Atlanta’s Marcus Jewish Community Center (MJCCA) is once again bringing literary and political giants to The Peach State with its MJCCA Book Festival.

This year’s festival All Star lineup will include John Grisham, Alton Brown, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Douglas Murray, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D – N.Y.), and former Rep. and Governor John Kasich (R – Ohio), among others.

Now in its 34th year, the MJCCA Book Festival is unique among book festivals in that it brings festival goers face-to-face with Pulitzer Prize Winners, Oscar winners, and national and international government leaders, who will discuss their works, offer meet-and-greets, books signings, community reads, and panel discussions.

The 2025 lineup includes (in order of date of appearance):

  • Eli Sharabi, Hostage, Oct. 11
  • John Grisham, The Widow, Oct. 22
  • Yaakov Katz, While Israel Slept, Oct. 28
  • John Kasich, Heaven Help Us, Nov. 1
  • Christine Keuhn, Family of Spies, Nov. 2
  • Alexander Bruner, Cold Crematorium, Nov. 2
  • Chuck Schumer, Antisemitism in America, Nov. 2
  • Tova Mirvis, We Would Never, Nov. 3
  • Cynthia Weiner, A Gorgeous Excitement, Nov. 3
  • Christine Brennan, On Her Game, Nov. 3
  • Laura Dickerman, Hot Desk, Nov. 4
  • Catherine Mathis, Ines, Nov. 4
  • Brian Schaefer, Town & Country, Nov. 4
  • Daniel Kehlmann, The Director, Nov. 4
  • Sheri Rabin, The Jewish South, Nov. 5
  • Sarah Hurwitz, As A Jew, Nov. 5
  • Molly Jong-Fast, How to Lose Your Mother, Nov. 6
  • Dorie Greenspan, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes, Nov. 7
  • Yossi Cohen, The Sword of Freedom, Nov. 8
  • Sophie Menin, A Year in The Vinyard, Nov. 9
  • Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Heart of A Stranger, Nov. 9
  • Alton Brown, Food for Thought, Nov. 10
  • Jen Glantz, Finally the Bride, Nov. 11
  • Jean Meltzer, The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah, Nov. 11
  • Alyssa Gross, Play Mahjong!, Nov. 11
  • Georgia Hunter, One Good Thing, Nov. 12
  • Mary Morris, The Red House, Nov. 12
  • Jake Cohen, Dinner Party Animal, Nov. 12
  • Elyce Arons, We Just Might Make It After All, Nov. 13
  • Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper, Russ & Daughters, Nov, 14
  • Douglas Murray, On Democracies and Death Cults, Nov. 15
  • Dr. Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt, Nov. 16

For more information, visit: https://www.atlantajcc.org/our-programs/arts-authors/book-festival/