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"Ottomanism" as a book category covers literature and scholarship centered on the Ottoman Empire and its enduring legacies — from the 14th-century rise of the dynasty through its 20th-century dissolution and the transformation of its successor states. It includes scholarly histories, political and military studies, cultural and social histories, biographies of sultans and statesmen, travel writing, art and architectural studies, and historical novels and memoirs that bring imperial courts, provincial life, and cosmopolitan cities like Constantinople/Istanbul to life. Common themes are imperial governance, legal and economic systems, religion and intercommunal relations, modernization and reform, nationalism and decline, and the memory and aftereffects of empire across the Balkans, Anatolia, the Middle East, and North Africa. The category appeals to readers of world and military history, comparative empires, Middle Eastern studies, as well as fans of richly textured historical fiction and cultural anthropology.

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