writers traveling on the train quickly become five thriller writers and one corpse...

Dorit Hakim Kramer takes us on a bittersweet journey following relocation into the world of those who seemingly have it all. With wit and irony, she pokes holes in the seemingly perfect bubble. Between designer stores, boutique hotels, VIP complexes, and a haughty private school, she reveals what lies behind the shiny facade and what happens when you get what you want, and then some.