- A History of the Modern Middle East by William L. Cleveland
- Orientalism by Edward W. Said
- The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East by Juan Cole
- Resurrecting Empire by Rashid Khalidi
- Colonising Egypt by Timothy Mitchell
- A History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani
- The Hidden Face of Eve by Nawal El Saadawi
- From Deep State to Islamic State by Jean-Pierre Filiu
- Islam and the Arab Awakening by Tariq Ramadan
- The Modern Middle East by James L. Gelvin
- The Venture of Islam by Marshall G. S. Hodgson
- Being Arab by Samir Kassir
- The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe
- Beware of Small States by David Hirst
- The Mantle of the Prophet by Roy Mottahedeh
- A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962 by Alistair Horne
- The Old Social Classes & The Revolutionary Movement In Iraq by Hanna Batatu
- When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World by Hugh Kennedy
- A History of Islamic Societies by Ira M. Lapidus
- State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East by Roger Owen
- Over-Stating the Arab State by Nazih N. Ayubi
- Iran: A People Interrupted by Hamid Dabashi
- No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes by Anand Gopal
- A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East by David Fromkin
- A History of Saudi Arabia by Madawi al-Rasheed
- Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War by Robin Yassin-Kassab
- The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History by Ibn Khaldun
- Forgotten Voices: Power and Agency in Colonial and Postcolonial Libya by Ali Abdullatif Ahmida
- Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism by Zachary Lockman
- Greek Thought, Arabic Culture by Dimitri Gutas
- Beyond the Green Zone by Dahr Jamail
- Turkey: A Modern History by Erik J. Zurcher
- Water on Sand: Environmental Histories Of The Middle East And North Africa by Alan Mikhail
- A Political Economy of the Middle East by Melani Cammett
- Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman by Montgomery Watt
- The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600–1800 by Jonathan P. Berkey
- The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global by Fawaz A. Gerges
- The People’s Spring: The Future of the Arab Revolution by Samir Amin
- Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam by Gilles Kepel
- The Modern History of Iraq by Phebe Marr
- This Time We Went Too Far: Truth & Consequences of the Gaza Invasion by Norman G. Finkelstein
- Quicksand: America’s Pursuit of Power in the Middle East by Geoffrey Wawro
- Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed by John Phillips
- The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John J. Mearsheimer
- Syrian Notebooks: Inside the Homs Uprising by Jonathan Littell
- Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949–1993 by Yezid Sayigh
- The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World by Avi Shlaim
- Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate by Leila Ahmed
- Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History by Thomas Barfield
- Inside Inequality in the Arab Republic of Egypt by Paolo Verme
- The Society of the Muslim Brothers by Richard P. Mitchell
- Arab Politics: Search for Legitimacy by Michael C. Hudson
- Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution by Nikki R. Keddie
- Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria by Lisa Wedeen
- Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam by Jason Burke
- Drone Warfare by Medea Benjamin
- The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf
- Good Muslim, Bad Muslim by Mahmood Mamdani
- On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines — and Future by Karen Elliott House
- Bad News from Israel by Mike Berry
- Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance by George Saliba
- Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think by John L. Esposito
- Beyond Islam by Sami Zubaida
- The Road to Iraq by Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
- Defending the Holy Land by Zeev Maoz
- A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered by Kamal S. Salibi
- Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven
- Islam, Charity, and Activism: Middle-Class Networks and Social Welfare in Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen by Janine A. Clark
- The Ottoman Empire, 1700–1922 by Donald Quataert
- Middle East Authoritarianisms: Governance, Contestation, and Regime Resilience in Syria and Iran by Steven Heydemann
- A Modern History of the Kurds by David McDowall
- Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation Building and a History Denied by Toby Dodge
- Suez: Britain’s End of Empire in the Middle East by Keith Kyle
- Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: From Triumph to Despair by Adeed Dawisha
- Egypt: The Moment of Change by Rabab El-Mahdi
- Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation by Steven C. Caton
- France, the United States, and the Algerian War by Irwin M. Wall
- The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya, 1830–1980 by Lisa Anderson
- All in the Family by Michael Herb
- A Different Kind of War: The UN Sanctions Regime in Iraq by Hans von Sponeck
- The Coup by Ervand Abrahamian
- The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited by Benny Morris
- The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain by Maria Rosa Menocal
- Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak by Tarek Osman
- Remaking Women by Lila Abu-Lughod
- Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity by Afsaneh Najmabadi
- Al-Jazeera: The Inside Story of the Arab News Channel That is Challenging the West by Hugh Miles
- The Gulf Monarchies and Climate Change by Mari Luomi
- The Rise of Colleges by George Makdisi
- The Middle East in International Relations by Fred Halliday
- Cairo: The City Victorious by Max Rodenbeck
- The Egypt of Nasser and Sadat: The Political Economy of Two Regimes by John Waterbury
- Hell in the Holy Land: World War One in the Middle East by David R. Woodward
- Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert A. Pape
- Religion and State in Syria: The Sunni Ulama from Coup to Revolution by Thomas Pierret
- The Unraveling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq by Emma Sky
- Gaddafi’s Harem: The Story of a Young Woman and the Abuses of Power in Libya by Annick Cojean
- Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East since 1945 by Melani McAlister
- An Introduction to Arabic Literature by Roger Allen
- Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979–89 by Rodric Braithwaite
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