17 must-read muslims books like The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story by S.K. Ali

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The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

By: S.K. Ali

4.53

Format: 75 pages, ebook

Adam and Zayneb —engaged but continents apart for so long— are finally in the same city! Even th…

If you liked the muslims plot in The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story by S.K. Ali , here is a list of 17 books like this:

1. Written in the Stars

By: Aisha Saeed

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

This heart-wrenching novel explores what it is like to be thrust into an unwanted marriage. Has Nai… read more

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2. Does My Head Look Big In This?

By: Randa Abdel-Fattah

3.68

Format: 528 pages,

When sixteen-year-old Amal decides to wear the hijab full-time, her entire world changes, all becau… read more

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3. The Moth & the Flame (The Wrath & the Dawn, #0.25)

By: Renée Ahdieh

1.80

Format: 76 pages, ebook

It started as playful, if barbed, banter before rising to a fateful wager with a most notorious rak… read more

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4. She Wore Red Trainers

By: Na'ima B. Robert

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When Ali first meets Amirah, he notices everything about her--her hijab, her long eyelashes and her… read more

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5. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

By: Zoulfa Katouh

4.50

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had h… read more

Similar categories in Zoulfa Katouh's As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Bury me before I bury you" I did."

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

"There are enough people hurting you,"

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

"I’ll make it as soon as I’m done with this."

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

"He bites his lip. “Please take of yourself."

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

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6. Queen of the Tiles

By: Hanna Alkaf

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen’s Gambit in the world of competitive Scrabble when a teen gi… read more

Similar categories in Hanna Alkaf's Queen of the Tiles book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • muslims
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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7. My Mechanical Romance

By: Alexene Farol Follmuth

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Opposites attract in this battle-robot-building YA romance from the NYT best-selling author of The … read more

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  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Are you into opera or something?"

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

"honestly? physics is easy. what's hard is feeling like i want to be invisible all the time."

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

"You're such a nerd." "Oh, I know. My mom tells me all the time, but apparently nerds are hot now."

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

"Everyone at this school has plans, and then they want me to have plans, and I’m just so overwhelmed by their good intentions that I constantly feel the need to lie down for a solid five minutes befor…"

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

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8. Huda F Are You?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From the creator of Yes, I'm Hot In This, this cheeky, hilarious, and honest graphic novel asks the… read more

Similar categories in Huda Fahmy's Huda F Are You? book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • fiction
  • religion
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Use your hijab, woman! Cover that forehead!"

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?

"I swear if we end up getting joint weddings, we're running away."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?

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9. Ayesha at Last

By: Uzma Jalaluddin

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice for a new generation of love. Ayesha Shamsi has a lot g… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"No, she is not with child,"

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Ayesha at Last

"[Khalid] took a deep, calming breath, and smiled at her, channeling his inner shark. Or at least, dolphin."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Ayesha at Last

"Your defect is a tendency to judge everyone,' Ayesha said. 'And yours,' he said with a smile, 'is to willfully misunderstand them."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Ayesha at Last

"Your presence in a relationship is not indicative of commitment but rather inertia. Standing before your friends and family and pledging your love and loyalty is an essential ingredient of a long-las…"

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Ayesha at Last

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10. Salaam, with Love

By: Sara Sharaf Beg

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

This heartfelt and humorous YA contemporary follows Dua, who spends the month of Ramadan making une… read more

Similar categories in Sara Sharaf Beg's Salaam, with Love book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • islam
  • muslims
  • young adult
  • religion
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Hana Khan Carries On

By: Uzma Jalaluddin

3.95

Format: 368 pages, ebook

From the author of Ayesha at Last comes a sparkling new rom-com for fans of “You’ve Got Mail”. H… read more

Similar categories in Uzma Jalaluddin's Hana Khan Carries On book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Books are like people, you have to give them room to breathe."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Hana Khan Carries On

"Everything is better told as a story, and mine is still unfolding."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Hana Khan Carries On

"I had filled my heart and hands with everyone else’s burdens, had accepted their worries as if they had been my own, assuming they were all doing the same for me—but they weren’t."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Hana Khan Carries On

