Start with high-confidence middle eastern politics books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Tribes and Politics in Yemen
Marieke Brandt
The Gates of Gaza
Amir Tibon, Little, Brown & Company
The Arc of a Covenant
Walter Russell Mead
The Return (pulitzer Prize Winner)
Hisham Matar
Black Wave
Kim Ghattas
The Lemon Tree
Sandy Tolan
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
Angela Y. Davis, Frank Barat
Yemen in Crisis
Helen Lackner
The Palestine Laboratory
Antony Loewenstein, Finlay Robertson
The Genius of Israel
Dan Senor, Saul Singer
