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My Name Is Red by Orhan PamukSnow by Orhan PamukIstanbul by Orhan PamukBirds Without Wings by Louis de BernièresThe Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
Mediterranean Melting Pot (III): Byzantium and Turkey
5th out of 166 books — 212 voters
Kürk Mantolu Madonna by Sabahattin AliTutunamayanlar by Oğuz AtayAylak Adam by Yusuf AtılganPuslu Kıtalar Atlası by İhsan Oktay AnarSaatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Best of Turkish Literature
37th out of 502 books — 834 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiDoes My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-FattahI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiLove from Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali
Best Books by Muslim Women
13th out of 287 books — 409 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
5443rd out of 78,345 books — 292,092 voters

Memed, My Hawk by Yaşar KemalThe Forty Rules of Love by Elif ShafakThe Bastard of Istanbul by Elif ShafakMadonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin AliMy Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
The Best Turkish Books Which are Translated to English
2nd out of 62 books — 75 voters
My Name Is Red by Orhan PamukThe Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak1453 by Roger CrowleyMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieIstanbul by Orhan Pamuk
Istanbul
2nd out of 140 books — 43 voters

ثلاثية غرناطة by Radwa AshourThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniAzazil by Youssef ZiedanThe Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz
Best Middle East Fiction
42nd out of 441 books — 487 voters
Istanbul by Orhan PamukThe Bastard of Istanbul by Elif ShafakMy Name Is Red by Orhan PamukThe Forty Rules of Love by Elif ShafakBlue Voyage by Diana Renn
Istanbul Reading List
2nd out of 47 books — 32 voters

A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. Ritz
Recommended by Reading Challengers
3819th out of 6,269 books — 4,839 voters
A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Top 10 for the Reading Challengers
3795th out of 6,177 books — 4,806 voters

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverBel Canto by Ann PatchettSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
50 Novels By Women Writers On Conflict, Displacement And Resilience
12th out of 50 books — 59 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
1024th out of 9,833 books — 22,380 voters

No Normal by G. Willow WilsonLove from Mecca to Medina by S.K. AliThe Dirty Version by Medina FarisDoes My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-FattahThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Muslims Represented in Literature
34th out of 362 books — 227 voters
The Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareNotre-Dame de Paris by Victor HugoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerDubliners by James JoyceA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Cities
63rd out of 1,592 books — 139 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsUna historia de ayer by Sergio CoboCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
3808th out of 6,526 books — 4,963 voters
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonShutter Island by Dennis LehaneReady Player One by Ernest ClineGuards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Goodreads Reading Challenge Favs From Over the Years to the Current Challenge
3820th out of 5,461 books — 4,042 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
659th out of 8,770 books — 6,077 voters
My Name Is Red by Orhan PamukAnd I Darken by Kiersten WhiteAdora by Bertrice SmallThe Bastard of Istanbul by Elif ShafakThe Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
Ottoman Empire - Fiction
4th out of 44 books — 29 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHomegoing by Yaa GyasiA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
[ATY 2021] - Are You Well Read in World Literature?
185th out of 456 books — 219 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
8694th out of 32,567 books — 123,988 voters

Beartown by Fredrik BackmanA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
[ATY 2023] Continental European Author
49th out of 495 books — 94 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
[ATY 2023] Setting Starts with A, T, or Y
52nd out of 618 books — 120 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Favorite World Fiction & Literature
178th out of 733 books — 434 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
“Sister” Novels
116th out of 631 books — 221 voters

A Blessed Olive Tree by Zain HashmiThe Bastard of Istanbul by Elif ShafakThe Forty Rules of Love by Elif ShafakA Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan PamukThe Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak
Muslim Squad - (adult) Fiction by Muslims
2nd out of 37 books — 10 voters
Water for Elephants by Sara GruenNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Books of 2006
203rd out of 990 books — 748 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiPalace Walk by Naguib MahfouzMidaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
History through Novels: 1900s/2000s Middle East
17th out of 128 books — 82 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodRebecca by Daphne du MaurierBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels
63rd out of 101 books — 61 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Women Around the World
200th out of 1,178 books — 438 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Godfather by Mario PuzoEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Forsyte Saga by John GalsworthyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Dynasties in Fiction
53rd out of 183 books — 61 voters

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