Global Reads: Books Set in the Middle East and North Africa

1
The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha
by Bruce M. Metzger
1,796 members
10 reviews
4.1
5 Members
Garzo, aulsmith, sturlington, starbox, ahef1963
2
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
53,064 members
875 reviews
4.2
4 Members
Garzo, sturlington, starbox, ahef1963
Explanations
sturlington: Sahara
3
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
40,786 members
580 reviews
3.9
3 Members
starbox, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Antony and Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare
6,220 members
71 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, sturlington
Explanations
5
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights (Penguin Classics)
by N. J. Dawood
1,164 members
11 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, starbox
6
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
58,035 members
1,374 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
7
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
16,371 members
191 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Fictional city
8
The Complete Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
8,298 members
283 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
9
Snow
by Orhan Pamuk
7,638 members
152 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Garzo
10
The City of Brass
by Shannon Chakraborty
5,560 members
153 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
11
Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz
3,070 members
65 reviews
4
Member
starbox
12
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
by Shannon Chakraborty
2,829 members
72 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
14
The Kingdom of Copper
by Shannon Chakraborty
2,406 members
63 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
15
A Woman Is No Man
by Etaf Rum
2,029 members
74 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
16
The Empire of Gold
by Shannon Chakraborty
1,946 members
41 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
17
Pride of Baghdad
by Brian K. Vaughan
1,812 members
98 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
18
Palace of Desire
by Naguib Mahfouz
1,566 members
24 reviews
4
Member
starbox
19
The Talisman
by Sir Walter Scott
1,430 members
15 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
20
Sugar Street
by Naguib Mahfouz
1,314 members
13 reviews
4
Member
starbox
21
Beau Geste (1926 Photoplay Edition)
by Percival Christopher Wren
1,110 members
26 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
22
Fountain and Tomb
by Naguib Mahfouz
1,082 members
22 reviews
3.9
Member
Garzo
23
Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
by Michael R. Gordon
891 members
12 reviews
3.9
Member
Bretzky1
24
The Levant Trilogy
by Olivia Manning
755 members
18 reviews
4
Member
tmknkl
25
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
by Michael Korda
743 members
15 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
26
The Judgment of Caesar
by Steven Saylor
699 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
27
Out of Egypt: A Memoir
by André Aciman
639 members
9 reviews
4
Member
tmknkl
28
The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy
by Shannon Chakraborty
578 members
11 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
29
A history of ancient Egypt
by Nicolas Grimal
516 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Bretzky1
30
The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Routledge Historical Atlases)
by Martin Gilbert
356 members
2 reviews
3.8
Member
Bretzky1
31
Nekropolis
by Maureen F. McHugh
337 members
13 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Garzo
32
Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran
by Elaine Sciolino
311 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Bretzky1
33
The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq
by Kenneth M. Pollack
238 members
1 review
½ 3.5
Member
Bretzky1
34
Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
by Yossi Klein Halevi
234 members
5 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
35
Hezbollah: a Short History
by Augustus Richard Norton
227 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
Bretzky1
36
A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
by Ian J. Bickerton
97 members
4
Member
Bretzky1
37
Gaza: A History
by Jean-Pierre Filiu
89 members
1 review
½ 2.5
Member
Bretzky1
40
Israel / Palestine
by Alan Dowty
66 members
1 review
4
Member
Bretzky1
43
The Middle East and North Africa: A Political Primer
by Joseph N. Weatherby
11 members
3
Member
Bretzky1
44
Liberate and Leave: Fatal Flaws in the Early Strategy for Postwar Iraq
by Don Eberly
10 members
1 review
3.8
Member
Bretzky1
46
The Histories
by Herodotus
11,518 members
97 reviews
4.1
47
Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire
by Jason Goodwin
994 members
25 reviews
½ 3.3
48
In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
by Tariq Ramadan
249 members
4 reviews
4
49
Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America's Future
by Stephen Kinzer
130 members
8 reviews
½ 3.4
50
The Ayatollahs' Democracy: An Iranian Challenge
by Hooman Majd
70 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3