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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Civilizations Rise and Fall #1

Jared Diamond

498 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Simon Jimenez

522 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
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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 fast-paced
Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia by Robert Lacey

Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia

Robert Lacey

432 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative fast-paced
Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

394 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
America's War for the Greater Middle East by Andrew J. Bacevich

America's War for the Greater Middle East

Andrew J. Bacevich

480 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer

All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

Stephen Kinzer

272 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East by David Fromkin

A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East

David Fromkin

635 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk

The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East

Robert Fisk

1111 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam

Reza Aslan

310 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani

A History of the Arab Peoples

Albert Hourani

551 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East by James Barr

A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East

James Barr

454 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced