🌙 Middle Eastern Folklore

Ancient tales of djinn, tricksters, and enchanted deserts drawn from rich oral traditions that have shaped storytelling for millennia.

The Arabian Nights

by Anonymous

A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.

4.01

4k+

🖋️ Frame Narrative 🧞 Genies And Magic Lamps 🦊 Clever Tricksters

The Arabian Nights 92%

A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.

by Anonymous

4.01

4k+ ratings

🖋️ Frame Narrative 🧞 Genies And Magic Lamps 🦊 Clever Tricksters

The Stardust Thief

by Chelsea Abdullah • 2022

A jinn-relic smuggler must find a lamp for a sultan in a desert where secrets kill.

3.98

29k+

🌙 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🏜️ Epic Desert Quest ✨ Magical Relic Trade

The Stardust Thief 90%

A jinn-relic smuggler must find a lamp for a sultan in a desert where secrets kill.

by Chelsea Abdullah 2022

3.98

29k+ ratings

🌙 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🏜️ Epic Desert Quest ✨ Magical Relic Trade

El hombre que calculaba

by Malba Tahan • 1938

A calculating prodigy arrives in medieval Baghdad and solves puzzles of camels, bread, and love.

4.10

7k+

🧮 Mathematical Fiction 🕌 Islamic Golden Age 🃏 Wise Fool

El hombre que calculaba 89%

A calculating prodigy arrives in medieval Baghdad and solves puzzles of camels, bread, and love.

by Malba Tahan 1938

4.10

7k+ ratings

🧮 Mathematical Fiction 🕌 Islamic Golden Age 🃏 Wise Fool

Castle in the Air

by Diana Wynne Jones • 1990

A carpet merchant's magic rug delivers a princess, then a djinn spirits her away.

3.85

68k+

🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🧞 Djinn Fantasy 👸 Rescuing The Princess

Castle in the Air 89%

A carpet merchant's magic rug delivers a princess, then a djinn spirits her away.

by Diana Wynne Jones 1990

3.85

68k+ ratings

🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🧞 Djinn Fantasy 👸 Rescuing The Princess

The Ashfire King

by Chelsea Abdullah • 2025

Blackmailed into finding a jinn lamp, a merchant must trust a prince hiding his true identity.

3.99

3k+

🌙 Middle Eastern Fantasy 🧞 Jinn Mythology 💎 Magical Relics

The Ashfire King 89%

Blackmailed into finding a jinn lamp, a merchant must trust a prince hiding his true identity.

by Chelsea Abdullah 2025

3.99

3k+ ratings

🌙 Middle Eastern Fantasy 🧞 Jinn Mythology 💎 Magical Relics

The City of Brass

by S.A. Chakraborty • 2017

Her healing con accidentally summons a djinn, dragging her into a hidden city's magical civil war.

4.14

158k+

🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy 👑 Political Intrigue 🧬 Hidden Heir

The City of Brass 88%

Her healing con accidentally summons a djinn, dragging her into a hidden city's magical civil war.

by S.A. Chakraborty 2017

4.14

158k+ ratings

🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy 👑 Political Intrigue 🧬 Hidden Heir

The Ring of Solomon

by Jonathan Stroud • 2010

A queen's guard must kill a king. Her only ally: a sarcastic djinn she commands.

4.21

32k+

📜 Historical Fantasy 🏺 Mythological Fantasy 🧞 Enslaved Djinn

The Ring of Solomon 88%

A queen's guard must kill a king. Her only ally: a sarcastic djinn she commands.

by Jonathan Stroud 2010

4.21

32k+ ratings

📜 Historical Fantasy 🏺 Mythological Fantasy 🧞 Enslaved Djinn

El Filibusterismo Comics

by José Rizal • 2017

An illustrated treasury of Sa'di's timeless parables on justice, contentment, and the art of living.

