The art and perception of war — on the battlefield and on the campaign trail – consumes this week’s Rising Newsmax Bestsellers. The first makes the case that the Gaza War has set off a rise in antisemitism in the United States, and the second is an inside look at the greatest political comeback in memory. The third is an updated version of a World War II classic, and the final non-fiction offering is a look at World War II’s most unassuming general. For fiction, there is a rollicking, quirky novel.

“Run for the Hills,” by Kevin Wilson (Ecco)

Madeline Hill and her mom have been working a Tennessee farm on their own since her dad left them two decades earlier. Then one day someone pulls up to the farm claiming to be Madeline’s half-brother, and her relatively quiet life suddenly becomes more interesting. He invites her on a cross-country road trip to track down a list of other half-siblings he’s managed to compile with the help of a private investigative firm. Eventually all the newly found Hill family members decide to track down the common denominator — their dad. “‘Run for the Hills’ is a touching and generous romp of a novel, a sort of lighthearted family heist in which the anticipated grift is simply a meeting (or confrontation?) with the characters’ father,” wrote Bobby Finger, New York Times “Editors’ Choice” Book Review. “The results of their quest are, frankly, beside the point. In bringing the siblings together — with or without the man who helped create them — Wilson makes a bold and convincing case that every real family is one you have to find and, at some point, choose, even if it’s the one you’re born into.”  [Fiction]“American Intifada: Israel, the Gaza War and the New Antisemitism,” by Uri Kaufman (Republic Book Publishers)

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