Fantasy/Romance/Fiction by Zionist Authors
Disclaimer: I don't wish to bring hate to any authors, I deeply believe in democracy. However I think it's important for people who hold themselves accountable for their reading choices to have access to the information about authors/books they give their time and money to. These are authors who have publicly supported Israel or middle road. If you notice someone who may have changed their stance recently or supported Palestine and are here wrongfully please do correct me
created by Rosemaryfell
last updated December, 2025
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Having read Cleopatra & Frankenstein and The Blue Sisters, I am still unsure why the Jewish characters are Zionists... I am eager to learn, so I would love someone to educate me, sorryyy š
The Yoko Ogawa thing is frying me. I looked it up and itās likeā¦ a character in one of her other books, Minaās Matchbox, expresses Zionist views (which maybe I would include in this list). Book was set in the 70s and written in 2006ā¦ but translated into English in 2024 by a Jewish guy. No word on whether the author herself espouses those views today but it is certainly a choice to translate this particular work in 2024.
I found about her political opinions after I read her book, the memory police. And I felt much better about not liking it
ugh see I actually did like it :(
that must be heartbreaking but if you want an alternative from a pro Palestine and a truly amazing author I recommend "human acts" by Han Kang
Brandon Sanderson????? Rick Riordan?????? Omg
It's a curse I am telling you
yeah :( idk much ab sanderson, but riordan made a statement a while ago saying something along the lines of wanting to āstay neutralā or that both sides were suffering. definitely disappointing š
I will say Rick did this at the beginning but has since read books about Palestine and posted donation links and such, I think he's learned and shouldn't be on the list anymore
ohh that's great to know! i'll have to look more into him, thank you for your comment :)
Oh this is interesting! Something to look into. From the comments, apparently a few other authors on here are the same so probs something to double check independently (or for the list to be updated if and when needed /neu)
I chose to add authors who belong in the "both are wrong" category! Sanderson specifically has partaken in lectures on Israeli universities in the past so I would have included him either way but I really understand if you chose to focus only on the authors with solid proof of their support of zionism on their personal accounts like Taylor Jenkins Reid
Oh no, i definitely dont support āboth sidesā people - i had jist understood from the prev comment that he had since read up and changed his views (and ive seen a couple other comments about other authors saying the same /neu). From another comment, it seems like Riordanās pro-palestinian outlook was performative. Iāll look into the issue and am not criticising u! Definitely do not support the āboth sidesā argument
Oh no I don't mind criticism, it's a nuanced topic! From what I found that made me include him in the list he has continued working with Zionist both in publishing and the movie adaptation, he was very vocal with posts about Israel and only later supported Palestine with a single link (although I didn't find a screenshot but since people mention it I don't erase it) and lastly I looked into his statements:
"Yes, but whose side are you on?" That is exactly the wrong question. If there are two sides to this issue, those sides are not Palestinian/Israeli or Muslim/Jewish.
The two sides are humanitarian and dehumanizing. Dehumanizing has a long evil history. It is appealing and easy to buy into, because humans are tribal animals.
We are hardwired to think in terms of 'us versus them. We are the real humans, the good guys, the anes with God on our side. Those other people are evil monsters who don't deserve empathy. Hate mongers have thrived on dehumanizing for as long as there have been humans. It provides them with a purpose, a way to rally support, power, and scapegoats. It is easy to point to atrocities committed by our enemies, while justifying or minimizing the atrocities committed by ourselves or our allies
Humanitarianism is a much harder sell. It requires us to empathize, to see other groups of people as equally deserving of dignity and quality of life. It requires not always putting ourselves and our needs first, But in the long run, humanitarianism is our anly hope if violence could end violence, if we could put an end to "those other people" once and for all, human history would read very differently than it does.
So yes, I am appalled by the Hamas attacks? on Israeli civilians, I am appalled by the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza Both things can be true. Both things must be true. My thoughts are with all the people who have died, who have lost loved ones, who have had their worlds and their lives shattered, especially the children, More death and violence will not break this cycle, which has been going on for generations. There is no military solution. Even sincel first wrote the post, only twenty-four hours 2 ago, the Israe government's brutal Cretaliation against the entire population of Gaza has reached genocidal proportions
This is not only an atrocity, It is folly
Answering misery with misery only creates more fertile ground for extremism, dehumanizing the "other side," letting hate mongers thrive, stay in power, and reduce us all to our most monstrous impulses. The only real solution is treating each other like equally worthy human beings, and negotiating a peace that allows all parties a chance to live in security and dignity, with hopes for a future that does not include bombs and rockets and gunfire. This means ?? Security and support for Israel yes. It also means a secure Palestine which is allowed to get the international aid and recognition it needs to build a viable state."
