Arab American Book Award Winners

The Arab American Book Awards is a literary program created to honor books written by and about Arab Americans. The program generates greater awarenes ...more

Winners

	Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 8,602 ratings Arab American Book Award for Fiction (2021)	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
	I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir by Malaka Gharib 4.12 avg rating — 4,586 ratings Arab American Book Award for Children's/Young Adult (2020)	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 Theory of Birds by Zaina Alsous (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 99 ratings Arab American Book Award for Poetry (2020)	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
	Between The Ottomans And The Entente: The First World War in the Syrian and Lebanese Diaspora, 1908-1925 by Stacy D. Fahrenthold (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings Arab American Book Award for Nonfiction (2020)	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
	When We Were Arabs: A Jewish Family’s Forgotten History by Massoud Hayoun (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 311 ratings Arab American Book Award for Nonfiction (2020)	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 Other Americans: A Novel by Laila Lalami (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 15,831 ratings Arab American Book Award for Fiction (2020)	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
	I've Loved You Since Forever by Hoda Kotb 4.26 avg rating — 1,946 ratings Arab American Book Award for Children's/Young Adult (2019)	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
	Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance: Poems by Fady Joudah 4.05 avg rating — 79 ratings Arab American Book Award for Poetry (2019)	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 Sound of Listening: Poetry as Refuge and Resistance by Philip Metres (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings Arab American Book Award for Nonfiction (2019)	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
	Syrian and Lebanese Patricios in Sao Paulo: From the Levant to Brazil by Oswaldo Truzzi 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Arab American Book Award for Nonfiction (2019)	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
	As Good as True by Cheryl Reid 3.75 avg rating — 5,249 ratings Arab American Book Award for Fiction (2019)	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
	Amreekiya: A Novel by Lena Mahmoud 3.56 avg rating — 95 ratings Arab American Book Award for Fiction (2019)	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 January Children by Safia Elhillo (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 643 ratings Arab American Book Award for Poetry (2018)	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 Rise of the Arab American Left: Activists, Allies, and Their Fight against Imperialism and Racism, 1960s-1980s by Pamela E. Pennock 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings Arab American Book Award for Nonfiction (2018)	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
	Salt Houses by Hala Alyan 3.92 avg rating — 11,266 ratings Arab American Book Award for Fiction (2018)	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 Treasure of Maria Mamoun by Michelle Chalfoun 3.94 avg rating — 116 ratings Arab American Book Award for Children's/Young Adult (2017)	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
	Something Sinister by Hayan Charara 4.50 avg rating — 40 ratings Arab American Book Award for Poetry (2017)	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
	Inter/Nationalism: Decolonizing Native America and Palestine by Steven Salaita 4.03 avg rating — 61 ratings Arab American Book Award for Nonfiction (2017)	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 Angel of History by Rabih Alameddine 3.84 avg rating — 1,304 ratings Arab American Book Award for Fiction (2017)	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 Republics by Nathalie Handal 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings Arab American Book Award for Poetry (2016)	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
	This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror by Moustafa Bayoumi (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 122 ratings Arab American Book Award for Nonfiction (2016)	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
	Handbook of Arab American Psychology by Mona M. Amer (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating Arab American Book Award for Nonfiction (2016)	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 Curious Land: Stories from Home by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 82 ratings Arab American Book Award for Fiction (2016)	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 Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye 3.61 avg rating — 2,000 ratings Arab American Book Award for Children's/Young Adult (2015)	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
	Tahrir Suite: Poems by Matthew Shenoda (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings Arab American Book Award for Poetry (2015)	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
	Old Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American Past by Sally Howell 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings Arab American Book Award for Nonfiction (2015)	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
	An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine 3.82 avg rating — 12,494 ratings Arab American Book Award for Fiction (2015)	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 Moor's Account by Laila Lalami (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 10,768 ratings Arab American Book Award for Fiction (2015)	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 Kid's Guide to Arab American History: More Than 50 Activities by Yvonne Wakim Dennis (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings Arab American Book Award for Children's/Young Adult (2014)	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 Concordance of Leaves by Philip Metres (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings Arab American Book Award for Poetry (2014)	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