"Then you tell me your favourite colour so I can send you flowers, your favourite place so I can take you there, your favourite book so I can read it just so we can argue about it. I know you want to …"

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Hana Khan Carries On

Cover of Timeless Seeds of Advice: The Sayings of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn al-Jawzi and Other Prominent Scholars in Bringing Comfort and Hope to the Soul by B.B. Abdulla

12. Timeless Seeds of Advice: The Sayings of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn al-Jawzi and Other Prominent Scholars in Bringing Comfort and Hope to the Soul

By: B.B. Abdulla

4.60

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

A selection of beautiful and practical pieces of advice from the Quran, the Prophet PBUH and Islam’… read more

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  • muslims
  • religion
  • islam
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13. Barakah Beats

By: Maleeha Siddiqui

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The First Rule of Punk and Save Me a Seat, Barakah Beats is a sweet, powerful, and joyo… read more

Similar categories in Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • muslims
  • religion
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Much Ado about Nada

By: Uzma Jalaluddin

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A sparkling second-chance romance inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion... Nada Syed is stuck. On… read more

Similar categories in Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Life really was bizarre on occasion."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

"He didn't want anything to change, ever. And so nothing changed for anyone in her family. Ever."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

"A world doesn't exist where I don't choose you, Nada beta, over everyone else. I will always choose you."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

"My parents want to leave a legacy. We want to create our own. We're all just making it up as we go along."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

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15. Allah Loves

By: Omar Suleiman

4.76

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

In Allah Loves… Omar Suleiman explores who and what Allah loves so that we may become one of those … read more

Similar categories in Omar Suleiman's Allah Loves book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • muslims
  • religion
  • islam
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16. It All Comes Back to You

By: Farah Naz Rishi

3.49

Format: 432 pages, ebook

After Kiran Noorani's mom died, Kiran vowed to keep her dad and sister, Amira, close. Then out of … read more

Similar categories in Farah Naz Rishi's It All Comes Back to You book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Where you live, where you love, where you breathe--that is where your home will be."

-Farah Naz Rishi, It All Comes Back to You

"Who you have feelings for—that is not a choice. Feelings happen whether you want them to or not. But love isn’t a feeling; it’s the act of planting a seed and putting in the time and care it needs to…"

-Farah Naz Rishi, It All Comes Back to You

"DEEN: What about you? KIRAN: Hmm . . . seeing the future! KIRAN: I want to be able to see the future. DEEN: Feeling anxious about the future? KIRAN: Yeah. Always. KIRAN: Especially lately. DEEN: How’…"

-Farah Naz Rishi, It All Comes Back to You

"There are millions of shayaris and ghazals and songs that spin beautiful words about what love is: fire, wine, pain," he goes on. "But that is all passion. Feeling. Love, on the other hand, is an act…"

-Farah Naz Rishi, It All Comes Back to You

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17. Something More

By: Jackie Khalilieh

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism d… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Khalilieh's Something More book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"No matter how far I've come and no matter how hard I try, beneath the mask will always be a girl who's afraid of being left behind."

-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More

"Maybe if people can get past the things that make me different on the outside, then they might try to get to know the real me. And maybe I’ll let them."

-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More

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18. Kismat Connection

By: Ananya Devarajan

3.42

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this charming YA debut, a girl who’s determined to prove her star chart wrong ropes her longtime… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Did I deserve to be abandoned, then?"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

"He knew nothing and learned everything because no one else would do it for him"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

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19. The Next New Syrian Girl

By: Ream Shukairy

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Furia meets I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter about the unlikely friendship between two very d… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's The Next New Syrian Girl book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • muslims
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

By: S.K. Ali

4.53

Format: 75 pages, ebook

Adam and Zayneb —engaged but continents apart for so long— are finally in the same city! Even th… read more

Similar categories in S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • islam
  • novella
  • muslims
  • young adult
  • religion
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. My Other Half

By: Neya B

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's crazy how fate can change the outlook on our future. Hayat didn’t plan to meet the man who … read more

Similar categories in Neya B's My Other Half book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • muslims
  • islam
  • contemporary
"You’re my home, Hayati. Ilove you in this dunya and the akhira. Until Jennah reunites us."