3.81

135

🕌 Sufi Wisdom 📜 Persian Poetry 🎨 Illustrated Classic

El Filibusterismo Comics 88%

An illustrated treasury of Sa'di's timeless parables on justice, contentment, and the art of living.

by José Rizal 2017

3.81

135 ratings

🕌 Sufi Wisdom 📜 Persian Poetry 🎨 Illustrated Classic

Shahnameh

by Abolqasem Ferdowsi • 1010

A legendary warrior fights an unknown challenger; neither knows the other is his only son.

4.52

6k+

🦁 Persian Mythology 📜 Epic Poetry 🏛️ Iranian History

Shahnameh 87%

A legendary warrior fights an unknown challenger; neither knows the other is his only son.

by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 1010

4.52

6k+ ratings

🦁 Persian Mythology 📜 Epic Poetry 🏛️ Iranian History

Hero at the Fall

by Alwyn Hamilton • 2017

A sharpshooter trapped in a fire-domed city must rescue her rebels from a sultan's daily ultimatum.

4.33

20k+

🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy 🔫 Flintlock Fantasy 🧞 Djinn Mythology

Hero at the Fall 87%

A sharpshooter trapped in a fire-domed city must rescue her rebels from a sultan's daily ultimatum.

by Alwyn Hamilton 2017

4.33

20k+ ratings

🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy 🔫 Flintlock Fantasy 🧞 Djinn Mythology

The Wrath and the Dawn

by Renée Ahdieh • 2015

A vengeful bride marries a caliph who kills his brides at dawn, buying time with stories.

4.04

187k+

🕌 Arabian Nights Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👑 Cursed King

The Wrath and the Dawn 87%

A vengeful bride marries a caliph who kills his brides at dawn, buying time with stories.

by Renée Ahdieh 2015

4.04

187k+ ratings

🕌 Arabian Nights Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👑 Cursed King

The Kingdom of Copper

by S.A. Chakraborty • 2019

A healer's forced marriage binds her to a djinn city tearing itself apart.

4.38

93k+

🧞 Djinn Mythology 💍 Political Marriage 🏛️ Court Intrigue

The Kingdom of Copper 87%

A healer's forced marriage binds her to a djinn city tearing itself apart.

by S.A. Chakraborty 2019

4.38

93k+ ratings

🧞 Djinn Mythology 💍 Political Marriage 🏛️ Court Intrigue

Spice Road

by Maiya Ibrahim • 2023

Her brother stole their magic and fled. She follows across the sands, bound to a djinn.

3.70

6k+

🐪 Arabian-Inspired Fantasy 🧞 Djinn Companion ⚔️ Rivals To Allies

Spice Road 87%

Her brother stole their magic and fled. She follows across the sands, bound to a djinn.

by Maiya Ibrahim 2023

3.70

6k+ ratings

🐪 Arabian-Inspired Fantasy 🧞 Djinn Companion ⚔️ Rivals To Allies

The Arabs in History

by Bernard Lewis • 1950

The early Arab conquests expanded a nation, not a faith. The empire came a century later.

3.73

450

🕌 Middle Eastern History 🏛️ Arab Civilization ☪️ Early Islam

The Arabs in History 87%

The early Arab conquests expanded a nation, not a faith. The empire came a century later.

by Bernard Lewis 1950

3.73

450 ratings

🕌 Middle Eastern History 🏛️ Arab Civilization ☪️ Early Islam

Rebel of the Sands

by Alwyn Hamilton • 2016

She enters a shooting contest disguised as a boy and emerges with a rebel and a war.

3.95

67k+

🏜️ Desert Fantasy 🤠 Western Fantasy ✨ Half-Djinn Heritage

Rebel of the Sands 87%

She enters a shooting contest disguised as a boy and emerges with a rebel and a war.

by Alwyn Hamilton 2016

3.95

67k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Fantasy 🤠 Western Fantasy ✨ Half-Djinn Heritage

The Masnavi

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi • 1270

The soul is an exile; love is the homecoming. The 13th-century Sufi poem that maps the way.

4.41

1k+

🔮 Sufi Mysticism 📜 Persian Poetry 🌊 Ego Dissolution

The Masnavi 87%

The soul is an exile; love is the homecoming. The 13th-century Sufi poem that maps the way.

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1270

4.41

1k+ ratings

🔮 Sufi Mysticism 📜 Persian Poetry 🌊 Ego Dissolution

Traitor to the Throne

by Alwyn Hamilton • 2017

A rebel captive discovers the Sultan's clay army. Escape is the rebellion's only hope.

4.30

28k+

🌙 Middle Eastern Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Political Intrigue

Traitor to the Throne 87%

A rebel captive discovers the Sultan's clay army. Escape is the rebellion's only hope.

by Alwyn Hamilton 2017

4.30

28k+ ratings

🌙 Middle Eastern Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Political Intrigue

The Road to Mecca

by Muhammad Asad • 1954

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

4.49

6k+

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality

The Road to Mecca 87%

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

by Muhammad Asad 1954

4.49

6k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality

Islam, Israel and the West

by Danny Burmawi • 2025

Not about land. A former Muslim traces the theology that makes peace with Israel impossible.

4.73

120

🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Middle East Politics 🔍 Critique Of Islam

Islam, Israel and the West 87%

Not about land. A former Muslim traces the theology that makes peace with Israel impossible.

by Danny Burmawi 2025

4.73

120 ratings

🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Middle East Politics 🔍 Critique Of Islam

Islam and Democracy

by Fatema Mernissi • 1992

The Arab world resists democracy not over scripture but over a deeper terror: the free individual.

3.83

210

🕌 Political Islam 👩 Islamic Feminism 🌍 Arab Modernity

Islam and Democracy 87%

The Arab world resists democracy not over scripture but over a deeper terror: the free individual.

by Fatema Mernissi 1992

3.83

210 ratings

🕌 Political Islam 👩 Islamic Feminism 🌍 Arab Modernity

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

by Daniel Nayeri • 2023

On the Silk Road, an orphan must outlast the killers chasing the storytelling merchant he loves.

3.96

3k+

🐪 Silk Road Adventure 🫂 Found Family 👦 Orphan Protagonist

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams Summary

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams 87%

On the Silk Road, an orphan must outlast the killers chasing the storytelling merchant he loves.

by Daniel Nayeri 2023

3.96

3k+ ratings

🐪 Silk Road Adventure 🫂 Found Family 👦 Orphan Protagonist

What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East

by Bernard Lewis • 2001

For centuries Islam led the world. Then, suddenly, it fell behind. A historian asks why.

3.55

4k+

🧭 Islamic Civilization 📜 Middle Eastern History 🏗️ Modernization Failure

What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East Summary

What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East 87%

For centuries Islam led the world. Then, suddenly, it fell behind. A historian asks why.

by Bernard Lewis 2001

3.55

4k+ ratings

🧭 Islamic Civilization 📜 Middle Eastern History 🏗️ Modernization Failure

The River of Silver

by S.A. Chakraborty • 2022

The secret bargains that shaped the City of Brass, from hidden love to a mother's heartbreak.

4.26

13k+

🕌 Historical Fantasy 👑 Palace Intrigue 💘 Secret Romance

The River of Silver 87%

The secret bargains that shaped the City of Brass, from hidden love to a mother's heartbreak.

by S.A. Chakraborty 2022

4.26

13k+ ratings

🕌 Historical Fantasy 👑 Palace Intrigue 💘 Secret Romance

The Finest Hotel in Kabul

by Lyse Doucet • 2025

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

4.15

3k+

🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory

The Finest Hotel in Kabul 86%

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

by Lyse Doucet 2025

4.15

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory

A History of Islam in 21 Women

by Hossein Kamaly • 2021

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

3.38

501

🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History

A History of Islam in 21 Women 86%

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

by Hossein Kamaly 2021

3.38

501 ratings

🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History

Vathek

by William Beckford • 1786

An impious caliph sells his soul for a demon's promise of a subterranean palace of fire.

