Israel

Books that are set in Israel.

When We See You Again
Hostage
The Persian
The Collector (Gabriel Allon, #23)
Queen Esther
The Cellist (Gabriel Allon, #21)
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal
A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict
Enter Ghost
The Netanyahus
Israel: What Went Wrong?
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization
War
Sira
A Tale of Love and Darkness
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
Exodus
Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
Jerusalem: The Biography
To the End of the Land
A Horse Walks into a Bar
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
The Case for Israel
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
The Dovekeepers
EL TERCER TESTIGO by Juan José Soriano LluchMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Cairo Trilogy by Naguib MahfouzThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Omar Khayyám
Best Literature
132 books — 26 voters

ثلاثية غرناطة by Radwa AshourThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniAzazil by Youssef ZiedanThe Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz
Best Middle East Fiction
444 books — 498 voters
Perfume by Patrick SüskindThe Book of Disquiet by Fernando PessoaThe Orphanage by Serhiy ZhadanThe Palace of Dreams by Ismail KadareThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Eurovision Book Contest
38 books — 9 voters

The Nameless Dead by Leta SerafimWitch in Disguise by Karen McSpadeThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonGorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
International Mysteries
306 books — 93 voters


Omar Barghouti
BDS is perhaps the most ambitious, empowering, and promising Palestinian-led global movement for justice and rights. BDS has the capacity to challenge Israel's colonial rule and apartheid in a morally consistent, effective, and, crucially, intelligent manner. ...more
Omar Barghouti, Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights

Tony Horwitz
The first thing you notice, coming to Israel from the Arab world, is that you have left the most courteous region of the globe and entered the rudest. The difference is so profound that you're left wondering when the mutation in Semitic blood occurred, as though God parted the Red Sea and said: "Okay, you rude ones, keep wandering toward the Promised Land. The rest of you can stay here and rot in the desert, saying 'welcome, most welcome' and drowning each other in tea until the end of time. ...more
Tony Horwitz, Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia

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