Book List

I have been keeping lists of books to read and to buy in so many different places, that I figured I ought to consolidate all such lists here. As you can see, I keep finding interesting books faster than I can read. If you have any recommendations that I should add to my list, please post them in the comments section below!

Books to Buy

1. ANYTHING ever written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
2. ANYTHING ever written by Richard Wright
3. The Little Prince in every language that I can read (so I just need it in Farsi now)
4. Shahnameh by Ferdosi (in English, Farsi, and Comic Book)
5. Orientalism by Edward Said
6. Imperial Eyes: Studies in Travel Writing and Transculturation by Mary Louise Pratt
7. Power Plays Power Works by John Fiske
8. Out of Place: a Memoir by Edward Said
9. Power, Politics, and Culture by Edward Said
10. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism by Benedict Anderson
11. Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things by Marcel Danesi
12. Modern Iranian Political Thought by Nikki Keddi
13. The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
14. Iran's Intellectual Revolution by Mehran Kamrava

Books to Read

1. The Sonderberg Case by Elie Wiesel
2. The False Friend by Myla Goldberg
3. The Gendarme by Mark T. Mustian
4. The Califs of Baghdad, Georgia by Mary Helen Stefaniar
5. Saving Max by Antionette van Heugten
6. Luka and the Fire of Life ­by Salman Rushdie
7. The Hawk and the Dove by Nicholas Thompson
8. Offside by Manuel Vazquez Montalban
9. In the Land of Ayatollahs, Tupac Shakur is King by Shahzad Aziz
10. Knock ‘em Stiff by Donald Ray Pollock
11. Crooked Little View by Warren Ellis
12. Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund
13. Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward
14. The Wackness by Dale C. Phillips
15. Lowboy by John Wray
16. Lottery by Patricia Wood
17. The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa
18. The Dictator's Seduction: Politics and Popular Imagination in the Era of Trujillo by Lauren Derby
19. The Caliphs of Baghdad, Georgia – Mary Helen Stefaniak
20. Vonnegut Novels and Short Stories 1953-1971 – Kurt Vonnegut
21. Destiny Disrupted – Tamim Ansary
22. Decent into Chaos – Ahmen Rashid
23. I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced – Nujood Ali
24. Her Fearful Symmetry – Audrey Niffenegger
25. What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures – Malcolm Gladwell
26. The Marriage Bureau for Rich People – Farahad Zama
27. Conversation in the Cathedral – Mario Vargas Llosa
28. Drown – Junot Diaz
29. Manhunt the 12 Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer – James L. Swanson
30. Trickster: Native American Tales, a Graphic Collection
31. A Woman Among Warlords – Malalai Joya
32. A People’s History of American Empire – Howard Zinn
33. Footnotes in Gaza – Joe Sacco
34. Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports – Dave Zirin
35. Rap The Anthology – edited by Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois
36. Hip Hop Underground – Anthony Harrison
37. How the Irish Saved Civilization – Thomas Cahill
38. Soccernomics – Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski
39. The Black Swan – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
40. 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (and Other Useful Guides)
41. The Song of Kahunsha – Anosh Irani
42. Cinemas of the Other: a personal journey with film-makers from the Middle East and Central Asia – Gonul Donmez-Colin
43. The Mitsitam Café Cookbook – Richard Hetzler
44. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana – Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
45. The Line – Olga Grushin
46. The Angel’s Game – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
47. Unaccustomed Earth – Jhumpa Lahiri
48. Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen
49. Netherland – Joseph O’Neill
50. Shades of Grey – Jasper Fforde
51. The Drinker – Hans Fallada
52. Little Man, What Now? – Hans Fallada
53. Every Man Dies Alone – Hans Fallada
54. Wolf Among Wolves – Hans Fallada
55. Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, & Lebanon – Claudia Roden
56. Made in Spain: Spanish Dishes for the American Kitchen – Jose Andres with Richard Wolffe
57. A Quiet Revolution: the Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America – Leila Ahmed
58. What is the What – Dave Eggers
59. In Other Rooms, Other Wonders – Daniyal Mueenuddin
60. The Elephant’s Journey – Jose Saramago
61. Shah of Shahs - Ryszard Kapuscinski
62. A Single Roll of the Dice - Trita Parsi
63. Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia - Robert Lacey
64. Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America's Future - Stephen Kinzer
65. Open City - Teju Cole
66. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics - Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
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