3.23

7k+

🏰 Early Gothic 🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🤝 Faustian Bargain

Vathek 86%

An impious caliph sells his soul for a demon's promise of a subterranean palace of fire.

by William Beckford 1786

3.23

7k+ ratings

🏰 Early Gothic 🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🤝 Faustian Bargain

Excellent Daughters

by Katherine Zoepf • 2016

Young Arab women are renegotiating sex, marriage, and honor, far from the headlines.

3.88

1k+

👩 Arab Women 🕌 Islamic Feminism 🌸 Arab Spring

Excellent Daughters 86%

Young Arab women are renegotiating sex, marriage, and honor, far from the headlines.

by Katherine Zoepf 2016

3.88

1k+ ratings

👩 Arab Women 🕌 Islamic Feminism 🌸 Arab Spring

Sleeping Beauty

by Charles Perrault • 2014

Cursed at birth, a princess sleeps a hundred years inside a castle swallowed by thorns.

3.69

203

🐸 French Folklore 👑 Cursed Princess 💤 Enchanted Sleep

Sleeping Beauty 86%

Cursed at birth, a princess sleeps a hundred years inside a castle swallowed by thorns.

by Charles Perrault 2014

3.69

203 ratings

🐸 French Folklore 👑 Cursed Princess 💤 Enchanted Sleep

Arabesque

by Claudia Roden • 2005

Three cuisines, one shared legacy: the recipes and stories that define Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon.

4.11

2k+

🍽️ Levantine Cuisine 🥘 Maghrebi Cooking 🕌 Ottoman Foodways

Arabesque 86%

Three cuisines, one shared legacy: the recipes and stories that define Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon.

by Claudia Roden 2005

4.11

2k+ ratings

🍽️ Levantine Cuisine 🥘 Maghrebi Cooking 🕌 Ottoman Foodways

Islam

by Karen Armstrong • 2000

Political triumph, not suffering, became Islam's proof of God. That made decline a crisis of faith.

4.04

11k+

🕌 Islamic History 🌍 Comparative Religion 🏛️ Political Theology

Islam 86%

Political triumph, not suffering, became Islam's proof of God. That made decline a crisis of faith.

by Karen Armstrong 2000

4.04

11k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic History 🌍 Comparative Religion 🏛️ Political Theology

In the Shadow of the Sword

by Tom Holland • 2012

Two centuries after Muhammad died, scholars wrote his life story. An empire needed a founding tale.

3.90

6k+

🏛️ Late Antiquity 🌙 Islamic Origins 📜 Revisionist History

In the Shadow of the Sword 86%

Two centuries after Muhammad died, scholars wrote his life story. An empire needed a founding tale.

by Tom Holland 2012

3.90

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Late Antiquity 🌙 Islamic Origins 📜 Revisionist History

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East

by Marc Owen Jones • 2022

Gulf states built a global disinformation machine from bots, fake journalists, and Western PR firms.

4.21

🇸🇦 Middle East Politics 🇦🇪 Gulf States 📱 Digital Surveillance

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East Summary

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East 86%

Gulf states built a global disinformation machine from bots, fake journalists, and Western PR firms.

by Marc Owen Jones 2022

4.21

19 ratings

🇸🇦 Middle East Politics 🇦🇪 Gulf States 📱 Digital Surveillance

Cuentos

by Jacob Grimm • 1812

Witches, wolves, and wishes: the original fairy tales, as strange and dark as folklore itself.

4.23

222k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 👑 Wicked Stepmother 🌲 Enchanted Forest

Cuentos 86%

Witches, wolves, and wishes: the original fairy tales, as strange and dark as folklore itself.

by Jacob Grimm 1812

4.23

222k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 👑 Wicked Stepmother 🌲 Enchanted Forest

Islam and the Destiny of Man

by Charles Le Gai Eaton • 1985

Islam's law, art, and mysticism flow from one claim: Divine Unity. A Western convert explains.

