Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Daniel Rose (10 Lists)



Poor Economics by Abhijit V. BanerjeeMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderDead Aid by Dambisa MoyoHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofThe Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
International development
228 books — 210 voters
Black Flags by Joby WarrickHet meisje dat van IS won. Ontvoerd, verkocht, ontsnapt by Farida KhalafThe Last Girl by Nadia MuradThe Way of the Strangers by Graeme WoodThe Jihadis Return by Patrick Cockburn
Books about ISIS
100 books — 21 voters

The Heart of Aleppo by Ammar HabibSpy... for Nobody! by Basel SaneebDestroying a Nation by Nikolaos van Damجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebSpy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence by Basel Saneeb
Syria, war and peace
44 books — 17 voters
The Kurdish Bike by Alesa LightbourneSpy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebSpy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence by Basel SaneebA Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin
Best Books To Understand The Middle East
19 books — 10 voters

قناع الشيطان by Dr.Eng.Sara Ahmadبعد السهوك by Dr.Eng.Sara Ahmadسيد البارقة by Dr.Eng.Sara AhmadPersepolis 2 by Marjane SatrapiPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Arab Graphic Novels and Comics from the Middle East
76 books — 14 voters
A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos OzUrshalim by Nir HassonAnno 2020 by James MorcanPalestinian Dissident by Sam ShomanThey Called Me a Lioness by Ahed Tamimi
Jerusalem
40 books — 17 voters

An Ishmael of Syria by Asaad AlmohammadCoffee & Orange Blossoms by Nate Scholzجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebThe Gift of Rumi by Emily Jane O'DellLa Biographie Du Prophète Mouhammad, Le Nectar Cacheté by Ar-Rahik
Best Books for Understanding Middle Eastern Culture
148 books — 47 voters
Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiCronache di Gerusalemme by Guy DelisleSpy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel Saneeb
Middle East and Maghreb Graphic Novels
45 books — 28 voters

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiAya by Marguerite AbouetNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Tour d'Afrique
71 books — 21 voters
The Plague by Albert CamusKing of the Wind by Marguerite HenryIn the Country of Men by Hisham MatarThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeHideous Kinky by Esther Freud
North Africa
147 books — 34 voters