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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

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 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

Stoning the Devil by Garry Craig Powellالأخدود by عبدالرحمن منيفWhirlwind by James ClavellVeritas The Pharmacological Endgame by Alessandro BoccalettiA Caravan of Brides by Kay Hardy Campbell
Best Persian Gulf Fiction
47 books — 14 voters
Simply Effective by Ron AshkenasHarvard Business Review Leader's Handbook by Ron AshkenasThe Breadwinner by Deborah EllisA Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkNory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
Read Around the World FOR KIDS (No picture books)
176 books — 13 voters

Paradise by Abdulrazak GurnahZanzibar by Chris McIntyreLonely Planet Tanzania, Zanzibar & Pemba by Lonely PlanetEmpires of the monsoon by Richard Seymour HallPainted Devils and the Land of Ordinary Men by Tuan Marais
Zanzibar
44 books — 8 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

Oman by Rory Patrick AllenCelestial Bodies by Jokha AlharthiRegionalizing Oman by Steffen WippelUnoriginal Tales by Ammar Al NaaimiThe Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye
Oman
29 books — 4 voters
De suikersteeg by Naguib MahfouzTussen twee paleizen by Naguib MahfouzDe duistere kant van de liefde by Rafik SchamiNiemandsland by Hisham MatarDe wetten van mijn lichaam by Siba Al-Harez
Nederlandse vertalingen van Arabische literatuur
37 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
Idąc na rzeź by Mahmoud DowlatabadiHis Dark Enchantress by Victoria ChathamCiała niebieskie by Jokha AlharthiKsięga zniknięcia by Ibtisam AzemHuryska by Kamel Daoud
Rahla
5 books — 2 voters

Social and Gender Inequality in Oman by Khalid M Al-AzriThe Epistle of Salim Ibn Dhakwan by Patricia CroneMuslims, Scholars, Soldiers by Adam GaiserThe Ibadis in the Region of the Indian Ocean by Heinz GaubeThe Essentials of Ibadi Islam by Valerie J. Hoffman
Books about Ibadi Islam
12 books — 1 voter
القناص by زهران القاسميدلشاد by بشرى خلفانجوع العسل by زهران القاسميجبل الشوع by زهران القاسميقسم جراحة النكتة by يونس علي سالم
كتب قراء المعرفة
6 books — 1 voter

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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