4.40

1k+

🕌 Islamic Theology 🌐 Comparative Religion ⚖️ Sacred Law

Islam and the Destiny of Man 86%

Islam's law, art, and mysticism flow from one claim: Divine Unity. A Western convert explains.

by Charles Le Gai Eaton 1985

4.40

1k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Theology 🌐 Comparative Religion ⚖️ Sacred Law

Sufi Political Thought

by Milad Milani • 2019

Sufi mystics were never removed from power. They built it, legitimized it, and sometimes seized it.

🕌 Mystical Islam 🌀 Sufi Orders 🏛️ Political Islam

Sufi Political Thought 86%

Sufi mystics were never removed from power. They built it, legitimized it, and sometimes seized it.

by Milad Milani 2019

🕌 Mystical Islam 🌀 Sufi Orders 🏛️ Political Islam

The Golem and the Jinni

by Helene Wecker • 2013

A masterless golem and a bound jinni hide among the immigrants of 1899 New York.

4.13

132k+

📚 Historical Fantasy ✡️ Jewish Folklore 🌟 Jinni Mythology

The Golem and the Jinni 86%

A masterless golem and a bound jinni hide among the immigrants of 1899 New York.

by Helene Wecker 2013

4.13

132k+ ratings

📚 Historical Fantasy ✡️ Jewish Folklore 🌟 Jinni Mythology

The Prophet

by Kahlil Gibran • 1923

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

4.23

332k+

🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature

The Prophet 86%

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

by Kahlil Gibran 1923

4.23

332k+ ratings

🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature

Destiny Disrupted

by Tamim Ansary • 2009

For centuries, Muslim empires were the center of the world. Then the story got rewritten.

4.40

13k+

🕌 Islamic History 📖 Narrative History 🔄 Counter-Narrative

Destiny Disrupted 86%

For centuries, Muslim empires were the center of the world. Then the story got rewritten.

by Tamim Ansary 2009

4.40

13k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic History 📖 Narrative History 🔄 Counter-Narrative

Masnavi I Ma'navi

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi • 1273

How a 13th-century Sufi's love stories dissolve what the intellect cannot touch.

4.45

4k+

🕌 Sufism 📜 Persian Poetry 💖 Divine Love

Masnavi I Ma'navi 86%

How a 13th-century Sufi's love stories dissolve what the intellect cannot touch.

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273

4.45

4k+ ratings

🕌 Sufism 📜 Persian Poetry 💖 Divine Love

The Palestinian Delusion

by Robert Spencer • 2019

The conflict is religious, not territorial. There is no solution, only management.

4.01

506

🕊️ Israel-Palestine 🏛️ Middle East Politics ☪️ Islam Criticism

The Palestinian Delusion 86%

The conflict is religious, not territorial. There is no solution, only management.

by Robert Spencer 2019

4.01

506 ratings

🕊️ Israel-Palestine 🏛️ Middle East Politics ☪️ Islam Criticism

Hanul Ancuței

by Mihail Sadoveanu • 1928

A shepherd's wife follows omens and rumors across rural Moldova to find her missing husband.

3.01

6k+

🏚️ Frame Narrative 🌾 Pastoral Fiction ⚖️ Woman Seeks Justice

Hanul Ancuței 86%

A shepherd's wife follows omens and rumors across rural Moldova to find her missing husband.

by Mihail Sadoveanu 1928

3.01

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Frame Narrative 🌾 Pastoral Fiction ⚖️ Woman Seeks Justice

Palestine

by Nur Masalha • 2018

Palestine's name and people stretch back three millennia. That history was deliberately buried.

4.03

1k+

🏛️ Middle Eastern History 🏺 Ancient Palestine 🌍 Settler Colonialism

Palestine 86%

Palestine's name and people stretch back three millennia. That history was deliberately buried.

by Nur Masalha 2018

4.03

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Middle Eastern History 🏺 Ancient Palestine 🌍 Settler Colonialism

The Hadith

by محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري

The Qur'an is the constitution; this is the case law: 2,600 authenticated sayings of the Prophet.

