Books Set in Iraq

1.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating β€” 114,172 ratings
2.
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State 4.48 avg rating β€” 27,356 ratings
3.
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq 4.17 avg rating β€” 3,667 ratings
4.
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons 4.25 avg rating β€” 5,665 ratings
5.
Kiss the Dust
Kiss the Dust 3.83 avg rating β€” 754 ratings
6.
My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq
My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq 4.24 avg rating β€” 2,792 ratings
7.
Season of the Sandstorms (Merlin Missions, #6)
Season of the Sandstorms (Merlin Missions, #6) 3.99 avg rating β€” 5,585 ratings
7.
A Sky So Close
A Sky So Close 3.49 avg rating β€” 1,341 ratings
9.
The Baghdad Clock
The Baghdad Clock 3.55 avg rating β€” 2,750 ratings
10.
Lost and Found Cat : The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey
Lost and Found Cat : The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey 4.32 avg rating β€” 947 ratings
10.
The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid
The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid 4.18 avg rating β€” 1,211 ratings
12.
Sunrise Over Fallujah
Sunrise Over Fallujah 3.73 avg rating β€” 5,246 ratings
12.
Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad
Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad 3.26 avg rating β€” 137 ratings
14.
No Safe Place
No Safe Place 3.83 avg rating β€” 646 ratings
15.
When the Apricots Bloom
When the Apricots Bloom 3.89 avg rating β€” 15,045 ratings
16.
The Yellow Birds
The Yellow Birds 3.74 avg rating β€” 26,457 ratings
17.
Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad
Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad 4.01 avg rating β€” 593 ratings
17.
Land of Marvels
Land of Marvels 3.24 avg rating β€” 764 ratings
17.
Alia's Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq
Alia's Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq 3.80 avg rating β€” 610 ratings
20.
Redeployment
Redeployment
by: Phil Klay
3.96 avg rating β€” 24,885 ratings
20.
One Hundred and One Nights
One Hundred and One Nights 3.38 avg rating β€” 240 ratings
22.
A Cave in the Clouds: A Young Woman's Escape from ISIS
A Cave in the Clouds: A Young Woman's Escape from ISIS 4.17 avg rating β€” 332 ratings
23.
Eat the Apple: A Memoir
Eat the Apple: A Memoir 3.67 avg rating β€” 1,176 ratings
24.
Cherry
Cherry 3.48 avg rating β€” 20,989 ratings
24.
The Sirens of Baghdad
The Sirens of Baghdad 3.87 avg rating β€” 3,309 ratings
26.
Baghdad Noir
Baghdad Noir 3.62 avg rating β€” 140 ratings
27.
Lines in the Sand: An American Soldier's Personal Journey in Iraq
Lines in the Sand: An American Soldier's Personal Journey in Iraq 4.70 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
28.
Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen by NPR's Correspondent Anne Garrels
Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen by NPR's Correspondent Anne Garrels 4.09 avg rating β€” 1,106 ratings
29.
Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein
Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,417 ratings
29.
Inanna (Sumerians #1)
Inanna (Sumerians #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,915 ratings
31.
Absent
Absent 3.56 avg rating β€” 1,138 ratings
31.
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14) 3.94 avg rating β€” 67,378 ratings
31.
Fobbit
Fobbit 3.53 avg rating β€” 2,143 ratings
31.
The Djinn's Apple
The Djinn's Apple 3.75 avg rating β€” 244 ratings
35.
The Golden Horsemen of Baghdad
The Golden Horsemen of Baghdad 3.82 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
35.
Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War
Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War 4.15 avg rating β€” 913 ratings
35.
Brave Deeds
Brave Deeds 3.96 avg rating β€” 242 ratings
35.
The Corpse Washer
The Corpse Washer really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 8,060 ratings
39.
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone 4.04 avg rating β€” 6,601 ratings
40.
The Bird Tattoo
The Bird Tattoo 3.68 avg rating β€” 654 ratings
40.
شاری Ω…Ϋ†Ψ³ΫŒΩ‚Ψ§Ψ±Ϋ• Ψ³ΩΎΫŒΫ•Ϊ©Ψ§Ω†
شاری Ω…Ϋ†Ψ³ΫŒΩ‚Ψ§Ψ±Ϋ• Ψ³ΩΎΫŒΫ•Ϊ©Ψ§Ω† 4.36 avg rating β€” 242 ratings
42.
Purple Heart
Purple Heart 3.78 avg rating β€” 3,051 ratings
43.
The White Zone
The White Zone 3.51 avg rating β€” 108 ratings
44.
The Fist of God
The Fist of God 4.07 avg rating β€” 13,138 ratings
45.
A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq
A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq 3.73 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
45.
Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq
Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,006 ratings
47.
To Ride the Gods' Own Stallion
To Ride the Gods' Own Stallion 3.56 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
47.
Chasing Ghosts: Failures and Facades in Iraq: A Soldier's Perspective
Chasing Ghosts: Failures and Facades in Iraq: A Soldier's Perspective 4.13 avg rating β€” 486 ratings
49.
The Marsh Birds
The Marsh Birds 3.55 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
50.
Sand Queen
Sand Queen 3.68 avg rating β€” 425 ratings
51.
The Baghdad Villa
The Baghdad Villa 3.62 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
52.
Flowers of Baghdad
Flowers of Baghdad 3.66 avg rating β€” 85 ratings
53.
