23 must-read fiction books like In the Company of Strangers by Awais Khan

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In the Company of Strangers

By: Awais Khan

4.01

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Lahore – a city of secretive glamour, whispering elites, and sordid affairs. A city brought to its …

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1. In the Country of Men

By: شبنم سمیعیان , Hisham Matar

3.87

Format: 411 pages,

In the Country of Men is a stunning depiction of a child confronted with the effects of Libyan stro… read more

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  • fiction
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2. Ashes, Wine and Dust

By: Kanza Javed

3.94

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

Immersed in the set imperative of middle-class life in contemporary Pakistan, Mariam Ameen decides … read more

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  • pakistan
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. A Case of Exploding Mangoes

By: Mohammed Hanif

4.06

Format: 360 pages,

Intrigue and subterfuge combine with bad luck and good in this darkly comic debut about love, betra… read more

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  • pakistan
  • fiction

4. A House Without Windows

By: Nadia Hashimi

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A vivid, unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood--an emotionally powerful and haunting story … read more

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5. The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

By: Nadia Hashimi

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel, The Pearl that Broke Its Shellis a searing ta… read more

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6. The Bastard of Istanbul

By: Elif Shafak

3.67

Format: 499 pages, Hardcover

From one of Turkey's most acclaimed and outspoken writers, a novel about the tangled histories of t… read more

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7. Love Me Not (Helen Grace, #7)

By: M.J. Arlidge

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

She Loves Me A woman's body lies in the road. At first it looks like a tragic accident. But when H… read more

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  • fiction

8. From My Sisters' Lips

By: Na'ima B. Robert

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Covered from head to toe with only her eyes visible, the sight of a Muslim woman on a western city … read more

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9. The Twenty (Major Crimes, #2)

By: Sam Holland

4.22

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A tense novel from a fast-rising star, Sam Holland, The Twenty fuses a chilling race-against-time w… read more

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  • fiction
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10. It's Not About the Burqa

By: Mariam Khan

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? In 2016, Mari… read more

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"I believe the role of the writer is to tell society what it pretends it does not know."

-Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa

"In early Islam in seventh century Arabia, Muslim women were feisty and unafraid to fight for their rights. With the passing of the centuries, their dramatic progress stagnated and stalled, causing th…"

-Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa

"Dissecting the rishta sites quickly becomes me and Fiz's favorite pastime. 'Look at this one, Fiz, look at this one. "i am looking for simple, obedient girl." Vom!' 'Why doesn't he just advertise for…"

-Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa

"Revolutions 'go too far': if your community is ready for you, then you are too late. You must challenge your community. You must throw down the gauntlet of freedom to your community and dare it to ac…"

-Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa

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11. Evil Eye

By: Etaf Rum

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man returns with a striking explor… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"(...) she shrugged to articulate her feelings, even to herself. Words diluted things, made them smaller."

-Etaf Rum, Evil Eye

"Her family had always been told to classify themselves as white because of their Middle Eastern origins. But Yara had never considered herself white or been viewed as white by anyone else, and markin…"

-Etaf Rum, Evil Eye

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12. The Mind of a Murderer (Dr. Olivia Winter, #1)

By: Michael Wood

4.30

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

A DARK PAST Dr Olivia Winter is a forensic psychologist whose job is to understand the minds of … read more

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  • fiction
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13. The Daughters of Madurai

By: Rajasree Variyar

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Daughters of Madurai is both a heartrending family story and a page-turning mystery about the s… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. The Puppet Master (Major Crimes, #3)

By: Sam Holland

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

An incredible new unputdownable thriller which will keep you gripped from the first page to the las… read more

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  • fiction
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15. The Intruders

By: Louise Jensen

4.03

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

They were told to leave. They should have listened. It should be the perfect opportunity: a mano… read more

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  • fiction
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16. Sisters Under the Rising Sun

By: Heather Morris

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz… read more

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  • fiction
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17. Dark Game (DI Kelly Porter, #1)

By: Rachel Lynch

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Kelly Porter knows some people will risk everything to get ahead. But when the truth comes out d… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Bad for Good

By: Graham Bartlett

3.95

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

How far would you go? The murder of a promising footballer and, crucially, the son of the Brigh… read more

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  • fiction
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19. Day One

By: Abigail Dean

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Marty seems to do no wrong. Trent can’t seem to get things right. When they are thrown together by … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. The Bad Muslim Discount

By: Syed M. Masood

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 1990s to San Francisco in 2016, Bad Muslim Dis… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"For Abu too,"

-Syed M. Masood, The Bad Muslim Discount

"I suppose we have to change the national anthem then."

-Syed M. Masood, The Bad Muslim Discount

"There is no us, Abu Fahd. There is no them. We're all the same."

-Syed M. Masood, The Bad Muslim Discount

"I am saying that you should read everyone else's story with the same respect as you do your own."

-Syed M. Masood, The Bad Muslim Discount

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21. The Wrong Child

By: M.J. Arlidge

4.35

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A MOTHER WITH A DARK SECRET. A DAUGHTER DYING TO TELL . . . When 3-month-old Max is abducted, h… read more

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22. In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home

By: Mona Hajjar Halaby

4.31

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Refugees are like seeds that scatter in the wind, and land in different soils that become their re… read more

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  • contemporary
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23. Out of Her Depth

By: Lizzy Barber

3.52

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

There are summers that will change your life. There are summers that may end it. In the lush green … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. A Place for Us

By: Fatima Farheen Mirza

4.17

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

A Place for Us unfolds the lives of an Indian-American Muslim family, gathered together in their Ca… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It is not that we thought our way was better. It was that we did not know another way."

-Fatima Farheen Mirza, A Place for Us

"Where did they come from, her children? And how did they arrive already themselves, and unlike anyone else?"

-Fatima Farheen Mirza, A Place for Us

"It was a strange time in their lives: the children like paper boats they were releasing into the water and watching float away."

-Fatima Farheen Mirza, A Place for Us

"Are you happy," he asked. "I am." she said. And then she twisted again the row of bangles on her wrist. "I'm content. My parents are happy."

-Fatima Farheen Mirza, A Place for Us

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25. The Interpreter

By: Brooke Robinson

3.22

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Innocent or guilty. It's all a matter of interpretation... A childhood spent moving around the w… read more

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  • fiction
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26. In the Company of Strangers

By: Awais Khan

4.01

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Lahore – a city of secretive glamour, whispering elites, and sordid affairs. A city brought to its … read more

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  • romance
  • pakistan
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. Redemption

By: Jack Jordan

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The latest pulse-pounding thriller from the master of the moral dilemma and Sunday Times bestseller… read more

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  • fiction
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28. I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

By: Laura Dockrill

4.06

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Ella and Lowe are teenagers when they first meet. For her, it’s love at first sight. But it’s safes… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Reasons to Go Outside

By: Esme King

4.28

Format: 343 pages, ebook

Pearl Winter hasn't been outside in forty-three years. Since she arrived on Dartmoor as a girl, … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. The Betrayal of Thomas True

By: A.J. West

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It is the year 1710, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One … read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
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31. Circus of Mirrors

By: Julie Owen Moylan

4.23

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

'Julie Owen Moylan writes about mid-20th century women like no-one else' Laura PricePRE-ORDER the d… read more

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Kanza Javed

3.94

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Etaf Rum

3.95

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Rajasree Variyar

4.10

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Rachel Lynch

4.11

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Lisa See

4.36

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Abraham Verghese

4.45

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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.11

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Thrity Umrigar

4.13

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