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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
435 books — 478 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
353 books — 186 voters

A Girl Like That by Tanaz BhathenaThe Wrath and the Dawn by Renée AhdiehThe Breadwinner by Deborah EllisShadow Spinner by Susan FletcherIf You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
Young Adult & Middle Grade Fiction Set in the Middle East
235 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
50 books — 39 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
49 books — 26 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 GhayourOlives, Lemons & Za'atar by Rawia BisharaFalastin by Sami TamimiFeast by Anissa Helou
Best Middle Eastern & North African Cookbooks
136 books — 16 voters
A Caravan of Brides by Kay Hardy CampbellIbn Arabi's Small Death by Mohammed Hasan AlwanStoning the Devil by Garry Craig Powellالأخدود by عبدالرحمن منيفWhirlwind 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
21 books — 7 voters
The Breadwinner by Deborah EllisA Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkNory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly GiffThe Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGrawRed Sails to Capri by Ann Weil
Read Around the World FOR KIDS (No picture books)
170 books — 6 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
42 books — 3 voters
Writing IT - Novel, Plot, Characters by Ed AdamsWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreAnywhen by Beth DukeBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenThe Civil War, Vol. 1 by Shelby Foote
War History Non Fiction
10 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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