Banana Dream
Banana Dream 4.01 avg rating β€” 119 ratings
54.
Kunkush: The True Story of a Refugee Cat
Kunkush: The True Story of a Refugee Cat 4.11 avg rating β€” 134 ratings
55.
They Came to Baghdad
They Came to Baghdad 3.83 avg rating β€” 24,163 ratings
56.
Fives and Twenty-Fives
Fives and Twenty-Fives 4.06 avg rating β€” 2,320 ratings
57.
Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War
Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War 3.94 avg rating β€” 544 ratings
58.
The Good Lieutenant
The Good Lieutenant 3.02 avg rating β€” 235 ratings
59.
Take What You Can Carry
Take What You Can Carry 4.35 avg rating β€” 12,566 ratings
60.
A Big Enough Lie
A Big Enough Lie 3.50 avg rating β€” 105 ratings
61.
No Windmills in Basra
No Windmills in Basra 3.47 avg rating β€” 303 ratings
62.
The Forty Thieves: Marjana's Tale
The Forty Thieves: Marjana's Tale 4.02 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
63.
Lost Boys
Lost Boys 4.04 avg rating β€” 585 ratings
64.
Frankenstein in Baghdad
Frankenstein in Baghdad 3.59 avg rating β€” 18,805 ratings
65.
The Old Woman and the River
The Old Woman and the River 3.74 avg rating β€” 638 ratings
66.
Bring Out the Dog: Stories
Bring Out the Dog: Stories 3.71 avg rating β€” 526 ratings
67.
The Fire Wish (The Jinni Wars, #1)
The Fire Wish (The Jinni Wars, #1) 3.66 avg rating β€” 1,965 ratings
68.
Heart of the Enemy
Heart of the Enemy 4.08 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
69.
The Golden Bull
The Golden Bull 3.46 avg rating β€” 650 ratings
70.
The House of Wisdom
The House of Wisdom 4.09 avg rating β€” 105 ratings
71.
The Baghdad Mission
The Baghdad Mission 3.69 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
72.
Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq
Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq
by: Riverbend
4.13 avg rating β€” 1,460 ratings
73.
A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal
A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,156 ratings
74.
Late for Tea at the Deer Palace: The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family
Late for Tea at the Deer Palace: The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family 3.73 avg rating β€” 377 ratings
75.
The Last of the Angels
The Last of the Angels 3.70 avg rating β€” 143 ratings
76.
Mayada, Daughter of Iraq: One Woman's Survival Under Saddam Hussein
Mayada, Daughter of Iraq: One Woman's Survival Under Saddam Hussein 4.03 avg rating β€” 6,044 ratings
77.
Hidden in Plain Sight: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam
Hidden in Plain Sight: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam 4.23 avg rating β€” 3,064 ratings
78.
Barefoot in Baghdad: A Story of Identityβ€”My Own and What It Means to Be a Woman in Chaos
Barefoot in Baghdad: A Story of Identityβ€”My Own and What It Means to Be a Woman in Chaos 3.69 avg rating β€” 1,011 ratings
79.
Waiting for an Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq
Waiting for an Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq 4.22 avg rating β€” 113 ratings
80.
The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq 4.10 avg rating β€” 2,892 ratings
81.
The Poet of Baghdad: A True Story of Love and Defiance
The Poet of Baghdad: A True Story of Love and Defiance 4.09 avg rating β€” 446 ratings
82.
I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story
I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story 3.86 avg rating β€” 666 ratings
83.
The Orange Trees of Baghdad - In Search of My Lost Family
The Orange Trees of Baghdad - In Search of My Lost Family 3.87 avg rating β€” 138 ratings
84.
The Last Jews in Baghdad: Remembering a Lost Homeland
The Last Jews in Baghdad: Remembering a Lost Homeland 3.86 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
85.
Outcast
Outcast 3.59 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
86.
The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes
The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes 3.87 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
87.
Talking about Jane Austen in Baghdad: The True Story of an Unlikely Friendship
Talking about Jane Austen in Baghdad: The True Story of an Unlikely Friendship 3.75 avg rating β€” 896 ratings
88.
Marshlands
Marshlands 3.66 avg rating β€” 382 ratings
89.
Crossings: A Doctor-Soldier's Story
Crossings: A Doctor-Soldier's Story 4.02 avg rating β€” 251 ratings
90.
Danger Close: My Epic Journey as a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan
Danger Close: My Epic Journey as a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan 4.22 avg rating β€” 417 ratings
91.
Spoils
Spoils 3.85 avg rating β€” 781 ratings
92.
The Baghdad Eucharist: A Novel
The Baghdad Eucharist: A Novel 3.72 avg rating β€” 5,531 ratings
93.
Munir
Munir really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
94.
Youngblood
Youngblood 3.86 avg rating β€” 755 ratings
95.
Terminal Impact (Jack Valentine Marine Sniper #1)
Terminal Impact (Jack Valentine Marine Sniper #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
96.
Between Ghosts
Between Ghosts 4.09 avg rating β€” 1,631 ratings
97.
The Baghdad Railway Club
The Baghdad Railway Club 3.54 avg rating β€” 229 ratings
98.
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War 4.32 avg rating β€” 7,459 ratings
99.
Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village 4.12 avg rating β€” 3,227 ratings
100.
A Brighter Fear
A Brighter Fear 3.88 avg rating β€” 155 ratings
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