Iran


The Lion Women of Tehran
Martyr!
The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story
On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
The Persians
King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution—A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation
The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
Woman, Life, Freedom
Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
Liquid: A Novel
De hemel is altijd paars
Hyper
Badjens
A Knot Is Not a Tangle
A Hundred Other Girls
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
The Complete Persepolis
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
The Blind Owl
The Stationery Shop
The Lion Women of Tehran
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Persepolis, #2)
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
Martyr!
Embroideries (Pantheon Graphic Library)
Disoriental
Shah of Shahs
The Blood of Flowers
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree
Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
Must Reads
182 books — 154 voters
The City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyThe Kingdom of Copper by S.A. ChakrabortyThe Empire of Gold by S.A. ChakrabortyThe Tale of Iśva Raman by Najeev NadarajahThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Middle Eastern - South Asian fantasy
49 books — 39 voters

A Little Prince in the Land of the Mullahs by Massoumeh Raouf BasharidoustReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiMarried to a Stranger by Nahid RachlinHet huis van de moskee by Kader AbdolahFarangi Girl  Growing Up in Iran by Ashley Dartnell
Irani Authors
34 books — 10 voters

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus IIITehran Noir by Salar AbdohA World Between by Persis M. KarimThe Rug Merchant by Phillip LopateThe Walk-In Closet by Abdi Nazemian
Iranian Americans in Fiction
18 books — 5 voters
If You Could Be Mine by Sara FarizanGuapa by Saleem HaddadTurkey by Jack  ScottThe Hakawati by Rabih AlameddinePerking the Pansies - Jack and Liam move to Turkey by Jack  Scott
LGBT in the Middle East
65 books — 69 voters


Christopher Hitchens
[I]f you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, that means you don't think the Islamic Republic of Iran or North Korea or the Taliban is as bad. ...more
Christopher Hitchens

Azar Nafisi
Living in the Islamic Republic is like having sex with someone you loathe.
Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

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