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Books set in Syria:
Sabriya: Damascus Bitter Sweet by Ulfat Idilbi
Fragments of Memory: A Story of a Syrian Family by Hanna Mina
Grandfather's Tale by Ulfat Idilbi
Damascus Nights by Rafik Schami
Just Like a River by Muhammad Kamil Al-Khatib
The Dark Side of Love by Rafik Schami
Breaking Knees: Modern Arabic Short Stories from Syria by Zakaria Tamer
Hand Full Of Stars by Rafik Schami
"Tigers on the Tenth Day" and Other Stories by Zakaria Tamer
The Calligrapher's Secret by Rafik Schami
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled by Dorothy Gilman
The Hedgehog: Modern Arabic Stories by Zakaria Tamer
The Proof of the Honey by Salwa Al Neimi
Arabian Love Poems: Full Arabic and English Texts by Nizar Qabbani
The Bread of Angels: A Memoir of Love and Faith in Damascus 
Adonis by Ali Ahmad Sa’id
The Gates of Damascus by Lieve Joris
Daughter of Damascus: Taken from Ya Mal Al-Sham by Siham Tergeman
The Desert and the Sown: Travels in Palestine and Syria by Gertrude Bell
Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy and Design by Malu Halasa
Aleppo Tales by Haim Sabato
Cleopatra's Wedding Present: Travels through Syria by Robert Tewdwr Moss
Just Five Minutes Nine Years in The Prisons of Syria by Heba Dabbagh
Sun on a Cloudy Day by Hanna Mina 
Letters From Syria by Freya Stark
The Lost Army by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
A Time Between Ashes And Roses by Ali Ahmad Sa’id
An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades by Usama ibn Munqidh
More books set in Syria:
The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible 
Balthasar's Odyssey by Amin Maalouf
Blue Damask by Annmarie Banks
The Boy From Aleppo Who Painted The War by Sumia Sukkar
Cinnamon by Samar Yazbek
City of Jasmine by Deanna Raybourn (1st book in City of Jasmine series)
Damascus by Jad Ziade
The Crane by Halim Barakat
The Crossing: My Journey to the Shattered Heart of Syria by Samar Yazbek
The Damascus Way by Davis Bunn (3rd book in Acts of Faith series)
Death of a Monk by Alon Hilu
Folktales from Syria by Douglas Rugh
The Greatest Salesman in the World by Andrew Toth
The Harlot Saint by Susan McGregor
Hope and Despair: My Struggle to Free My Husband, Maher Arar
In Aleppo Once by Taqui Altounyan
The Journey's Echo: Selections from Freya Stark by Freya Stark
Knight with Armour by Alfred Duggan
Lion's Bride by Iris Johansen
Modern Syrian Short Stories by Michel G. Azrak
Night Falls on Damascus: A Novel by Frederick Highland
On Entering the Sea: The Erotic and Other Poetry of Nizar Qabbani by Nizar Qabbani
The Other Half of My Soul by Bahia Abrams
Prisoners in Heaven by Fawwaz Alshammari
A Red Cherry on a White-tiled Floor: Selected Poems by Maram Al-Massri
The Road from Damascus: A Journey Through Syria by Scott C. Davis
The Sages of Darkness חכמי האפלה by Salim Barakat
Salome by Beatrice Gormley
Sane in Damascus by Amnon Sharon
Shadows of Damascus by Lilas Taha
Six Days by Halim Barakat
The Sum of Things by Olivia Manning
Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline by Malu Halasa
Syrian Folktales by Muna Imady
The Syrian Rebellion by Fouad Ajami
Timeless Tales: Folktales told by Syrian refugees by Zulaikha Abu Risha
Zafir by Prue Mason
More books set in Syria:
Accursed Years: My Exile and Return from Der Zor, 1914-1919
Among the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria 
Among the Ruins: Syria Past and Present by Christian C. Sahner
The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir
Arrows of Fury by Anthony Riches
Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East by Patrick Seale
Badawi: A Novel by Mohed Altrad
The Battle for Home: Memoir of a Syrian Architect by Marwa al-Sabouni
Bitter Almonds by Lilas Taha
Bright Shiny Things by Barbara Nadel
Captive Rose by Miriam Minger
Centurion by Simon Scarrow (8th book in Eagle series)
Chimes From A Wooden Bell by Taqui Altounyan
Dark at the Crossing by Elliot Ackerman
Daughter of Sand and Stone by Libbie Hawker
The Days with Him by Colette Khoury
Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War by Sebastian Gorka
A Disappearance in Damascus: A Story of Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War
Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen by Patricia Southern
Enemy of My Enemy by Allan Topol
The Fear of Breathing: Stories from the Syrian Revolution by Zoe Lafferty
The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
Four Plays from Syria by Sa'dallah Wannous
The Gabriel Hounds by Mary Stewart
The Girl From Aleppo by Nujeen Mustafa
The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf
The Homeland by Hamidah Na'na
If Only the Sea Could Sleep by Adonis
An Introduction To Arab Poetics by Adonis
Just Another Jihadi Jane by Tabish Khair
A Kiss in the Desert by Barbara Cartland
Kobane calling by Zerocalcare
Latakia by J.F. Smith
The Levant Trilogy by Olivia Manning
Lina: A Portrait of a Damascene Girl by Samar Attar
Mirror To Damascus by Colin Thubron
The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria by Janine Di Giovanni
My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Revolution by Diana Darke
My Damascus by Suad Amiry
No Knives in the Kitchens of This City by Khaled Khalifa
Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey from War-torn Syria in a Wheelchair
The Other Half of My Soul by Bahia Abrams
The Pages of Day and Night by Adonis
Passions In The Sand by Barbara Cartland
The Pigeon Wars of Damascus by Marius Kociejowski
The Ransomed of God: The Secret Rescue of the Jews of Syria by Harold Troper
Republic Of Love by Nizar Qabbani
The River of Adventure by Enid Blyton (8th book in Adventure series)
The Silence and the Roar by Nihad Sirees
Spring in the Ashes- ربيع في الرماد by Zakaria Tamer
Stripped to the Bone: Portraits of Syrian Women by Ghada Alatrash
Syria: A History of the Last Hundred Years by John McHugo
The Syrian Virgin by Zack Love
Unexplored Syria by Richard Francis Burton
Windsong by Katharine Kincaid
The Woman at the Well by Ann Chamberlin
A Word for Love by Emily Robbins
Writing Love by Khalil Sweileh
More books set in Syria:
Aleppo: The Rise and Fall of Syria's Great Merchant City by Philip Mansel
Farewell Damascus by Ghada Samman
In the Name of God by Paula Jolin
Jihadi Jane by Tabish Khair
The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
Perseus in the Wind by Freya Stark
The Syrian's Story by Zahara Schara
Three Witches by Paula Jolin
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