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A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of RevolutionToby Green201916 pts1 wins5 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+2
A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISISRobert F. Worth201614 pts1 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxPolitics & GovernmentNationalism & Authoritarianism+2
The American War in Afghanistan: A HistoryCarter Malkasian202110 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+3
The Rise of the West: A History of the Human CommunityWilliam H. McNeill196410 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryBlack History & Culture+2
A Peace to End All Peace: Creating the Modern Middle East, 1914–1922David Fromkin198910 pts0 wins3 listsHenry HoltHistoryMiddle East & North Africa+3
Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787–2005James T. Campbell20078 pts1 wins2 listsPenguin PressRace & EthnicityMiddle East & North Africa+2
Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves MadeEugene D. Genovese19758 pts1 wins2 listsUnknown imprintHistoryMiddle East & North Africa+2
House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle EastAnthony Shadid20128 pts0 wins2 listsHarperCollinsMemoir & AutobiographyMiddle East & North Africa+2
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle EastScott Anderson20138 pts0 wins3 listsAnchorWar & MilitaryMiddle East & North Africa+2
The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern EuropeMark Mazower20216 pts1 wins2 listsPenguin PressHistoryMiddle East & North Africa+2
Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of IranLaura Secor20176 pts0 wins2 listsRiverhead BooksPolitics & GovernmentFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Frontiers: The Epic of South Africa’s Creation and the Tragedy of the Xhosa PeopleNoel Mostert19926 pts0 wins2 listsKnopfHistoryTravel, Exploration & Place+2
African Europeans: An Untold HistoryOlivette Otele20216 pts0 wins3 listsBasic BooksRace & EthnicityBlack History & Culture+2
The Tropical Turn: Agricultural Innovation in the Ancient Middle East and the MediterraneanSureshkumar Muthukumaran20234 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressHistoryAsia & the Pacific+3
Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830–1920James Parry20184 pts1 wins1 listsThe American University in Cairo PressArts & CriticismEssays & Cultural Criticism+2
The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in AfghanistanJenny Nordberg20144 pts1 wins1 listsCrownGender & SexualityWar & Military Strategy+2
Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for ApocalypseJay Rubenstein20114 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+1
Shattering Empires: The Clash and Collapse of the Ottoman and Russian Empires, 1908-18Michael Reynolds20114 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryWar & Military Strategy+3
Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of IranElaine Sciolino20004 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterPolitics & GovernmentWar & Military Strategy+2
The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-51: Arab Nationalism, the United States, and Postwar ImperialismWm. Roger Louis19844 pts1 wins1 listsClarendon PressHistoryNationalism & Authoritarianism+3
The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in AfghanistanGraeme Smith20134 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryMiddle East & North Africa+1
Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic WorldJustin Marozzi20254 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksHistoryMiddle East & North Africa+2
The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the WorldMarie Favereau20214 pts0 wins1 listsBelknap PressHistoryEurope & Russia+2
Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle EastKim Ghattas20204 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India CompanyWilliam Dalrymple20204 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyHistoryMiddle East & North Africa+2
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017Rashid Khalidi20204 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
India in the Persianate Age, 1000–1765Richard M. Eaton20194 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksHistoryEurope & Russia+2
Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the WorldShadi Hamid20164 pts0 wins1 listsSt. Martin's PressPolitics & GovernmentEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, from 1453 to the PresentBrendan Simms20134 pts0 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryEurope & Russia+2
The Ottoman Age of ExplorationGiancarlo Casale20104 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle EastSandy Tolan20064 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyRace & EthnicityAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle EastRobert Fisk20054 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryEurope & Russia+2
The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 YearsBernard Lewis19964 pts0 wins1 listsScribnerHistoryLatin America & the Caribbean+2
The Rainy Season: Haiti Since DuvalierAmy Wilentz19904 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force and Society Since A.D. 1000William H. McNeill19824 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
In Search of Ali Mahmoud: An American Woman in EgyptVivian Gornick19734 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyMiddle East & North Africa+1
The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923Sean McMeekin20162 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
The Immobile EmpireAlain Peyrefitte, Jon Rothschild19892 pts0 wins1 listsVintage BooksHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Death to the Dictator!: Witnessing Iran's election and the Crippling of the Islamic RepublicAfsaneh Moqadam20112 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central AsiaAhmed Rashid20092 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryAsia & the Pacific+3
Medic: Saving Lives – from Dunkirk to AfghanistanJohn Nichol20102 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryMiddle East & North Africa+1
Occupational Hazards: My Time Governing in IraqRory Stewart20072 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryMiddle East & North Africa+1
Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and ArabiaNatalie Koch20232 pts0 wins1 listsVerso BooksHistoryMiddle East & North Africa+2
Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern EraD.T. Potts20160 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryHuman Rights & International Law+2
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A Photographer's Chronicle of the Iraq WarAshley Gilbertson20070 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressMemoir & AutobiographyMiddle East & North Africa+1
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All awards · Topic: Middle East & North Africa · Sorted by score · 46 books · filtered