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Book by a West Asian author
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Brown Album: Essays on Exile and Identity by Porochista Khakpour

Brown Album: Essays on Exile and Identity

Porochista Khakpour

226 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas

Funny in Farsi

Funny in Farsi #1

Firoozeh Dumas

198 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

Frankenstein in Baghdad

Ahmed Saadawi

281 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction horror magical realism challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad

Enter Ghost

Isabella Hammad

11 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

Samra Habib

5 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir

Raja Shehadeh

160 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Bell Chime by Mona Kabbani

The Bell Chime

Mona Kabbani

156 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai

Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid

Shayda Kafai

192 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art health history lgbtqia+ politics challenging hopeful informative medium-paced
Nayra and the Djinn by Iasmin Omar Ata

Nayra and the Djinn

Iasmin Omar Ata

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction childrens fantasy graphic novel emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced