Fiction Catalog

Author: Aisha Abdel Gawad

ISBN: 9780593467824

Between Two Moons follows twin sisters Amira and Lina as they navigate faith, family, and identity during Ramadan in Bay Ridge, while their brother returns from prison and protests erupt, in a powerful coming-of-age story set in post-9/11 Muslim America.

Author: Susan Abulhawa

ISBN: 9781608190461

Mornings in Jenin follows Amal, a Palestinian girl born in a refugee camp, as her family endures decades of war, exile, and loss. Spanning continents, the novel explores displacement, identity, and the power of love and memory.

Author: Susan Abulhawa

ISBN: 9781982137038

Against the Loveless World follows Nahr, a Palestinian woman in solitary confinement, as she reflects on love, loss, and resistance while navigating refugee life, war, exile, imprisonment, and Israeli occupation—a bold, dark, and defiant tale.

Author: Kaveh Akbar

ISBN: 9780593537619

Martyr! follows Cyrus Shams, a troubled poetic addict, as he grapples with grief, identity, and the legacy of violence. Haunted by his mother’s mysterious death and his father’s harsh life, he explores martyrdom, memory, and art to uncover hidden truths.

Author: Refaat Alareer

ISBN: 9781935982357

Gaza Writes Back is a powerful collection of short stories by 15 young Gazan writers reflecting on life under siege, especially after Israel’s 2008–2009 offensive. Their moving tales reveal everyday struggles, resilience, and hope amid ongoing conflict.

Author: S.K. Ali

ISBN: 9781481499248

Saints and Misfits features Janna, as she struggles to find her place among saints, misfits, and a monster hiding behind a holy mask at her mosque. As her world shifts, she must speak up, face the truth, and discover what people are really hiding.

Author: Huda Fahmy

ISBN: 9780593324301

Huda F Are You? follows Huda’s coming-of-age in Dearborn, where hijabis are everywhere. Trying different cliques to stand out, she feels lost until realizing that knowing who she isn’t is the first step to discovering who she truly is.

Author: Huda Fahmy

ISBN: 9780593532805

Huda F Cares? Huda’s family heads to Disney World, but she’s nervous about standing out. On a long road trip and in a less familiar place, Huda faces stares while praying, sisterly challenges, new friendships, and growing pride in her faith and identity.

Author: Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shoven

ISBN: 9780358116684

A Place at the Table follows Sara, new to public school, and Elizabeth, coping with her mom’s depression, as they bond in a South Asian cooking class. Despite their differences, they collaborate on a cross-cultural dish and try out for a local food show.

Author: Hena Khan

ISBN: 9781481492065

Amina’s Voice follows Amina, a Pakistani-American Muslim girl, as she navigates shifting friendships and identity struggles after her mosque is vandalized, facing the challenge of choosing between blending in and staying true to her roots.

Author: Deena Mohamed

ISBN: 9781524748418

In Shubeik Lubeik, three strangers in Cairo—Aziza, Nour, and Shokry—buy magical wishes that force them to confront grief, depression, and faith. Fantastical yet grounded, their journeys explore power, inequality, and the cost of fulfilling one’s deepest desires.

Author: Aisha Saeed

ISBN: 9780399544682

In Amal Unbound, Amal dreams of becoming a teacher but must stay home to care for siblings. Forced into servitude at a corrupt landlord’s estate to pay family debt, she faces hardship, rivalry, and danger. Determined, Amal seeks allies to challenge injustice and pursue her dreams.

Author: N. H. Senzai

ISBN: 978144240195

Shooting Kabul follows 12-year-old Fadi, who in 2001 flees Afghanistan with his family but loses his sister Mariam in the chaos. After settling in the US post-9/11, he enters a photo contest offering a trip to India, hoping to find her. Inspired by true events, the story highlights hope and perseverance.

Author: N. H. Senzai

ISBN: 9781442484955

Saving Kabul Corner follows twelve-year-old tomboy Ariana, who clashes with her ladylike Afghan cousin Laila after she moves in. When a rival grocery store reignites a family feud, Ariana, Laila, Mariam, and Waleed must unite to save their families’ businesses and find peace.

Author: Zoulfa Katouh

ISBN: 9780316351379

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow follows Salama, a Syrian pharmacy student volunteering at a hospital during war. Torn between fear and loyalty, she plans to escape before her sister-in-law’s birth while facing danger, moral dilemmas, and a revolution demanding her choice for freedom.

Author: Ghassan Kanafani

ISBN: 9780894108570

This collection by Ghassan Kanafani includes the novella Men in the Sun and several powerful stories that vividly portray the struggles and pain of Palestine and the Middle East with unflinching clarity and deep insight.

Author: Ghassan Kanafani

ISBN: 9781566565486

All That's Left to You depicts 24 hours in the lives of a brother and sister in Gaza, separated from family. Through their pain and the desert’s presence, it explores Palestinian ties to land, family, and loss, highlighting the brother’s anger and shame over his sister’s fate.

Author: Fatimah Asghar

ISBN:9780525509783

In If They Come for Us, Fatimah Asghar’s debut poetry collection, she explores identity, loss, and belonging as a young Pakistani Muslim woman in America. Using bold, experimental forms, she weaves personal and collective histories, confronting trauma, joy, and inherited violence.

Author: George Abraham and Noor Hindi

ISBN: 9798888903650

Heaven Looks Like Us is a poetry anthology that confronts Palestinian exile, grief, and resistance while celebrating queer, feminist, and ecological voices. It imagines a future beyond the nation-state, featuring both iconic and emerging poets.

Author: Tayeb Salih

ISBN: 9780141187204

In Season of Migration to the North, a man returns to his Sudanese village and meets the mysterious Mustafa Sa’eed, who shares his dark past in post-WWI London. Once celebrated and objectified, Mustafa’s revenge on the West leaves a haunting legacy in the village.

Author: Eman Quotah

ISBN: 9781951142452

Bride of the Sea follows Muneer and Saeedah, whose marriage ends in heartbreak when Saeedah disappears with their daughter. As Muneer searches for years, secrets unravel and Hanadi grows up torn between two worlds, caught in the middle of love, loss, and identity.

Author: Kamelya Omayma Youssef

ISBN: 9781735924298

A Book with a Hole in It uses fragmented poetry and journal entries to explore the limits of language amid intersecting violences—on women, on diaspora, on the non-White body. It questions what can be spoken, what remains silent, and how healing might begin.

Author: Ayaan Mohamud

ISBN: 9781803704517

The Thread That Connects Us is a novel that explores the clash between Safiya and Halima when their families are unexpectedly brought together. As they navigate heartbreak and resentment, buried secrets reveal that sisterhood may be the path to healing and new beginnings.

Author: Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

ISBN: 9781949487145

Kaan and Her Sisters explores grief, survival, and memory through Miss Sahar, an Arabic teacher displaced across Arab cities. Through poetry and stories, it reveals resistance to erasure and honors women who preserve intergenerational history amid shifting times.

Author: Rhonda Roumani

ISBN: 9781454950714

Tagging Freedom is a middle-grade novel, a young Syrian graffiti artist uses his art to protest injustice during the Arab Spring. As the conflict around him grows, he must choose between safety and standing up for freedom. A story of courage, expression, and hope.

Author: Khaled Hosseini

ISBN: 9780747566533

Kite Runner, set in Afghanistan and the United States, follows Amir, a privileged boy, and Hassan, his loyal friend and servant’s son. After a betrayal that haunts him into adulthood, Amir returns to a changed homeland to seek redemption. A powerful story of guilt, loyalty, and the long shadow of war.

Author: Samira Ahmed

ISBN: 9780349003344

Internment is set in a near-future America and follows teen Layla Amin as she is sent to a Muslim internment camp. Inside, she joins a growing resistance, fighting for freedom, justice, and her voice.

Author: Adania Shibli

ISBN: 9781913097172

Minor Detail follows two narratives: one recounts the 1949 rape and murder of a Palestinian girl by Israeli soldiers; the other, set decades later, follows a woman obsessed with uncovering the truth. A stark, haunting exploration of violence, memory, and erasure.

Author: Uzma Jalaluddin

ISBN: 9781984802798

Ayesha at Last is a modern Muslim retelling of Pride and Prejudice, this romantic comedy follows Ayesha, a poet and teacher, and Khalid, a conservative IT worker, as they navigate faith, family, and unexpected love.

Author: Sara Sharaf Beg

ISBN: 9780593482629

In Salaam With Love, set during Ramadan, Dua leaves home to spend the month with extended family, expecting boredom but finding connection, faith, and first love. A coming-of-age story about identity, tradition, and growing into yourself.

Author: G. Willow Wilson

ISBN: 9780802118875

In The Butterfly Mosque, G. Willow Wilson recounts her conversion to Islam, move to Egypt, and cross-cultural love story. A reflection on faith, identity, and belonging in a post-9/11 world.

Author: S. A. Chakraborty

ISBN: 9780062678102

The City of Brass, set in 18th-century Cairo, follows Nahri as she accidentally summons a djinn warrior and is swept into the magical city of Daevabad. There, she uncovers her hidden heritage and navigates a world of power, politics, and ancient rivalries.

Author: Helen Wecker

ISBN: 9780062110831

The Golem and the Jinni is set in 1890s New York, featuring a golem and a jinni—creatures of Jewish and Arab folklore—as they form an unexpected bond and navigate immigrant life, hidden identities, and the search for belonging.

Author: Guy Gavriel Kay

ISBN: 9780060733490

The Lions of Al-Rassan is set in a land inspired by medieval Spain, the story follows Jehane, a skilled physician; Rodrigo, a Jaddite captain; and Ammar, a renowned Asharite poet and fighter. As tensions rise between their divided cultures, the three are drawn together by loyalty and love.

Author: G. Willow Wilson

ISBN: 9780802129031

The Bird King, a fantasy set in 1491 Granada, follows Fatima, the sultan’s concubine, and Hassan, a mapmaker who can bend reality by drawing. Fleeing the Inquisition, they’re joined by a jinn and a monk as they chase a mythic refuge called the Bird King—exploring love, freedom, and the power of story.

Author: Laila Lalami

ISBN: 9781524747145

The Other Americans is a novel about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant--at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story, informed by the treacherous fault lines of American culture.

Author: Khaled Hosseini

ISBN: 9781594489501

A Thousand Splendid Suns follows two Afghan women, Mariam, forced into marriage as a teenager, and Laila, whose life is upended by war as become co-wives to the same abusive husband in Kabul. Over decades of conflict, they forge a powerful bond of love and sacrifice. Their friendship becomes a lifeline in a brutal world, at great personal cost.

Author: Reem Farouqi

ISBN: 9780063044708

Unsettled is about Nura, who has just left Karachi for suburban Georgia, where everything feels unfamiliar—school, friendships, even the pool where she once felt strong. As she tries to fit in, tensions with her older brother grow, and a single moment of silence changes everything. Told in free verse, her story traces the quiet resilience of a girl learning to stay true to herself in a world that sees her as different.

Author: Reem Faruqi

ISBN: 9780063044753

Golden Girl Aafiyah is a Pakistani American seventh grader who is navigating shifts in friendship, family betrayal, and her own habit of “borrowing” things. Told in lyrical verse, the story explores consequences, redemption, and pride in identity.

Author: Reem Faruqi

ISBN:  9780063284944

Call Me Adnan tells the story of a gifted table-tennis player who anticipates a championship and Eid with family. But after tragedy strikes, he must grapple with loss, guilt, and identity in verse, finding healing through support and self-acceptance.

Author: Reem Faruqi

ISBN: 9780063206236

Anisa's International Day follows a third grader who plans to bring her mom’s inspired samosas to International Day—only to find a classmate has the same idea. Through family wisdom, she learns that creativity and friendship can redefine celebration.

Author: Safa Suleiman

ISBN: 9781536229424

Hilwa's Gifts tells the story of Ali’s visit to Palestine for the olive harvest, where his grandfather Seedo and beloved tree Hilwa share the gifts of their fruits. Through songs, family, and tradition, Ali discovers the richness of his heritage.

Author: Elizabeth Laird

ISBN: 9781931859387

A Little Piece of Ground tells the story of Karim, a twelve-year-old in Ramallah living under curfew during the Israeli occupation. Longing to play football, he finds a hidden patch of land—but danger follows, revealing the harsh realities of life under siege.

Author: Asma Mobin-Uddin

ISBN: 9781590781753

My Name is Bilal tells the story of a boy who, after moving to a new school, considers hiding his Muslim identity to avoid teasing. With guidance from a teacher and the story of Bilal Ibn Rabah, he finds pride in his name and heritage.

Author: Michelle Khan

ISBN: 9780860374688

The Hijab Boutique tells the story of Farah, who must present about her mother for International Women’s Day. Worried her modest mom won’t impress her classmates, she’s surprised to learn about her mother’s past as a successful businesswoman, inspiring pride and respect.

