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Arabian Peninsula Books

Books selected for readers looking for arabian peninsula books.

28 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·1 crossover shelf·59% reader overlap with Islam History Books

1. The Arabs
Eugene Rogan, Derek Perkins
Fits this list for its focus on arabian and peninsula.
Shelf signal: North African History
2. Your Passport to Saudi Arabia
Golriz Golkar
Fits this list for its focus on arabian and peninsula.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
3. The Fakhros of Bahrain
Adel Fakhro
Fits this list for its focus on arabian and peninsula.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
4. Unholy Kingdom
Malise Ruthven
Included for strong middle alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
5. Behind the Kingdom's Veil
Susanne Koelbl, Karen Elliott House
Strong fit for this arabian peninsula list in the arabian peninsula history lane.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
6. The Man Who Would Be King
Karen Elliott House
Included for strong middle alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
7. On Saudi Arabia
Karen Elliott House
Included for strong history alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
8. Ibn Saud
Barbara Bray, Michael Darlow
Included for strong middle alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
9. Arabia Felix From the Time of the Queen of Sheba
Jean-Francois Breton, Jean-François Breton
Fits this list for its focus on arabian and peninsula.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
10. Tensions in the Gulf, 1978-1991
J. E. Peterson
Fits this list for its focus on arabian and peninsula.
Shelf signal: Persian Gulf War (1991)
11. Awakening Islam
Stéphane Lacroix, George Holoch
Included for strong world alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
12. Satellite Realms
Naomi Sakr
Fits this list for its focus on arabian and peninsula.
Shelf signal: Middle Eastern Lit Crit
13. Archive Wars
Rosie Bsheer
Strong fit for this arabian peninsula list in the arabian peninsula history lane.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
14. King of Kings
Scott Anderson
Included for strong award alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Iranian History
15. It's Not What You Think
Sabeeha Rehman
Included for strong memoir alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
16. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
Rashid Khalidi
Included for strong history alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Other Military Conflicts
17. Lawrence in Arabia
Scott Anderson
Included for strong gifts alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
18. Qatar
Allen J. Fromherz, Allen James Fromherz
Included for strong history alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
19. The Oil Kings
Andrew Scott Cooper
Strong fit for this arabian peninsula list in the arabian peninsula history lane.
Shelf signal: Arabian Peninsula History
20. The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy
Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt
Strong fit for this arabian peninsula list in the iraq history lane.
Shelf signal: Iraq History
21. A History of Iran
Michael Axworthy
Included for strong middle alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Iranian History
22. The Modern History of Iraq
Phebe Marr, Ibrahim Al-Marashi
Included for strong middle alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Iraq History
23. Iran's Rise and Rivalry With the US in the Middle East
Mohsen M. Milani
Included for strong middle alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Iranian History
24. The Fall of Heaven
Andrew Scott Cooper
Included for strong middle alignment with this arabian peninsula list.
Shelf signal: Iranian History