0 ratings | 0 reviews | avg rating:0.0

#42 most followed

Edeet Ravel’s Followers (84)

Edeet’s Bookshelves

to-read (0)
currently-reading (0)
read (0)

Edeet’s Friends

Edeet hasn't connected with their friends on Goodreads, yet.

Edeet Ravel

Goodreads Author

Website

http://www.edeet.com/

Genre

Young Adult, Fiction, Memoir

Member Since

October 2025

edit data

Edeet Ravel is the author of sixteen books for children and adults. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and have won numerous awards, including the Hugh MacLennan Book Award, the J.I. Segal Award, the Canadian Jewish Book Award (in two categories), the Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, and the Snow Willow Award. Edeet's books have also been shortlisted for the Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Book Prize, and the Arthur Ellis Crime Award. Edeet was a three-time Governor General's Award finalist in two categories. Her novel The Saver (Groundwood) was adapted into film by Wiebke von Carolsfeld. Her latest (crossover) novels are A Boy Is Not a Bird and A Boy Is Not a Ghost, about a chil ...more

Combine Editions
Edeet Ravel’s books

Average rating: 3.67 · 3,702 ratings · 519 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Held by Edeet Ravel (Goodreads Author), Gareth Williams (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 1,178 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Thousand Lovers (Tel Aviv Trilogy #1) 3.76 avg rating — 1,127 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cat 3.73 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Wall of Light (Tel Aviv Trilogy #3) 3.46 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2005 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Look for Me (Tel Aviv Trilogy #2) 3.50 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Sad Eyes and Unforgettable Mouth 3.52 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Boy Is Not a Bird 3.92 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Saver 3.34 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Boy Is Not a Ghost 4.11 avg rating — 46 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Rain 2.68 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Edeet Ravel…

Series by Edeet Ravel

Tel Aviv Trilogy (3 books)
by

Edeet Ravel (Goodreads Author)

3.67 avg rating — 1,662 ratings

A Boy Is Not a Bird (2 books)
by

Edeet Ravel (Goodreads Author)

3.96 avg rating — 188 ratings

Pauline, Btw (3 books)
by

Edeet Ravel (Goodreads Author)

3.38 avg rating — 50 ratings

rss
Edeet’s Recent Updates

Edeet Ravel and 35 other people liked Paul Bryant's review of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4): "I was reading a giant annotated version of this collection, and the editors, I discovered, had a very cheeky sense of humour. This was my favourite bit. Holmes is in Paris, suffering from nervous exhaustion, having just solved an important case - it " Read more of this review »
Nov 26, 2025 11:24PM · see review
Edeet Ravel made a comment on Paul Bryant’s review of The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3) " Hilarious! Wittiest reviewer on GR. "
Nov 26, 2025 11:12PM · see review
Edeet Ravel and 57 other people liked Paul Bryant's review of The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3): "The man behind me reminded my right kidney of his gun. He had an office down the hall. Sometimes he was even in it. The dead girl didn’t look dead enough. It was depressing not to be able to hit him again. This was the fifth time. My second marriage " Read more of this review »
Nov 26, 2025 11:10PM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Way Some People Die by Ross Macdonald. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Way Some People Die by Ross Macdonald <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Edeet Ravel and 22 other people liked Paul Bryant's review of A History of Modern Britain in Twenty Murders: "You could say that this book’s heart is in the right place. But its arms and legs and some of its brains are in the wrong place. The idea is good – let’s see how twenty murder cases throw light on Britain’s ever-changing culture, starting in 1885 wit" Read more of this review »
Nov 12, 2025 10:25PM · see review
Edeet Ravel and 20 other people liked Paul Bryant's review of In Chancery (The Forsyte Chronicles, #2): "On Saturday 2nd February 1901 they took the liberty of burying Queen Victoria and as one of the characters looks at the crowds thronging the streets of London to watch the procession he says to himself Never again would a Queen reign so long, or peopl" Read more of this review »
Nov 12, 2025 05:52PM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of In Chancery by John Galsworthy. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — In Chancery by John Galsworthy <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">

More of Edeet's books…

Quotes by Edeet Ravel (?)

“People aren't good or bad. They just do good or bad things. Your only hope is to know which is which.”
― Edeet Ravel, Ten Thousand Lovers

9 likes

“I wondered why I hadn't realized before that art was hard because you had to recreate not merely the scene but the way it soared into your soul and changed you.”
― Edeet Ravel

tags: art, change-your-life, soul

3 likes

“Someone once told me a joke," he said. "I'd like to be a pacifist, but people keep getting in the way.' I made a decision to fight for my friend in prison. It was a deliberate decision. It isn't the only way-it's just something I decided.”
― Edeet Ravel, Held

tags: decision, joke, pacifist, prison

2 likes

See all Edeet Ravel's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
The Next Best Boo...: ilona - Trekker	57	289	Sep 18, 2011 03:53AM
Around the World ...: ilona - Never Ending Trekker	26	105	May 08, 2012 02:26PM
The Seasonal Read...: Summer Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)	3424	692	Sep 01, 2015 07:40PM
2025 & 2026 Readi...: Color Challenge - 2018	850	1603	Jan 03, 2019 09:23AM
The Seasonal Read...: * Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!	4001	359	Aug 31, 2020 09:00PM
Reading with Style: SU 20 Completed Tasks	798	69	Aug 31, 2020 09:04PM
flight paths: joy for january	23	8	Jan 30, 2022 08:37PM