Best Middle East Nonfiction
6. 
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
by:
Lawrence Wright
4.36 avg rating β 36,104 ratings 
8. 
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
by:
Geraldine Brooks
4.05 avg rating β 14,926 ratings 
10. 
Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
by:
Michael B. Oren
4.17 avg rating β 6,033 ratings 11. 
Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices 4.23 avg rating β 17,335 ratings
12. 
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
by:
Tamim Ansary
4.40 avg rating β 11,835 ratings 
15. 
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
by:
David Fromkin
4.22 avg rating β 9,542 ratings 16. 
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
by:
Robert Fisk
4.41 avg rating β 5,520 ratings 17. 
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by:
Malala Yousafzai
4.16 avg rating β 612,689 ratings 
20. 
Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present
by:
Michael B. Oren
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 1,969 ratings 21. 
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by:
Marjane Satrapi
4.27 avg rating β 224,915 ratings 22. 
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
by:
Stephen Kinzer
4.29 avg rating β 10,839 ratings 23. 
Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World
by:
Edward W. Said
4.09 avg rating β 1,974 ratings 24. 
Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
by:
Greg Mortenson
3.85 avg rating β 17,061 ratings 
26. 
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
by:
jean-sasson
4.03 avg rating β 38,918 ratings 27. 
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Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait
by:
Mohamad Jebara
4.48 avg rating β 566 ratings 30. 
Peace Be Upon You: The Story of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Coexistence
by:
Zachary Karabell
3.96 avg rating β 170 ratings 
32. 
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind
by:
Widad Akreyi
4.20 avg rating β 409 ratings 
36. 
Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
by:
Mark Bowden
4.16 avg rating β 5,003 ratings 37. 
The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future
by:
Vali Nasr
3.88 avg rating β 2,453 ratings 38. 
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
by:
Sandy Tolan
4.12 avg rating β 18,013 ratings 
40. 
Whatever Happened to the Egyptians? Changes in Egyptian Society from 1950 to the Present
by:
Galal Amin
3.94 avg rating β 4,368 ratings 
42. 
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
by:
Peter Hopkirk
4.33 avg rating β 8,764 ratings 
44. 
While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within
by:
Bruce Bawer
3.88 avg rating β 1,111 ratings 
46. 
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran
by:
Hooman Majd
3.77 avg rating β 2,189 ratings 47. 
Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation 4.45 avg rating β 1,482 ratings
48. 
A Border Passage: From Cairo to America β A Woman's Journey
by:
Leila Ahmed
3.88 avg rating β 1,047 ratings 49. 
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
by:
Lucette Lagnado
4.04 avg rating β 4,938 ratings 50. 
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Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide
by:
Jeffrey Goldberg
4.08 avg rating β 298 ratings 53. 
Our Oriental Heritage (The Story of Civilization, #1)
by:
Will Durant
4.30 avg rating β 3,490 ratings 55. 
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
by:
Thomas E. Ricks
4.09 avg rating β 7,789 ratings 
57. 
Return to Babylon: Travelers, Archaeologists, and Monuments in Mesopotamia
by:
Brian M. Fagan
4.25 avg rating β 44 ratings 
60. 
People Like Us: Misrepresenting the Middle East
by:
Joris Luyendijk
4.17 avg rating β 6,479 ratings 
63. 
Games Without Rules: The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan
by:
Tamim Ansary
4.38 avg rating β 1,592 ratings 64. 
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
by:
Nadia Murad
4.48 avg rating β 27,354 ratings 
66. 
Things I've Been Silent About: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter
by:
Azar Nafisi
3.73 avg rating β 4,904 ratings 67. 
FROM VEILS TO THONGS: An Arab Chick's Survival Guide to Balancing One's Ethnic Identity in America
by:
Dalel B. Khalil
3.57 avg rating β 14 ratings 68. 
Sailing from Byzantium: How a Lost Empire Shaped the World
by:
Colin Wells
3.86 avg rating β 908 ratings 69. 
Longitudes & Attitudes: Exploring The World After September 11 3.63 avg rating β 2,528 ratings
71. 
The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years
by:
Bernard Lewis
3.81 avg rating β 2,413 ratings 73. 
Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey From Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolution 4.13 avg rating β 1,900 ratings
74. 
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
by:
Scott Anderson
4.08 avg rating β 16,522 ratings 
76. 
The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine
by:
Ben Ehrenreich
4.31 avg rating β 970 ratings 77. 
Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq 3.97 avg rating β 2,063 ratings
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La Biographie Du Prophète Mouhammad, Le Nectar Cacheté
by:
Ar-Rahik
4.47 avg rating β 17 ratings 81. 
Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan: The Martyr Who Founded RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan 4.15 avg rating β 356 ratings
84. 
Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World
by:
Shadi Hamid
3.79 avg rating β 487 ratings 
87. 
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East
by:
Bernard Lewis
3.54 avg rating β 3,867 ratings 
92. 
The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World
by:
Nawal El Saadawi
4.01 avg rating β 1,764 ratings 93. 
Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution
by:
Mona Eltahawy
4.16 avg rating β 4,827 ratings 
96. 
Religion of Peace?: Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn't
by:
Robert Spencer
3.65 avg rating β 192 ratings 98. 
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
by:
Tom Holland
4.17 avg rating β 11,229 ratings 99. 
Jordanians, Palestinians, and the Hashemite Kingdom in the Middle East Peace Process
by:
Adnan Abu-Odeh
4.08 avg rating β 13 ratings 