Five Year Diverse Reading Challenge - hosted by tsprengel

Region - Read a book about the Middle East/North Africa
All books added
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits

Laila Lalami

188 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

An Unnecessary Woman

Rabih Alameddine

291 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced
A Pure Heart by Rajia Hassib

A Pure Heart

Rajia Hassib

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I Am a Bacha Posh: My Life as a Woman Living as a Man in Afghanistan by Ukmina Manoori

I Am a Bacha Posh: My Life as a Woman Living as a Man in Afghanistan

Ukmina Manoori

4 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography memoir emotional fast-paced
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

The Complete Persepolis

Persepolis #1-4

Marjane Satrapi

341 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom by Arash Azizi

What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom

Arash Azizi

288 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction politics religion
The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee

The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks

Montague Siblings #3

Mackenzi Lee

592 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
Defiant Dreams: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education by Sola Mahfouz, Malaina Kapoor

Defiant Dreams: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education

Sola Mahfouz, Malaina Kapoor

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction education memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Thirty Names of Night

Zeyn Joukhadar

291 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

105 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced