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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
431 books — 471 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
352 books — 184 voters

Last Things by Betta FerrendelliA Girl Like That by Tanaz BhathenaThe Wrath and the Dawn by Renée AhdiehThe Breadwinner by Deborah EllisShadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher
Young Adult & Middle Grade Fiction Set in the Middle East
233 books — 82 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
49 books — 38 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
48 books — 24 voters
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThe Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley RobinsonNeuromancer by William GibsonAcross the Nightingale Floor by Lian HearnBridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
SF & F Atlas - Asia
118 books — 22 voters

The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia RodenPersiana by Sabrina GhayourFalastin by Sami TamimiOlives, Lemons & Za'atar by Rawia BisharaFeast by Anissa Helou
Best Middle Eastern & North African Cookbooks
136 books — 17 voters
When a Bulbul Sings by Hawaa AyoubDubai by Sujit ShomeA Caravan of Brides by Kay Hardy CampbellVeritas The Pharmacological Endgame by Alessandro BoccalettiWhirlwind by James Clavell
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
24 books — 8 voters
A Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkNory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly GiffThe Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGrawRed Sails to Capri by Ann WeilMara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Read Around the World FOR KIDS (No picture books)
167 books — 4 voters

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