Forthcoming Titles
At Soncata Press, we publish a limited number of books each year, selecting works that possess a strong intellectual or cultural spine and invite meaningful conversation.
Autumn 2026
Almost True
Stories from Jerusalem
by Tal Shalev
Most people know Israel through headlines. In “Almost True: Stories from Jerusalem”, Tal Shalev offers a different view through twenty-two warm, witty, and deeply humane stories. Set in Jerusalem and across Israel, the collection explores friendship, marriage, family, love, loss, and the absurdities of everyday life, revealing the complexity, resilience, and shared humanity of the Israelis rarely seen on the news. Funny, wise, and emotionally honest, it finds grace in life’s smallest moments.
WINTER 2027
Six Tiny Stitches
By Katey Taylor
She’s prepared for a short life. She hasn’t prepared for someone worth letting in.
At thirty-three, Remy knows how to live with a failing heart: keep expectations small and people at a distance. Then she meets Silas, and the future she’s taught herself not to want begins to matter.
Six Tiny Stitches by Katey Taylor is an intimate novel about unexpected connection, the risks of loving, and the possibilities we allow ourselves when certainty is out of reach.
SPRING 2027
October’s Ashes
By Steve Caplan
One family. Two children. A war that pulls them apart.
After October 7, the Brickman family finds itself divided by more than a generation. Ron leaves college to enlist in the Israeli army. His sister, Leora, is drawn into an increasingly radical pro-Palestinian movement. Between them stand parents struggling to understand their children—and each other.
Set in New York in the shadow of war, October’s Ashes explores love, grief, and the power of conviction to fracture a family. What holds people together when their deepest beliefs pull them apart?
Autumn 2027
Love in All Its Forms
by Julie Zuckerman
Love in All its Forms follows four generations of an American Jewish family as they navigate love, loss, identity, and the secrets that shape their lives. Beginning on the eve of the first moon landing and unfolding across decades of personal and cultural change, Julie Zuckerman’s beautifully interconnected narrative explores how family bonds endure, how hidden truths reverberate through generations, and how love, in all its forms, ultimately defines who we are.