100 Books

This year I have a goal to read 100 books. 15 down, 85 more to go!

Click on the names to see the book on Amazon.com.

1.  Little Princes by Conor Grennan (highly recommend- about Nepal)

2.  Passage to Istanbul by Joseph Kanon (meh- slow spy novel, not very much culture, do not recommend)

3.  Desert Queen by Janet Wallach (you have to be in the mood)

4.  Tales from the Expat Harem by Anastasia Ashman (highly recommend)

5.  Apples are from Kazakhstan by Christopher Robins (recommend- great explanations of Soviet transitions)

6.  Rebel Land by Christopher de Bellaigue (recommend- historical background via stories of different kinds of people in Turkey including Kurds and Armenians)

8.  SOLD by Zana Muhsen (highly recommend- about Yemen)

9.  My Forbidden Face by Latifa (highly recommend- about Afghanistan)

10.  Princess by Jean Sasson (highly recommend- about Saudi Arabia)

11.  Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls are not for Sale by Rachel Loyd (recommend- about child enslavement in New York)

12.  Leap of Faith by Queen Noor (highly recommend- captures the recent history of the Palestinian peace process and of course Jordan).  

13.  Murder in the Name of Honor by Rana Husseini (highly recommend, about Jordan & the world)

14.  A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (highly recommend, fast and compelling read about South Sudan)

16.  Survivors by Allan Zullo  (recommend- about Polish Children who survived Jewish camps in WWII).  

18.  Last Night Another Soldier by Andy McNab (fiction- about British troops in Afghanistan)

Currently underway:
7.  Crescent & Star by Stephen Kinzer (not a narrative- just historic information- dry)

15.  The Woman Who Fell From The Sky by Jennifer Steil (about Yemen)

17.  Friendly Fire by Alaa al Aswany (recommend- fiction collect of short stories about Egypt)

Up next:
19.  Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay

20.  A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kasghar by   Suzanne Joinson

21.   The Founding Foodies: How Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Revolutionized America Cuisine by Dave Dewitt

22.  Finding Fish by Antwone Fisher

23.  Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed The Art of War by Robert Coram

24.  Knickers in a Twist by Jonathan Bernstein

25.  Britannia in Brief by Banker & Mullins