Arab American Heritage

Updated October 25, 2023
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Alligator & other stories
Alzayat, Dima
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the 2021 Swansea University Dylan Thomas PrizeShortlisted for a 2021 James Tait Black AwardShortlisted for the PEN/Robert W Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection 2021'Sardonic, monstrous, tender' Sunday Times'Startling . . . profound' Daily MailIn Alligator and Other Stories...

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A woman is no man : a novel
Rum, Etaf
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller * A Washington Post 10 Books to Read in March * One of Cosmopolitan's Best Books by POC for 2019 * A Refinery 29 Best Book of the Month 'A gripping book. It's beautiful and very sad ... The feelings are intense, and raw ... It's a necessary story, brilliantly...

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Casebook : a novel
Simpson, Mona.
Paper Book
When an eavesdropping boy sets out to discover the obscure mysteries of his unravelling family, he uncovers instead what he least wants to know: the workings of his parents' private lives. And even then he can't stop snooping. Miles Adler-Rich spies and listens in on his...

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The other Americans
Lalami, Laila
Paper Book
Finalist for the National Book Award 2019 An Observer, Literary Review and Time Book of the Year 'One of the most affecting novels I have read. Subtle, wise and full of humanity' The Times Late one spring night...

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My Hollywood : a novel
Simpson, Mona.
Paper Book
A wonderfully provocative and appealing novel, from the much-loved author of Anywhere But Here, her first in ten years. It tells the story of two women whose lives entwine and unfold behind the glittery surface of Hollywood. Claire, a composer and a new mother, comes to...

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The burning girl
Messud, Claire
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The wrong end of the telescope
Alameddine, Rabih
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION 'A beautiful, well paced, enraging, funny and heartbreaking book' the Guardian 'Favorite novel of the year? Tough choice for me, but maybe The Wrong End of the Telescope, which was...

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The woman upstairs
Messud, Claire
Paper Book
I'm halfway through my life, or maybe more, and I'm finally awake to the fact that it's in my hands alone. I've believed in other people, had faith, been patient, waiting for my moment -- enough, already. Who have I been kidding? Nora Eldridge has always been a good girl: a good daughter, colleague,...

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No land to light on : a novel
Zgheib, Yara
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The prophet
Gibran, Kahlil
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Don't forget us here : lost and found at Guantánamo
Adayfi, Mansoor
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE ARAB AMERICAN BOOK AWARD 2022  *  "Amazing book! And will be an eye-opener for many." --Margaret Atwood This "searing" (The New York Times) memoir of an innocent man detained at...

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The return : fathers, sons, and the land in between
Matar, Hisham
Paper Book
"Hisham Matar was nineteen when his father was kidnapped and taken to prison in Libya. He would never see him again. Twenty-two years later, the fall of Gaddafi meant he was finally able to return to his homeland. In this moving memoir, the author takes us on an illuminating journey, both physical...

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