American Jewish Assimilation
The canonical core of this theme would be Cahan, Yezierska, Henry Roth, Philip Roth, and Potok while assimilation is a clear and defining characteristic of these titles as well.

The Anatomy of Exile
Zeeva Bukai

Arrogant Beggar
Anzia Yezierska

At the End of the World, Turn Left
Zhanna Slor

Bread Givers
Anzia Yezierska

Call It Sleep
Henry Roth

The Chosen
Chaim Potok

Dangling Man
Saul Bellow

Dictation
Cynthia Ozick

Dubin's Lives
Bernard Malamud

Everyman
Philip Roth

Exit Ghost
Philip Roth

The Frozen Rabbi
Steve Stern

Goodbye, Columbus
Philip Roth

Goyhood
Reuven Fenton

Have I Got a Story for You
Ezra Glinter, Editor

Her First American
Lore Segal

The Here and Now
Robert Cohen

Humboldt's Gift
Saul Bellow

Hungry Hearts
Anzia Yezierska

In the Image
Dara Horn

Jewish Noir
Kenneth Wishnia, Editor

Letting Go
Philip Roth

Little Men
Gerald Shapiro

Lost Tribe
Paul Zakrzewski, Editor

Maggie Brown & Others
Peter Orner

Mazel
Rebecca Goldstein

Mosby's Memoirs and Other Stories
Saul Bellow

Mr. Sammler's Planet
Saul Bellow

My Life as a Man
Philip Roth

My Name Is Asher Lev
Chaim Potok

O My America!
Johanna Kaplan

The Old Bunch
Meyer Levin

Panic in a Suitcase
Yelena Akhtiorskaya

A Replacement Life
Boris Fishman

Rich Boy
Sharon Pomerantz

The Rise of David Levinsky
Abraham Cahan

The Russian Debutante's Handbook
Gary Shteyngart

Salome of the Tenements
Anzia Yezierska

Shmutz
Felicia Berliner

Sisters of Fortune
Esther Chehebar

The Sisters Weiss
Naomi Ragen

Stern
Bruce Jay Friedman

The Vixen
Francine Prose