Sorry that was a big passage š
I did look into that before but to me it felt ingenuine; he wrote a multiple-slides post on his support for israel and then after being called out he only posted a photo from palestine with a donation link. These are not the same energies. He didn't amend his statement with his newfound knowledge, if he did indeed read books on Palestine (which I also looked up on goodreads and didn't find any). So in my opinion if you're not as vocal and as clear on your stance, then you don't stand on the right side of history, and you haven't really changed you're just trying to avoid the backlashš¤·āāļø
Oh this is good to know!!!!
"if you're not as vocal and as clear on your stance" yess!!! this exactly!
i reread The Lightning Thief recently and got icky vibes from him. i didn't like how his worldbuilding involved Mt Olympus moving "to the heart of Western empire" (hence why Olympus is located in America rather than Greece). it's not like, outwardly offensive but just weird lol
I remember not liking the inaccuracies in the mythology but it was in general not something problematic. Anyway, another one bites the dust
there's a lot of things i personally found to be icky with his books, tbh. i mean, like i ate that shit up as a kid and it is/was really nostalgic for me but i didn't like how he explored indigenous identity through piper either. she was constantly trying to move away from her indigenous identity, and found it unappealing/unattractive :/ that, coupled with what you've said with the "western empire" was just icky overall. he does do a decent job with representing neurodivergent/queer identities, though!
im pretty sure rick is one of those 'middle road' folks which . . . strange and disappointing
I was just getting in to Sanderson's books and all š¤¦š»āāļø
you get sucked into it without even knowing š¤·
The thing is, it's very difficult to form an opinion on authors who changed their stance the past year. Even while making the list I stumbled upon some authors who when researching I found results for both their support for Israel and later on their tries to show a pro Palestine public image. On authors who took a complete 180 turn like the author of haunting Adeline it feels easier to remove them from the list but others like Rachel Lynn Solomon I am more hesitant.
I understand very well that my decision will be quite controversial but here is just a conversation about authors who first show support for Israel but then end up donating to Gaza or to books for Gaza needs to be addressed. I searched these authors to be sure that they have either promoted Israel by including it in their books or that they have left a comment, a tweet or a thread from their account, "pray for Israel", updating with the Israeli flag or donating to the idf. I take those actions as a very purposeful choice from their part which they wish to share with their audience. When those examples exist I personally expect the same loud change in favor of the Palestinian people when they change those same opinions.
It is no secret that many customers, readers are part of the rare groups that do in fact hold the people in the community and especially authors accountable by being outspoken on the boycotting even big names. I might be judgmental here but I truly believe most of the authors who have gone silent after the protests and then silently donated once or shared one link to donations act out of pressure and for PR purposes.
Again that is a personal choice to include in the list authors who I believe fit in this category and it's perfectly okay to disagree with it, just having conversations on the topic mean a lot
Marissa Meyer being on here took me by surprise but in all fairness, the girl did make a Japanese character the emperor of all of east Asia. So maybe not surprised but somewhat disappointed
omg.... what the hell ššš
I bet she likes second world war history
As far as Iām aware, Rachel Lynn Solomon has participated in book auctions for Gaza recently and I believe sheās changed her views
Thanks for this! I had some books of this list on my tbr but not anymore!
Same, the real dissapointment was with books I had already read and actually loved like "the serpent and the wings of night" or "scythe". Finding out their authors character can really ruin the experience
A book that isn't nearly as popular but was on my TBR before I looked up the author and her entire Instagram feed is littered with Zionism talking points is Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr
I didn't know about it! That is really disappointing honestly
Yeaaaah, I started listening to the audiobook and was like "this sounds interesting but...I should look her up" and I'm so glad I did
Did she throw signs in her book?
There's also Taylor Jenkins Reid - she posted a video of an israeli settler crying in an interview, without adding any context or showing Palestinians' side. (You can check @zionistauthors on IG)
Oh I was sure I added her but I was wrong! Yes I have been aware of her opinions for a long time. Thanks for the reminder š
No worries! Thank you for doing this!
HD Carlton is actually a big advocate for Palestine!! Iād prob take her book off this list but amazing job!!
I only included her because I found an account posting about authors and he included an old story of hers about being on neither side. That one was two years ago so it's very possible she was just misguided and immediately changed! I will do more research on her and if I am wrong I will certainly remove her from the list! Thank you for your correction ā¤ļøā¤ļø
Ohhh didnāt know that! Like you said it is possible sheās changed, Iāve read she regularly posts about Palestine and even teamed up with some other authors to release an anthology of story excerpts with all proceeds going to Palestinian families :) that was a year ago and if thereās any new info on her then I will amend my comment Thank you for your response ā”
I don't see quicksilver on here, did something change?