-Neya B, My Other Half

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22. Maya's Laws of Love

By: Alina Khawaja

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A bride-to-be convinced she’s cursed in romance finds her luck changing—at exactly the wrong time. … read more

Similar categories in Alina Khawaja's Maya's Laws of Love book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed

By: Noreen Mughees

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of Sonali Dev and Uzma Jalaluddin, Noreen Mughees’s sparkling debut novel reunites… read more

Similar categories in Noreen Mughees's The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. When a Brown Girl Flees

By: Aamna Qureshi

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

After Zahra Paracha makes a decision at odds with her beliefs, her mother forces Zahra to make an i… read more

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  • young adult contemporary
  • muslims
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"My life had been so full, so why had I felt so empty in it?"

-Aamna Qureshi, When a Brown Girl Flees

"Loneliness was like an old pair of socks I should have gotten rid of ages ago- though worn and slightly scratchy, they were somehow comfortable despite the discomfort"

-Aamna Qureshi, When a Brown Girl Flees

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25. Prayers of the Pious

By: Omar Suleiman

4.74

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

This inspirational collection of prayers and reminders is the perfect companion for anyone who wish… read more

Similar categories in Omar Suleiman's Prayers of the Pious book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • muslims
  • religion
  • islam
"It's not about asking Allah (glorified and exalted is He) for patience, which is a great quality to have, or to be in the station of the patient, which is a great station to be in, but in this situat…"

-Omar Suleiman, Prayers of the Pious

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26. That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story

By: Huda Fahmy

4.21

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Chaperones, suitors, and arranged marriages aren't only reserved for the heroines of a Jane Austen … read more

Similar categories in Huda Fahmy's That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • religion
  • islam
  • contemporary
"Her cat hotel did very well. LOL"

-Huda Fahmy, That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story

"Her daughter got married in pants. Lol"

-Huda Fahmy, That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story

"I find you. . . r citizenship very attractive. Lol"

-Huda Fahmy, That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story

"Yeah, I've been there. It had a funky smell and reminded me of a graveyard."

-Huda Fahmy, That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story

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27. You Truly Assumed

By: Laila Sabreen

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling and thought-provoking debut novel, after a terrorist attack rocks the country an… read more

Similar categories in Laila Sabreen's You Truly Assumed book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • young adult contemporary
  • islam
  • muslims
  • young adult
  • religion
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I am tired of existing. I want to live"

-Laila Sabreen, You Truly Assumed

"She has a heart of gold. But people rob gold."

-Laila Sabreen, You Truly Assumed

"But their voices and their words move mountains, create waterfalls, mend hearts, and make this world closer to what it should be."

-Laila Sabreen, You Truly Assumed

"But if I am going to paint my own future, then I can't have have people-pleasing on my paint palette. It only muddles the rest of the colors."

-Laila Sabreen, You Truly Assumed

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28. Grounded

By: Aisha Saeed

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Four kids meet at an airport for one unforgettable night in this middle-grade novel by four bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Aisha Saeed's Grounded book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • muslims
  • religion
  • contemporary
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29. Four Eids and a Funeral

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

3.71

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Ex-best friends, Tiwa and Said, must work together to save their Islamic Center from demolition, in… read more

Similar categories in Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Four Eids and a Funeral book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • muslims
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. Broken. Not a halal love story

By: Fatima Bala

4.19

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In this heartwrenching new novel from Award-winning author and poet, Fatima Bala, a connection send… read more

Similar categories in Fatima Bala's Broken. Not a halal love story book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
"Broken into fragments, Heartbeats - counted, limited. Yet, I’d give all the beats I have left to hear my name escape your lips again. Ours is a togetherness that honors the beauty of our solitude."

-Fatima Bala, Broken. Not a halal love story

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31. As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

By: Sandhya Menon

3.63

Format: 60 pages, ebook

Will Dimple and Rishi find their happily ever after? Find out in this funny, romantic, endlessly ch… read more

Similar categories in Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5) book and S.K. Ali's The Eid Gift: An Adam and Zayneb Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • novella
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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3.71

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Alexene Farol Follmuth

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