SWANA Reading List

1.
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 4.49 avg rating — 29,949 ratings
2.
The Arsonists' City
The Arsonists' City 4.31 avg rating — 7,708 ratings
3.
Salt Houses
Salt Houses 4.01 avg rating — 19,228 ratings
4.
Tehrangeles
Tehrangeles 2.90 avg rating — 1,901 ratings
5.
Brown Album: Essays on Exile and Identity
Brown Album: Essays on Exile and Identity 3.87 avg rating — 399 ratings
6.
Disoriental
Disoriental 4.20 avg rating — 6,311 ratings
7.
Refuge
Refuge 3.87 avg rating — 1,947 ratings
8.
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea 3.78 avg rating — 2,900 ratings
9.
Hijab Butch Blues
Hijab Butch Blues
by: Lamya H.
4.47 avg rating — 16,923 ratings
10.
Daughters of Smoke and Fire
Daughters of Smoke and Fire
by: Ava Homa
4.23 avg rating — 2,346 ratings
11.
Who Gets Believed?: When the Truth Isn't Enough
Who Gets Believed?: When the Truth Isn't Enough 3.49 avg rating — 736 ratings
12.
The Ungrateful Refugee
The Ungrateful Refugee 4.06 avg rating — 5,307 ratings
13.
Like a Love Story
Like a Love Story 4.26 avg rating — 15,581 ratings
14.
Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)
Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 1,029 ratings
15.
The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race
The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race 4.51 avg rating — 236 ratings
16.
You Exist Too Much
You Exist Too Much 3.63 avg rating — 20,643 ratings
17.
The Other Americans
The Other Americans 3.90 avg rating — 18,893 ratings
18.
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America 4.27 avg rating — 4,137 ratings
19.
An Unnecessary Woman
An Unnecessary Woman 3.82 avg rating — 13,760 ratings
20.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,940 ratings
21.
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Persepolis, #2)
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Persepolis, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 78,067 ratings
22.
The Sigh
The Sigh 3.33 avg rating — 1,864 ratings
23.
This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers
This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers 4.42 avg rating — 948 ratings
24.
Martyr!
Martyr! 4.19 avg rating — 112,038 ratings
25.
Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems
Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems 3.90 avg rating — 1,370 ratings
26.
The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam
The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam 3.96 avg rating — 1,286 ratings
27.
Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine
Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
28.
Enter Ghost
Enter Ghost 4.12 avg rating — 9,971 ratings
29.
Mornings in Jenin
Mornings in Jenin 4.51 avg rating — 48,776 ratings
30.
The Lion Women of Tehran
The Lion Women of Tehran 4.49 avg rating — 104,916 ratings
31.
Minor Detail
Minor Detail 4.18 avg rating — 36,392 ratings
32.
Woman, Life, Freedom
Woman, Life, Freedom 4.46 avg rating — 3,179 ratings
33.
Silken Gazelles
Silken Gazelles 3.29 avg rating — 506 ratings
34.
Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative
Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative 4.65 avg rating — 2,737 ratings
35.
The Parisian
The Parisian 3.62 avg rating — 5,663 ratings
36.
Behind You Is the Sea
Behind You Is the Sea 4.08 avg rating — 7,036 ratings
37.
A Woman Is No Man
A Woman Is No Man
by: Etaf Rum
4.26 avg rating — 168,519 ratings
38.
Born Palestinian, Born Black
Born Palestinian, Born Black 4.27 avg rating — 403 ratings
39.
The Arabic Freud: Psychoanalysis and Islam in Modern Egypt
The Arabic Freud: Psychoanalysis and Islam in Modern Egypt 4.04 avg rating — 46 ratings