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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyHamlet by William ShakespeareOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,709 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,009 books — 1,448 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Immigrant Voices (fiction)
371 books — 242 voters
مذكرات حرب أكتوبر by سعد الدين الشاذليحوار مع صديقي الملحد by مصطفى محمودرجال حول الرسول by خالد محمد خالدعصر العلم by Ahmed H. Zewailلا تحزن by عائض القرني
Arabic non-fiction كتب عربية غير روائية
137 books — 219 voters

The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée AhdiehThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. JemisinKindred by Octavia E. ButlerWho Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Fantasy Novels by Women of Color
260 books — 193 voters
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan PappéMornings in Jenin by Susan AbulhawaPalestinian Dissident by Sam ShomanPalestine by Jimmy CarterMen in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani
Best Books about Palestine (fiction and nonfiction)
252 books — 175 voters

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleThe Girl from the Well by Rin ChupecoLovecraft Country by Matt RuffBleeding Violet by Dia ReevesAnother by Yukito Ayatsuji
Diverse Horror
276 books — 166 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Prejudice in America
425 books — 145 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinZami by Audre LordeAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Books by LGBTQ People of Color
507 books — 143 voters
Delaney's Desert Sheikh by Brenda JacksonThe Sheikh's Virgin Bride by Penny JordanIn The Sheikh's Marriage Bed by Sarah MorganThe Desert Sheikh's Captive Wife by Lynne GrahamTo Touch a Sheikh by Olivia Gates
Sheikh Romances
245 books — 112 voters

The Caliph's House by Tahir ShahBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughDreams of Trespass by Fatima MernissiHideous Kinky by Esther FreudThe Button Box by Bridget Hodder
Books Set in Morocco
138 books — 107 voters
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky AlbertalliA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaRedefining Realness by Janet Mock
Books with major LGBT people of color
335 books — 96 voters

Moon Called by Patricia BriggsCry Wolf by Patricia BriggsValentine by Julie ManninoLittle Red Riding Hood by Julie ManninoAngel Devil by Julie Mannino
Diverse Genre Romances
278 books — 77 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

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniRooftops of Tehran by Mahbod SerajiGirls of Riyadh by Rajaa AlsaneaThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Fiction About Life In The Middle East
76 books — 57 voters
The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib MahfouzThe Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al AswanyTaxi by Khaled Al KhamissiNo One Sleeps in Alexandria by Ibrahim Abdel MeguidThe Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif
English Books on Modern Egypt
179 books — 51 voters

An Ishmael of Syria by Asaad AlmohammadCoffee & Orange Blossoms by Nate Scholzجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebThe Gift of Rumi by Emily Jane O'DellLa Biographie Du Prophète Mouhammad, Le Nectar Cacheté by Ar-Rahik
Best Books for Understanding Middle Eastern Culture
148 books — 47 voters
Mornings in Jenin by Susan AbulhawaMen in the Sun by Ghassan KanafaniMen in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan KanafaniTwenty Two Years to Life by Mohammed Massoud MorsiTales from an Israeli Storyteller by Uri Kurlianchik
Arab-Israeli Conflicts in Fiction
47 books — 42 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 — 38 voters
زمن الخيول البيضاء by Ibrahim Nasrallahعزازيل by Youssef Ziedanبعثة بدوي by تركي العوادساق البامبو by Saud Alsanousiالسيرة الطائرة by Ibrahim Nasrallah
أفضل الكتب التي كتبت بالعربية في القرن الواحد والعشرين
24 books — 18 voters

Women of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan Al-ShaykhThe Queue by Basma Abdel AzizThe Moor's Account by Laila LalamiThe Story of Zahra by Hanan Al-ShaykhOther Lives by Iman Humaydan
Book Riot's 100 Recommended Books by Arab Women for Your 2017 Reading Resolutions
100 books — 16 voters
قناع الشيطان by Dr.Eng.Sara Ahmadبعد السهوك by Dr.Eng.Sara Ahmadسيد البارقة by Dr.Eng.Sara AhmadPersepolis 2 by Marjane SatrapiPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Arab Graphic Novels and Comics from the Middle East
76 books — 14 voters

Latin American Folktales by John BierhorstNorwegian Folktales by Peter Christen AsbjørnsenArab Folktales by Inea BushnaqThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmThe Witch and the Wildwood by Sarah Robinson
Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library
27 books — 7 voters
The Poe Consequence by Keith SteinbaumThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienAngela's Arm by Roland AllnachThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Speculative Fiction | Aseer Al Kotb عصير الكتب
70 books — 6 voters

The Ardent Swarm by Yamen ManaiThe Tremor of Forgery by Patricia HighsmithCarthage Must Be Destroyed by Richard MilesThe Biggest Tongue in Tunisia by B. KlibanHope Has Two Daughters by Monia Mazigh
Tunisia
62 books — 5 voters
The Lovely Land by Ethel ManninAdasiyyih by Paul HanleyMosaic by Soheir KhashoggiLost in Petra by Melissa Boyle MahlePillars of Salt by Fadia Faqir
Kingdom of Jordan
71 books — 2 voters

Leven en legende van Agoun'Chich by Mohammed Khair-EddineLiefde met een lok haar by Mohammed MrabetGoudstof by Ibrahim al-KoniNedjma by Kateb YacineDe bottenzoekers by Tahar Djaout
Berber Bibliotheek en Arabische Bibliotheek
10 books — 1 voter
Hope Ablaze by Sarah Mughal RanaJannah Jewels Book 2 by N. RafiqUltimate Rocket Blast (Planet Omar, #5 by Zanib MianEpic Hero Flop by Zanib MianAccidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian
YA and Middlle grade Books by Muslim Authors
63 books — 1 voter

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