Author: Na’ima B. Roberts

ISBN: 9781845079222

Ramadan Moon is a lyrical picture book that follows the moon’s phases from the first crescent to the Eid moon, capturing the wonder and joy of Ramadan and Eid. With art inspired by Iranian tradition, it shares the beauty of this special month with all readers.

Author: Bunmi Emananjo

ISBN: 9781646868445

I’ll See You in Ijebu tells the story of a Catholic girl visiting her Muslim family in Ijebu, Nigeria, for Eid al-Adha. Through rich traditions, joyful celebrations, and family connection, she experiences the beauty of Eid in the Nigerian countryside.

Author: Reem Faruqi

ISBN: 9780063284999

Zarina Divided follows a Muslim girl in Poona during Partition whose family must flee to Pakistan. After tragedy strikes, Zarina enters boarding school seeking renewal, learning resilience and identity amid heartbreak and change.

Author: Nadine Aisha Jassat

ISBN: 9781510111639

The House at the Edge of the World begins with Amal’s family inheriting a breathtaking cliffside home, only to face a shocking ultimatum: leave in thirty days or watch it be destroyed. As the clock ticks, Amal must uncover the house’s secrets and its mysterious benefactor before Hope House is lost forever.

Author: Sufiya Ahmed

ISBN: 9781801990103

Rosie Raja: Mission to Cairo takes readers to 1941, where Rosie joins her spy father to protect Egypt’s artifacts from the Nazis. Amid espionage and betrayal, she must unmask a traitor and prove her courage in this gripping WWII adventure.

Author: Hannah Moushabeck

ISBN: 9781797202051

Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine shares how a father, unable to return home, brings Jerusalem alive for his daughters through bedtime stories of sights, sounds, and smells. They grow to love a homeland unseen, honoring memory, heritage, and hope.

Author: Elizabeth Laird

ISBN: 9781623717971

Folktales for a Better World gathers seven stories of peace and kindness from places touched by conflict, from Palestine to Sudan. With rich illustrations, these timeless tales of compassion and forgiveness inspire empathy, hope, and global connection.

Author: Hazar Elbayya

ISBN: 9780593810224

Kamal’s Key is a multigenerational tale of resilience and hope, weaving the struggles of Palestinian families with the powerful symbol of the key—representing memory, justice, and the enduring fight for freedom across generations.

Author: Ream Shukairy

ISBN: 9780316432634

The Next New Syrian Girl follows Khadija, a bold Syrian American teen, and Leene, a Syrian refugee in Detroit. Though opposites, a secret from Leene’s past draws them together on a journey to Jordan, where friendship, identity, and belonging collide.

Author: Sarah Musa

ISBN: 9781989079256

My Garden Over Gaza follows Noura, who lovingly cares for her little brother Esam and her father’s rooftop garden. But when life in Gaza forces her to face heartbreaking loss, she must find the strength to keep giving her heart to what remains.

Author: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess

ISBN: 9781547604531

The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival recounts Amra’s teenage years during the Bosnian war. Amid loss and fear, a stray calico cat brings unexpected comfort, becoming a symbol of hope, resilience, and protection in the darkest times.

Author: Leila Aboulela

ISBN: 9780802126245

The Kindness of Enemies follows Natasha, a history professor researching Imam Shamil, a 19th-century Muslim leader. When her student Oz, Shamil’s descendant, is arrested, the novel explores history, identity, and being Muslim in a post-9/11 world.

Author: Randa Abdel-Fattah

ISBN: 9780439922333

Does My Head Look Big in This? follows 16-year-old Amal as she wears the hijab full-time, navigating prejudice, teasing, family reactions, and teenage life, while embracing her faith with humor and resilience.

Author: Mohsin Hamid

ISBN: 9780735212176

Exit West follows Nadia and Saeed, two lovers fleeing a war-torn city through mysterious doors, navigating displacement, identity, and survival as they struggle to hold on to love, home, and themselves in an uncertain world.

Author: Leila Aboulela

ISBN: 9780802170149

Minaret follows Najwa, a former privileged Sudanese student turned London maid, as she navigates exile, embraces her Islamic faith, and forms a quiet bond with her employer’s brother, offering a lyrical insight into contemporary Muslim life.