4.59

2k+

📜 Hadith Studies 📖 Islamic Scripture ☪️ Sunni Islam

The Hadith 86%

The Qur'an is the constitution; this is the case law: 2,600 authenticated sayings of the Prophet.

by محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري

4.59

2k+ ratings

📜 Hadith Studies 📖 Islamic Scripture ☪️ Sunni Islam

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ

by Hooman Majd • 2008

Iran's paradoxes are a platform, not a bug, built from Shia ritual and Persian pride.

3.76

2k+

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics 🕌 Shia Islam 🏡 Persian Culture

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ 86%

Iran's paradoxes are a platform, not a bug, built from Shia ritual and Persian pride.

by Hooman Majd 2008

3.76

2k+ ratings

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics 🕌 Shia Islam 🏡 Persian Culture

A Concise History of the Middle East

by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr • 1979

Three faiths, a dozen empires, one century of oil, and a conflict the world can't quit.

3.73

961

📜 Middle Eastern History 🕌 Islamic Civilization 🏛️ Colonial Legacy

A Concise History of the Middle East Summary

A Concise History of the Middle East 86%

Three faiths, a dozen empires, one century of oil, and a conflict the world can't quit.

by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr 1979

3.73

961 ratings

📜 Middle Eastern History 🕌 Islamic Civilization 🏛️ Colonial Legacy

Philosophy in the Islamic World

by Peter S. Adamson • 2015

A thousand years of philosophy across three continents, argued by Muslims, Christians, and Jews.

4.33

242

🕌 Islamic Philosophy 🏰 Medieval Philosophy 🤝 Interfaith Exchange

Philosophy in the Islamic World 86%

A thousand years of philosophy across three continents, argued by Muslims, Christians, and Jews.

by Peter S. Adamson 2015

4.33

242 ratings

🕌 Islamic Philosophy 🏰 Medieval Philosophy 🤝 Interfaith Exchange

Black Wave

by Kim Ghattas • 2020

The 1979 contest between Saudi Arabia and Iran that dismantled a region’s cultural soul.

4.40

6k+

🏛️ Middle Eastern History ⚔️ Saudi-Iran Rivalry 🕌 Sectarian Conflict

Black Wave 86%

The 1979 contest between Saudi Arabia and Iran that dismantled a region’s cultural soul.

by Kim Ghattas 2020

4.40

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Middle Eastern History ⚔️ Saudi-Iran Rivalry 🕌 Sectarian Conflict

Reign & Ruin

by J.D. Evans • 2020

A princess trapped by a forced betrothal makes a bargain with a rival nation's outcast prince.

4.18

16k+

🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy 🏛️ Court Intrigue 💍 Political Marriage

Reign & Ruin 86%

A princess trapped by a forced betrothal makes a bargain with a rival nation's outcast prince.

by J.D. Evans 2020

4.18

16k+ ratings

🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy 🏛️ Court Intrigue 💍 Political Marriage

The Alchemy of Happiness

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali • 1105

True happiness is not a feeling but a vision; the map lies inside your own soul.

4.11

3k+

🕌 Sufi Mysticism 🌙 Islamic Spirituality 🧹 Soul Purification

The Alchemy of Happiness 86%

True happiness is not a feeling but a vision; the map lies inside your own soul.

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 1105

4.11

3k+ ratings

🕌 Sufi Mysticism 🌙 Islamic Spirituality 🧹 Soul Purification

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

by Shannon Chakraborty • 2023

Retired pirate captain takes a rescue job pitting her against a sorcerer and her demon ex-husband.

4.24

82k+

🏴‍☠️ Retired Pirate Captain 🖤 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother On A Mission

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi Summary

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi 86%

Retired pirate captain takes a rescue job pitting her against a sorcerer and her demon ex-husband.

by Shannon Chakraborty 2023

4.24

82k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Retired Pirate Captain 🖤 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother On A Mission

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