Modern literature uplifts voices ... out that they're already considered the best. When it comes to the definition of contemporary, in this case, books written and published in the 21st century ...

From the Brontë sisters to Kurt Vonnegut to Zora Neale Hurston, these are the best classic books to add to your TBR this year.

The texts, printed here in both English and Hebrew, are either short stories or poems, and range from "old" classics by the best ... of Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York ...