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What to read after Touch by Adania Shibli: 24 titles sharing themes of Middle East, World Literature, Coming of Age, and Literary, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Things I Left Behind A Novel

Shadhá Muṣṭafá

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Coming of Age

A Thousand Splendid Suns — Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Coming of Age

The Book of Intimate Grammar A Novel — David Grossman

The Book of Intimate Grammar A Novel

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Coming of Age

Behind You is the Sea A Novel — Susan Muaddi Darraj

Behind You is the Sea A Novel

Susan Muaddi Darraj

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Coming of Age

On Her Own A Novel — Lihi Lapid

On Her Own A Novel

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Coming of Age

Sparks Like Stars A Novel — Nadia Hashimi

Sparks Like Stars A Novel

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Coming of Age

Minor Detail — Adania Shibli

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

The Hebrew Teacher — Maya Arad

The Hebrew Teacher

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

Neom: a Novel from the World of Central Station — Lavie Tidhar

Neom: a Novel from the World of Central Station

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

Katerina — Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

Memoirs Of A Vagrant Soul Or The Pitted Face — Mikhail Naimy

Memoirs Of A Vagrant Soul Or The Pitted Face

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

A Woman in Jerusalem — Abraham B. Yehoshua

A Woman in Jerusalem

Abraham B. Yehoshua

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

How to Love Your Daughter A Novel — Hila Blum

How to Love Your Daughter A Novel

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

Poison in the Air A Novel — Jabbour Douaihy

Poison in the Air A Novel

Jabbour Douaihy

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

The Book Censor’s Library — Bothayna Al-Essa

The Book Censor’s Library

Bothayna Al-Essa

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

The Singularity — Balsam Karam

The Singularity

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

Sand-Catcher — Omar Khalifah

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

Badenheim 1939 — Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

Rosenfeld A Novel — Maya Kessler

Rosenfeld A Novel

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

An Unlasting Home A Novel — Mai Al-Nakib

An Unlasting Home A Novel

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

Wild Thorns — Sahar Khalifeh

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

A Nearby Country Called Love A Novel — Salar Abdoh

A Nearby Country Called Love A Novel

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

House Woman — Adorah Nworah

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

My Michael — Amos Oz

Themes: Middle East • World Literature • Literary

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