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Middle Eastern Books
Showing 1-50 of 3,490
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,544,868 ratings — published 2003
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,771,577 ratings — published 2007
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.14 — 159,593 ratings — published 2017
The Complete Persepolis (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.40 — 209,843 ratings — published 2007
The Prophet (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.23 — 333,398 ratings — published 1923
And the Mountains Echoed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.08 — 410,271 ratings — published 2012
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.67 — 142,029 ratings — published 2003
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.04 — 187,186 ratings — published 2015
The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.38 — 94,699 ratings — published 2019
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.27 — 234,935 ratings — published 2003
We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.86 — 110,026 ratings — published 2019
A Woman Is No Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.25 — 182,041 ratings — published 2019
The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.49 — 77,844 ratings — published 2020
Mornings in Jenin (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.52 — 55,637 ratings — published 2006
The Stationery Shop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.23 — 132,855 ratings — published 2019
The Blind Owl (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.95 — 35,721 ratings — published 1937
The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.98 — 29,263 ratings — published 2022
The Arabian Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.02 — 82,461 ratings — published 800
The Bastard of Istanbul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.88 — 66,335 ratings — published 2006
Against the Loveless World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.50 — 32,393 ratings — published 2019
Exit West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.74 — 153,203 ratings — published 2017
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.44 — 127,803 ratings — published 2022
Frankenstein in Baghdad (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.59 — 20,406 ratings — published 2013
My Name Is Red (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.87 — 62,165 ratings — published 1998
Minor Detail (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.17 — 45,493 ratings — published 2017
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.76 — 121,219 ratings — published -1800
The Rose & the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn, #2)
by (shelved 22 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.03 — 100,297 ratings — published 2016
Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.95 — 66,759 ratings — published 2016
This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.94 — 112,517 ratings — published 2022
The Map of Salt and Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.91 — 20,931 ratings — published 2018
The Forty Rules of Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.11 — 209,726 ratings — published 2009
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.24 — 83,466 ratings — published 2023
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.09 — 87,631 ratings — published 2019
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.23 — 355,158 ratings — published 2015
Other Words for Home (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.40 — 35,032 ratings — published 2019
An Unnecessary Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.82 — 14,375 ratings — published 2013
The Yacoubian Building (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.72 — 23,444 ratings — published 2002
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Persepolis, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.22 — 79,906 ratings — published 2001
Martyr! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.15 — 190,132 ratings — published 2024
Girls of Riyadh (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.28 — 21,276 ratings — published 2005
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.66 — 359,069 ratings — published 2006
Salt Houses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.01 — 20,737 ratings — published 2017
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.16 — 630,848 ratings — published 2012
Woman at Point Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.24 — 32,541 ratings — published 1975
The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner #1)
by (shelved 16 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.01 — 32,357 ratings — published 2000
Does My Head Look Big In This? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.65 — 12,281 ratings — published 2007
The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.21 — 636,816 ratings — published 1997
Impasse des deux palais (Poche)
by (shelved 16 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.20 — 22,976 ratings — published 1956
Celestial Bodies (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 3.41 — 17,944 ratings — published 2010
The Beekeeper of Aleppo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as middle-eastern)
avg rating 4.16 — 182,945 ratings — published 2019
“I could only liken it to the strength of a wheat stalk, which when struck by a storm, bends to the ground, but does not break. This stalk of wheat stands tall like a spear in a tempest, clinging to the earth where its roots are embedded deep, embracing the sun from which it draws life.”
― Crossing
― Crossing
“I wish I had lost an arm or a leg. It would have been much easier than losing a part of my heart, which lives on, but now beats to a different rhythm.”
― Crossing
― Crossing












