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Books set in Oman:


The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands by Nicholas Clapp
Atlantis of the Sands: The Search for the Lost City of Ubar by Ranulph Fiennes
The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum
In the Time of Oil: Piety, Memory, and Social Life in an Omani Town
Sohar: Culture and Society in an Omani Town by Fredrik Barth
Dawn over Oman by Pauline Searle
Al-Azaf: The Omani Cookbook by Lamees Abdullah Al Taie
My Year in Oman: An American Experience in Arabia by Matthew Heines
Oman a History by Wendell Phillips
Oman Islamic Democratic Tradition by Hussein Ghubash
Warlords of Oman by P. S. Allfree
Sultan in Oman by Jan Morris
Oman, Under Arabian Skies by Rory Patrick Allen
Man Oman: A Redhead in Arabia by Benita Stafford-Smith
Oman Adorned: A Portrait in Silver by Miranda Norris
Dust and Fury: A Family Sage Set in the Sultanate of Oman by David Barnett
Oman and the World: The Emergence of an Independent Foreign Policy
Killer Elite (previously published as The Feather Men): A Novel
Behind the Veil in Arabia: Women in Oman by Unni Wikan

More Books Set in Oman:


Sas Operation Storm by Roger Cole
The Sultan's Shadow: One Family's Rule at the Crossroads of East and West
In the Service of the Sultan: A First Hand Account of the Dhofar Insurgency
Another Year in Oman by Matthew Heines
Letters from Oman: A Snapshot of Feudal Times as Oil Signals Change
Oman Under Arabian Skies: An Arabian Odyssey by Rory Patrick Allen

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Mother Without a Mask: A Westerner's Story of Her Arab Family by Patricia Holton
Dhow of the Monsoon: From Zanzibar to Oman In the Wake of Sindbad, A Memoir of a Man's Adventure in His Youth

Letters from Oman

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Travels In Oman: On The Track Of The Early Explorers by Philip Ward
Sandstorm by James Rollins

Memoirs Of An Arabian Princess by Emily Ruete

With the SAS and Other Animals: A Vets Experiences During the Dhofar War 1974 by Andrew Higgins

Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman, 1965-1976 by Abdel Razzaq Takriti

Eyes of the Sage

The Turtle of Oman: A Novel by Naomi Shihab Nye

More books set in Oman:



Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger
Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs by Abdulaziz Al Farsi
The Feather Men by Ranulph Fiennes
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar by Emily Ruete
Mobile Pastoralists: Development Planning and Social Change in Oman
My grandmother's stories: folktales from Dhofar
The Nameless City by H.P. Lovecraft
Oman: The True-Life Drama and Intrigue of an Arab State by John Beasant
Quicksands by Elizabeth Oldfield
Secret of the Sands by Sara Sheridan
Shipwreck and Survival in Oman, 1763: The Fate of the Amstelveen and Thirty Castaways on the South Coast of Arabia
The Sindbad Voyage by Tim Severin
Stolen Destinies by Helen M. Thomson
Strela by Mike Shanley
Thalaba, the Destroyer by Robert Southey
The White Sheikh by سلطان بن محمد القاسمي

The English Girl by Katherine Webb

More books set in Oman:


Annals of Oman by Sirhan Ibn Sa'id
Monsoon by Wilbur Smith

More books set in Oman:


History of the Imams and Seyyids of 'Oman by Salil-Ibn-Razik
Paw Prints In Oman: Dogs, Mogs and Me by Charlotte Smith
Stalin's Silver by John Beasant

More books set in Oman:


Adored in Oman by Mariah Violet (2nd book in Teach Me, Love Me series)
Coup D'état Oman by Ray Kane
Oman Emerges: An American Company in an Ancient Kingdom
Taking Fire by Cindy Gerard (4th book in One-Eyed Jacks series)
Turtle Moon by Fiona Helen Redfern-pattison
The Zanzibar Wife by Deborah Rodriguez

Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

Honey Hunger

Somebody already mentioned Celestial Bodies. It’s the first and only book I read about Oman. And omg has that book stayed with me for so long. It’s been months since I read it. It had some nostalgic elements I craved for and didn’t know I needed to read. I just love that some old cultural aspects of, say pre-smartphones era was represented. Need I say I am not Omani but loved how this book showed that similar or neighbouring cultures relate to each other in some of their traditions. It’s nice that fragments of the days of old are documented for those who might need to read it. Lastly, the only thing I disliked was choosing the name “London”. I think the mother’s reasoning in the story was justified as far as I remember but I also think an extremely hard to pronounce long Arabic name would’ve been just as unique.