Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wanderings | 1978 | Chaim Potok | Buy |
| 2 | Tobiasse: Artist in Exile | 1987 | Chaim Potok | Buy |
| 3 | The Gates of November | 1996 | Chaim Potok | Buy |
| 4 | My First 79 Years: Isaac Stern | 1999 | Chaim Potok | Buy |
Chaim Potok’s non-fiction work reflects his wide-ranging intellectual interests. Wanderings (1978) is his most ambitious non-fiction book, a sweeping history of the Jewish people told through Potok’s personal lens. It covers thousands of years of Jewish experience and remains popular with readers looking for an engaging rather than strictly academic treatment of the subject.
His other non-fiction includes Tobiasse: Artist in Exile (1987), a study of the painter Théo Tobiasse, and The Gates of November (1996), which tells the true story of a Soviet Jewish family’s struggle across generations. My First 79 Years (1999), co-written with violinist Isaac Stern, rounds out a non-fiction catalog that moves comfortably between history, art, and personal narrative.