The Tidy Bookshelf's Diverse Reading Challenge 2022 - hosted by tidybookshelf

A book by or about someone from the Middle East
All books added
This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers by Elias Jahshan

This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers

Elias Jahshan

211 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

Shokoofeh Azar

268 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

The Unbroken

Magic of the Lost #1

C.L. Clark

544 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

Mornings in Jenin

Susan Abulhawa

320 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

Girl, Serpent, Thorn

Melissa Bashardoust

10 hours • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark medium-paced
Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram

Darius the Great Deserves Better

Darius The Great #2

Adib Khorram

7 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker

The Golem and the Djinni

The Golem and the Jinni #1

Helene Wecker

484 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Darius The Great #1

Adib Khorram

316 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah

The Stardust Thief

The Sandsea Trilogy #1

Chelsea Abdullah

467 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son by Homeira Qaderi

Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son

Homeira Qaderi

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional medium-paced