The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Iraq

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
264 The Epic Of Gilgamesh Unknown -2100 Multiple Akkadian
2031 The History Of Rome Theodor Mommsen 1854 German German
3421 The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein 2007 Canadian English
3638 Gods, Graves, And Scholars C. W. Ceram 1949 German German
3638 The Bible As History Werner Keller 1955 German German
3638 Nuremberg Chronicle Hartmann Schedel 1493 German Latin
4156 Asymmetry Lisa Halliday 2018 American English
4651 The Forever War Dexter Filkins 2008 American English
4898 The Poetry Of Enheduanna Enheduanna -2300 Unknown Sumerian
5085 Imperial Life in the Emerald City Rajiv Chandrasekaran 2006 American English
5135 Poems Of Wine And Revelry Abu Nuwas 800 Multiple Arabic
5701 The Persian Boy Mary Renault 1972 British English
5811 Men In The Sun Ghassan Kanafani 1962 Palestinian Arabic
6441 Mystical Dimensions Of Islam Annemarie Schimmel 1975 Unknown English
7122 Generation Kill Evan Wright 2004 American English
7894 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
7998 The Great Transformation Karen Armstrong 2006 British English
8075 The Great Derangement Matt Taibbi 2008 American English
8092 When God Was A Woman Merlin Stone 1976 American English
8229 Frankenstein In Baghdad Ahmed Saadawi 2013 Iraqi Arabic
8461 The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010 American English
8503 Redeployment Phil Klay 2014 American English
8677 Adapt Tim Harford 2011 British English
8754 Night Draws Near Anthony Shadid 2005 American English
9188 A Sliver Of Light Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd 2014 American English
9258 The Yellow Birds Kevin Powers 2012 American English
9539 Guests Of The Sheik Elizabeth Warnock Fernea 1965 American English
9656 The Silk Road Sven Hedin 2012 Swedish Swedish
11055 Look Solmaz Sharif 2016 American English
11134 A Problem from Hell Samantha Power 2002 American English
11134 Black Flags Joby Warrick 2015 American English
11406 The Egyptian, Syrian, And Iraqi Revolutions Hanna Batatu 1984 American Unknown
11433 A History Of Bombing Sven Lindqvist 1999 Swedish Swedish
11438 Readme.Txt Chelsea Manning 2022 American English
11610 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11634 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11660 The Good Soldiers David Finkel 2009 American English
11660 The Assassins’ Gate George Packer 2005 American English
11660 Cherry Nico Walker 2018 American English
12048 Irakisk Kristus Hassan Blasim 2009 Unknown Arabic
13256 The Corpse Washer Sinan Antoon 2010 Iraqi Arabic
13359 The Adventures Of Hajji Baba Of Ispahan James Morier 1824 British English
13566 Pride Of Baghdad Brian K. Vaughan 2006 American English
14983 Fiasco Thomas E. Ricks 2005 American English
15728 Maqamat Al Hariri Al-Hariri of Basra 1101 Arabic Arabic
15897 Alberuni's India Al-Biruni, Edward C. Sachau 1030 Multiple Arabic
16735 The World Crisis Winston Churchill 1923 British English
17117 War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning Chris Hedges 2002 American English
17117 The Philosophical Works Of Al Kindi Peter Adamson, Peter E. Pormann 2012 Unknown English
17117 In Search Of Walid Masoud Jabra Ibrahim Jabra 1978 Palestinian Arabic
17117 Tattoo Abdul Rahman Majeed al-Rubaie 1972 Iraqi Arabic
17117 The Long Way Back Fouad Al-Takarli 1980 Iraqi Arabic
17117 The Palm And El Jabran Gha’ib Ti’ma Firman Iraqi Unknown
17117 Seventh Day Of Creation Abdel Khaliq al-Rikabi 2008 Iraqi Arabic
17117 Al Khamasseya Ismail Fahd Ismail 2002 Kuwaiti Arabic
17117 1952 Jamil Atiyah Ibrahim 1990 Unknown Unknown
17117 Executive Orders Tom Clancy 1996 American English
17117 The Terminal List Jack Carr 2018 American English
17117 The Poetry Of Arab Women Nathalie Handal 2001 Multiple English
17117 Walk In My Combat Boots James Patterson 2021 American English
17117 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17117 A Patriot's History Of The United States Larry Schweikart 2004 American English
17117 Islam And The West Bernard Lewis 1993 British English
17117 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17117 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17117 The Ghosts Of Iraq’s Marshes Steve Lonergan, Jassim Al-Asadi, Keith Holmes 2024 Unknown Unknown
17117 Politics On The Edge Rory Stewart 2023 British English
17117 1177 B.C. Eric H. Cline 2014 American English
17036 Tales From The Arabian Nights Andrew Lang 1898 Multiple English
17117 On The Front Line Marie Colvin 2012 British English
17117 A Very British Killing Andrew Williams 2012 British English
17117 Virtual War Michael Ignatieff 2000 Canadian English
17117 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17117 In Search Of The Cradle Of Civilization David Frawley, Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak 1995 Multiple English
17117 Waiting For Eden Elliot Ackerman 2018 American English
17117 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17117 American Sniper Chris Kyle 2012 American English
17117 Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World Jack Weatherford 2004 American English
17117 Who Wrote The Bible? Richard Elliott Friedman 1987 American English
17117 Cyclonopedia Reza Negarestani 2008 Unknown English
17117 A Stranger In Your Own City Ghaith Abdul-Ahad 2023 Unknown English
17117 Out Of Mesopotamia Salar Abdoh 2020 Iranian English
17062 O Livro Das 1001 Noites; Volume 2 Of 7 Unknown -800 Multiple Arabic
17117 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
17117 The History Of The Medieval World Susan Wise Bauer 2010 American English
16870 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17117 True Believer Jack Carr 2019 American English
17117 The Genius Of Their Age S. Frederick Starr 2023 Unknown English
17117 Grand Delusion Steven Simon 2023 Unknown English
17117 A History Of Warfare John Keegan 1993 British English
17117 Colossus Niall Ferguson 2004 British English
17117 The Crusades Through Arab Eyes Amin Maalouf 1983 French French
17117 Islam In History Bernard Lewis 1973 British English
17117 The Ornament Of The World María Rosa Menocal 2002 American English
16867 1001 Arabian Nights Anonymous -800 Multiple Arabic
17117 No Easy Day Mark Owen 2012 American English
17117 Never Finished David Goggins 2022 American English
17117 House To House David Bellavia 2007 American English
17117 In The Deserts Of This Earth Uwe George 1983 German German
16944 Ibn Fadlān And The Land Of Darkness Ahmad ibn Fadlān 921 Unknown Arabic
17117 The Walking Drum Louis L'Amour 1984 American English