I couldn't find any photos of a tweet or an Instagram story when researching and I chose to not include an author without having solid proof just in case someone asks me why that author is included in the list I will definitely add Callie if she has expressed any pro Israel stance! Have you read something about her?
Fair enough. I don't think she's made a direct comment (I believe she scrubbed her profiles when quicksilver came out?) but her FMC in riot house is an IDF solider and I believe they refer to Isra*l as a country. And while she has not commented about it, her brother served as an IDF soldier (which may/may not reflect her own beliefs)
Added her! Thanks for looking into it
i was just about to comment lol callie hart def needs to be on here
Brandon Mull is the kind of mormon that includes his obsession with female obedience/purity and manifest destiny/christian nationalism in his middle grade fantasy books, i had been thinking of doing a "keep away from children" list later but he'll be among friends on this list too š
STEPHANIE MEYER??? NOO š©š©š©
I also had no idea about thisš
iām looking it up, and am personally not seeing anything about her and zionism. i do see stuff about her being a mormon though. i donāt think sheās made an explicit statement about the genocide, though.
Yeah i wouldn't be surprised though considering Mormons being what they are and on top of that her books being racist.
totally see that, thank you for letting me know!
Wrote my earlier comment before looking at the books on the list, and now Iāve looked and WOWOWOWOWWW there are so many authors I didnāt expect!! This is wild!!! So really really thank you for this!!
Not the post reading clarity š Yes, it's a dark world out there
NOT COCO MELLORS
Yeah i saw somewhere that she has a zionist/israeli character in her book
agh removing blue sisters from my tbr
Yeah it was in Blue Sisters for a second and I felt uncomfy. Literally didn't need to be mentioned and it was
There's also neal shusterman, author of the Scythe trilogy, as much as I hate to say itš
NO š± I did not see that coming... How... How do you even write Scythe while being a Zionist come onnnn
I think he's more middle-of-the-road based on what I found but YEAAAAH, even that at this point is too much
RIGHTšš I had the same question!! Also I've read the series at the start of genocide and felt it very relevant to the current political climateš„² But there were small things in the trilogy that rubbed me the wrong way that I wasn't sure how to interpret. For example, one scythe was called Scythe Meir, I think, named after Gola Meir, a former isr*eli prime minister, and one of the other scythes was like "I admire your namesake a lot, she was really brave" (something along those lines). Then there was a country in the scythe world whose name I thought was a merge of "Israel" and "Saudi Arabia", because I do remember he said in the book that it was a mix of two countries that existed before the scythe thing (I also remember that the librarian that helped Scythe Faraday when he was in hiding)
Oh wow that's deep lore! I haven't read them I just know the one thing the author posting saying he doesn't know enough to comment
thank you for this list!!
0% overlap hell yeah š
Here is your crown, you deserve it šš„°
Thank you for this!! I cleaned up a bit and now my TBR is zionist free for now šāāļø
you can breathe the freshness in the air šāāļø
Does anyone know if Roshani Chokshi still is very āboth sidesā (as she was in Oct-ish 2023) or if sheās expressed different (hopefully pro-Palestine) views since?
I see nothing on her page regarding this issue so I doubt that
Just went into a rabbit hole with her and sadly no... But the stories for donations to Israel are pretty much saved and public for the world to see
Can you provide the sources regarding Stephen King? Would appreciate it greatly
In his book "Different seasons": Others have it worse, he thought. All over the world, others have it worse. In Israel, the Palestinians kill busloads of farmers who were committing the political crime of going into town to see a movie. The Israelis cope with this injustice by dropping bombs on the Palestinians and killing children along with whatever terrorists may be there.
Also Israel is mentioned in many of his books. I think his input on the matter is more subtle than anything but his silence on the Palestinian genocide is quite telling especially when he has mentioned Israeli war criminals in his books
M.A. Wardell (a popular gay romance author) unfortunately also belongs on this list. @annas_sweets_and_stories on Instagram has a story highlight about him with evidence.
Wow I have been seeing them recommended a lot this year... It's a pity š
Christina Lauren changed their stance last year. They did Auction to Donate to Gaza. Also Pierce Brown books are shit so donāt even bother adding it!
I am aware but for me they are kind of in the same category as Rick who had to change their public image to save face. Their current support strikes me very much as a pure professional decision so they won't have to deal with the backlash
Such an important list I applaud you šš¼šš¼ There's also the Kellerman trio (Jesse, Jonathan and Faye), Piper C.J, Zibby Owens, Sonali Dev, and Lee Child.
