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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
444 books — 490 voters
Winging It by Lia RussSeven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiA Capitalist in North Korea by Felix AbtThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Asia
345 books — 186 voters

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
190 books — 161 voters
A Girl Like That by Tanaz BhathenaThe Wrath and the Dawn by Renée AhdiehShadow Spinner by Susan FletcherHabibi by Naomi Shihab NyeThe Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
Young Adult & Middle Grade Fiction Set in the Middle East
234 books — 73 voters

Syrian Brides by Anna HalabiThe Hidden Face of Eve by Nawal El SaadawiHeadscarves and Hymens by Mona EltahawyWoman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiThe Veil and the Male Elite by Fatema Mernissi
Arab feminism
46 books — 45 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
52 books — 41 voters

Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiCronache di Gerusalemme by Guy DelisleSpy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel Saneeb
Middle East and Maghreb Graphic Novels
45 books — 28 voters
The Storyteller, Or, the Hakawati by Rabih AlameddineA Map of Home by Randa JarrarWhere Jasmine Blooms by Holly S. WarahThe Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja KahfCrescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
Arab Americans in Fiction
50 books — 27 voters

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThe Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken LiuNeuromancer by William GibsonAcross the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
SF & F Atlas - Asia
118 books — 23 voters
The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia RodenPersiana by Sabrina GhayourOlives, Lemons & Za'atar by Rawia BisharaArabesque by Claudia RodenFalastin by Sami Tamimi
Best Middle Eastern & North African Cookbooks
136 books — 17 voters

Nobody's Children by WD OliveNobody's Children by WD OliveWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreMy Whirlwind Lives by Dee KnightApi's Berlin Diaries by Gabrielle Robinson
War History Non Fiction
15 books — 15 voters
When a Bulbul Sings by Hawaa AyoubThe English Girl by Katherine WebbDubai by Robin MooreOugarit by Camille AmmounAlif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
Best Persian Gulf Fiction
47 books — 14 voters

Spy for nobody by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebSpy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel Saneeb
Around the World: Middle East
22 books — 8 voters
Kid-Napped In Cartagena by Michael BalkindHomegoing by Yaa GyasiDva Svijeta by Vjenceslav NovakTorto Arado by Itamar Vieira JuniorEquador by Miguel Sousa Tavares
Copa do Mundo Literária 2022 Literary World Cup
33 books — 3 voters

Until Our Voices Meet by Biswatosh SinhaLast Tang Standing by Lauren HoChloe and the Kaishao Boys by Mae CoyiutoAdam & Evie's Matchmaking Tour by Nora NguyenAlways Be My Bibi by Priyanka Taslim
Asian Romances
90 books — 3 voters
The Cult of Romance by Sarah AyoubLove from A to Z by S.K. AliIn the Likely Event by Rebecca YarrosSleepless in Dubai by Sajni PatelMaya's Laws of Love by Alina Khawaja
Romances in the Middle East
16 books — 1 voter

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