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Books like Ottomans

If you loved Ottomans by Diana Darke, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Turkey & Ottoman Empire and Middle East.

Turkey & Ottoman Empire Middle East History

Top related books to Ottomans

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Ottomans.

“They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else” A History of the Armenian Genocide — Ronald Grigor Suny

“They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else” A History of the Armenian Genocide

Ronald Grigor Suny

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

The Ottoman Empire A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire and Its Control Over Much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa — Captivating History

The Ottoman Empire A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire and Its Control Over Much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa

Captivating History

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

The Fourth Crusade The Conquest of Constantinople — Donald E. Queller

The Fourth Crusade The Conquest of Constantinople

Donald E. Queller

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Empress of the East How a Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire — Leslie Peirce

Empress of the East How a Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Geschichte des Osmanischen Reiches — Joseph Hammer-Purgstall

Geschichte des Osmanischen Reiches

Joseph Hammer-Purgstall

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Rescue the Surviving Souls The Great Jewish Refugee Crisis of the Seventeenth Century — Adam Teller

Rescue the Surviving Souls The Great Jewish Refugee Crisis of the Seventeenth Century

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Constantinople Capital of Byzantium — Jonathan Harris

Constantinople Capital of Byzantium

Jonathan Harris

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Edessa ‘The Blessed City’ — J. B. Segal

Edessa ‘The Blessed City&#8217

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Narrating Heritage Rights, Abuses and Cultural Resistance — Veysel Apaydin

Narrating Heritage Rights, Abuses and Cultural Resistance

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Road to Manzikert Byzantine and Islamic Warfare, 527-1071 — John Cairns

Road to Manzikert Byzantine and Islamic Warfare, 527-1071

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Turkey Coping with Crisis — George S. Harris

Turkey Coping with Crisis

George S. Harris

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

The Alhambra at the Crossroads of History Eastern and Western Visions in the Long Nineteenth Century — Edhem Eldem

The Alhambra at the Crossroads of History Eastern and Western Visions in the Long Nineteenth Century

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

The Hundred-Year Walk An Armenian Odyssey — Dawn Anahid MacKeen

The Hundred-Year Walk An Armenian Odyssey

Dawn Anahid MacKeen

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Police Reform in Turkey Human Security, Gender and State Violence Under Erdogan — Funda Hulagu

Police Reform in Turkey Human Security, Gender and State Violence Under Erdogan

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Voyage Historique Et Politique Au Monténégro Contenant L’origine Des Monténegrins, Peuple Autocthone Ou Aborigène, Et Très Peu Connu; La Description Topographique, Pittoresque Et Statistique Du Pays; Les Moeurs De Cette Nation, Ses Usages, Coutum… — L C Vialla de Sommières

Voyage Historique Et Politique Au Monténégro Contenant L’origine Des Monténegrins, Peuple Autocthone Ou Aborigène, Et Très Peu Connu; La Description Topographique, Pittoresque Et Statistique Du Pays; Les Moeurs De Cette Nation, Ses Usages, Coutum&#8230

L C Vialla de Sommières

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Nomadologies Poems — Erdağ M. Göknar

Nomadologies Poems

Erdağ M. Göknar

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Les Turcs D’aujourd’hui Ou, Le Grand Karagheuz — Edmond Fazy

Les Turcs D’aujourd’hui Ou, Le Grand Karagheuz

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

The War and the Balkans — Charles Roden Buxton

The War and the Balkans

Charles Roden Buxton

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

The Great Betrayal The Great Siege of Constantinople — Ernle Bradford

The Great Betrayal The Great Siege of Constantinople

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Hittites A Captivating Guide to the Ancient Anatolian People Who Established the Hittite Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia — Captivating History

Hittites A Captivating Guide to the Ancient Anatolian People Who Established the Hittite Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia

Captivating History

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

The Confidence Men How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History — Margalit Fox

The Confidence Men How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Dracul Of the Father : the Untold Story of Vlad Dracul — A. K. Brackob

Dracul Of the Father : the Untold Story of Vlad Dracul

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Istanbul City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World — Thomas F. Madden

Istanbul City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World

Thomas F. Madden

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

Gallipoli Experience — Julian Thompson

Gallipoli Experience

Julian Thompson

Themes: Turkey & Ottoman Empire • Middle East

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Middle East — the same threads that run through Ottomans by Diana Darke. Among the authors featured: Ronald Grigor Suny, Captivating History, Donald E. Queller, Leslie Peirce, and others.

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