"A dynamic, diverse and above all brilliant collection of stories." Mark Billingham Sunday Times Bestselling Crime Writer, Comedian, ActorThe Arabian Noir anthology represents a milestone for the Crime Writers Association's (CWA) Gulf Chapter. Editor-authors Michael Lynes and Alex Shaw with contributions from Sara Hamden amongst others have compiled a collection that foregrounds tales of murder and mystery either set in the locality or linked to it via authors' connections to the r...

A Jimmy Fallon's Book Club FinalistMia’s secret comedy career, forbidden office crush, and a long-guarded family secret take center stage, threatening her newfound confidence and her one shot at fame in this hilarious, heartfelt coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Curtis Sittenfeld and Etaf Rum.Mia Almas has a secret. By day, she works at a respectable job as a media fact checker—a position her conservative, Arab grandparents approve of...

A tender and moving portrait of a marriage that grapples with creative ambition, dedication, and the secrets we keep from the people we love the most, from Sara Hamdan, author of the “sharp, hilarious, and heartfelt” (Etaf Rum) What Will People Think?On the surface, Lara and Dom are thriving: Lara runs Thyme Square, a buzzy Berkeley restaurant, where she serves food inspired by her beloved late aunt’s Lebanese cooking; Dom has just finished writing another...

Mia’s secret comedy career, forbidden office crush, and a long-guarded family secret take center stage, threatening her newfound confidence and her one shot at fame in this hilarious, heartfelt coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Curtis Sittenfeld and Etaf Rum.Mia Almas has a secret. By day, she works at a respectable job as a media fact checker—a position her conservative, Arab grandparents approve of—and, by night, she takes to the stages of New York City com...

Named a Most Anticipated Book by Washington Post, People, Time“A beautiful tale.” —Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Twenty-four Seconds from NowThe New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing and Caul Baby returns with an epic, multi-generational novel that illuminates the legacy of slavery and the power of romantic love.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZEFive women from a once-illustrious Iranian family grapple with change—both personal and in the world around them—in this “whip-smart…huge-hearted, and sharp-toothed…joy of a debut” (David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas) novel that’s perfect for book clubs.“As funny as it is moving.” —THE GUARDIAN * “Unputdownable.” —HARPER’...

Winner of the 2022 Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeWinner of the 2023 Arab American Book Award for FictionShortlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller PrizeShortlisted for the 2023 PEN/Jean Stein Book AwardShortlisted for the 2022 VCU Cabell First Novelist AwardWinner of the Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize, a lush experimental novel about love as a weapon of empire.In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, an E...

Be careful what you wish for . . .Once upon a time there was a totally ordinary boy who fell for a cold, beautiful prince. Only it's not a fairy tale, it's my life. The prince is a billionaire called Caspian Hart. And we're trying super hard to live happily ever after.He's everything I want, need, and can't resist: a man who looks like a god and bangs like the devil. Except he's still got his rules and he's still got his secrets . . .But if there's one thing Caspian...

Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a group offering humanitarian aid to this war-torn nation. Surrounded by men and women whose skills–as doctors, nurses, and therapists–seemed eminently more practical than her own, Rodriguez, a hairdresser and mother of two from Michigan, despaired of being of any real use. Yet she soon found she had a gift for befriending Afghans, and once her profession became known she was eagerly sought out by...

**A Today Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick“The bighearted, wildly charming, painfully real love story I’ve been waiting for.” —Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaFrom William C. Morris Award Finalist S.K. Ali comes a “heartfelt and powerful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) romance that’s The Sun Is Also a Star meets Anna and the French Kiss, following two Muslim te...

"A sprawling tale of love, family, duty, war, and displacement. It is above all a stinging indictment of the ill-fated war in Iraq." —Khaled Hosseini, #1 New York Times–bestselling authorThe bright and driven daughter of a Boston-area Irish-Arab family, Rita Khoury charts herself an ambitious path through Harvard to one of the best newspapers in the country. She is posted in cosmopolitan Beirut and dates a handsome Palestinian would-be activist. But when sh...

'I only ever asked you for one thing,' my father said, a quiver in his voice. 'Just this one thing.' It was as though I had smashed the Ten Commandments.'Oh father,' I cried, grovelling at his ankles while my mother and siblings looked on. 'The one thing you asked of me - is everything.'Bani Adam has known all his life what was expected of him. To marry the right kind of girl. To make the House of Adam proud.But Ban...