A.R. Latif’s historical fantasy, Vultures in the House of Silence, has one of the grimmest […]
The Book Smuggler, by Omaima al-Khamis
Compared to the world of Mazid ibn Abdullah al-Hanafi, I live in a paradise. Whenever […]
The Book of Collateral Damage, by Sinan Antoon
Authors and philosophers have said it for centuries. You can’t go home again and you […]
Father of Lions, by Louise Callaghan
Trigger warning for cruelty to animals. In my country, the word zoo conjures up images […]
The Map of Knowledge, by Violet Moller
In The Map of Knowledge, Violet Moller traces the transmission of knowledge from the ancient […]
Arabian Journey, by Levison Wood
I’ve realized that I have a deep love of nonfiction accounts of amazing, slightly-crazy journeys. […]
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson is the kind book I pick […]
The Girl in Green, by Derek B. Miller
Like divine revelation, quests aren’t usually something we see in this day and age. That […]