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Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi

Woman, Life, Freedom

Marjane Satrapi

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism graphic novel politics emotional informative inspiring fast-paced
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Azar Nafisi

343 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative reflective slow-paced
Disoriental by Négar Djavadi

Disoriental

Négar Djavadi

342 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Land of the Turquoise Mountains: Journeys Across Iran by Cyrus Massoudi

Land of the Turquoise Mountains: Journeys Across Iran

Cyrus Massoudi

288 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction travel reflective slow-paced
Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present by Christopher I. Beckwith

Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present

Christopher I. Beckwith

472 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history informative mysterious slow-paced
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer

All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

Stephen Kinzer

272 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women by Dick Davis

The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women

Dick Davis

262 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction classics history poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Samarkand by Amin Maalouf

Samarkand

Amin Maalouf

312 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction historical challenging informative slow-paced
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat

The Blind Owl

Sadegh Hedayat

148 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark slow-paced
Abducting the Outside: Collected Writings 2003-2018 by Reza Negarestani

Abducting the Outside: Collected Writings 2003-2018

Urbanomic/Sequence Press

Reza Negarestani

720 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced