Bookshelf TBR 2024 - hosted by ugh1ife

Middle East or South Asian
A book set in or from the Middle East/South Asia (or the author identifies as such)
BONUS: Palestinian Author or Setting 
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The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty

The Kingdom of Copper

The Daevabad Trilogy #2

S.A. Chakraborty

625 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Hijab Butch Blues

Lamya H

284 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom by Norman G. Finkelstein

Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom

Norman G. Finkelstein

440 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Touch by Adania Shibli

Touch

Adania Shibli

72 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced
All That's Left to You: A Novella and Short Stories by Ghassan Kanafani

All That's Left to You: A Novella and Short Stories

Ghassan Kanafani

128 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Salt Houses

Hala Alyan

12 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
They Fell Like Stars From the Sky & Other Stories by Sheikha Helawy

They Fell Like Stars From the Sky & Other Stories

Sheikha Helawy

114 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

Rifqa

Mohammed El-Kurd

100 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging dark emotional fast-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

144 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr Deluxe Edition by Ram V

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr Deluxe Edition

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1-5

Ram V

144 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction comics fantasy adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced