David Grossman Books in Order

Twelve-year-old David befriends an elderly man whose past draws them into an unexpected adventure. Across their difference in age, their courage and stubbornness shape a story of friendship, secrets and a confrontation reaching back many years.

An idealistic Israeli soldier stationed in an occupied Palestinian village forms a relationship with an elderly storyteller. As stories intersect with the violence around them, he confronts deception, disillusionment and the injustices shaping both their lives.

The child of Holocaust survivors, Momik grows up trying to understand the terror that shadows his parents' lives. His attempts to confront that inherited past unfold through an imaginative exploration of storytelling, memory and human connection.

Grossman recounts visits and conversations in the occupied West Bank in early 1987. His report examines Palestinian life under occupation and considers the political and moral costs borne by both the occupied population and Israeli society.

A rare-book dealer writes to a woman he glimpses at a reunion, beginning an intimate correspondence between two married strangers. Their letters expose desires and painful memories while testing how much truth a relationship can bear.

As his friends grow toward adulthood, twelve-year-old Aron remains physically unchanged for years. In Jerusalem before the Six-Day War, his imagination becomes both refuge and battleground as he struggles with family, desire and the loss of childhood.

Through conversations with Palestinian citizens of Israel, Grossman explores belonging, identity and the meaning of citizenship in a Jewish state. His reporting examines the tensions between national labels, everyday lives and competing hopes for the future.

A journey during Nonny Feuerberg's thirteenth year becomes an adventure involving a notorious criminal and a celebrated actress. As unexpected encounters overturn his plans, he must confront questions about his family, his identity and right and wrong.

Assigned to find the owner of a stray dog, shy teenager Assaf follows its path through Jerusalem. His search intersects with Tamar, a young singer pursuing a dangerous mission to rescue a teenage drug addict.

These dispatches follow the decade after the Oslo agreements, tracing the movement from hopes for peace toward renewed violence. Grossman writes as a novelist, parent and peace activist, urging Israelis and Palestinians to return to negotiation.

When her son returns to active military service, Ora sets out walking in the Galilee, hoping to evade any news of his death. With an estranged former lover beside her, she recounts the life she fears losing.

In six essays, Grossman considers literature, language and political conscience amid conflict in Israel. Reflections on artistic creation sit alongside arguments for peace, including a response to the 2006 war in which his son died.

A bereaved father begins walking in search of his dead son, and other grieving townspeople gradually join him. Blending poetry, prose and drama, their shared journey explores memory, loss and the longing to reach those who are gone.

During a single evening's performance, an aging stand-up comedian turns his routine into an unsettling account of childhood. Among the audience, an old acquaintance must confront his own place in the painful story emerging between the jokes.

Three generations of women travel to a Croatian island where the grandmother was once imprisoned. Filming their journey, her granddaughter tries to understand a family divided by abandonment, political violence and a secret that still shapes their relationships.