Islamic History & Civilisation

empires, cities, and what they left

• Lost Islamic HistoryFiras Alkhateeb
• India in the Persianate AgeRichard Eaton
• The Empire of the Great MughalsAnnemarie Schimmel
• Islam: The Covenant FulfilledSyed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
• Medieval Arab Music and MusiciansHenry George FarmerMedieval Arab Music and MusiciansHenry George Farmer
• The MuqaddimahIbn Khaldun
• The Story of the Moors in SpainStanley Lane-Poole
• Muslim Spain and PortugalHugh Kennedy
• Crusade and JihadWilliam R. Polk
• Napoleon's EgyptJuan Cole
• The Ottoman EmpireHalil Inalcik
• The Fall of the OttomansEugene Rogan
• Destiny DisruptedTamim Ansary
• A Living Islamic City: FezTitus BurckhardtA Living Islamic City: FezTitus Burckhardt
• Islam in TransitionJohn Donohue & John Esposito
• Travellers in the Golden RealmAl-Azami
• Converting PersiaRula Jurdi Abisaab
• Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a CivilisationJustin Marozzi
• Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the AmericasSylviane DioufServants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the AmericasSylviane Diouf
• Islam and EnlightenmentAli Shah Zulfiqar
• The Republic of Arabic LettersAlexander Bevilacqua
• The Vital Roots of European EnlightenmentSamar Attar
• Slavery and IslamJonathan A.C. Brown
• Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzan: A Philosophical TaleLenn E. Goodman
• Muslim Sicily: Encounters and LegacyNuha AlshaarMuslim Sicily: Encounters and LegacyNuha Alshaar
• The Lion HouseChristopher de Bellaigue
• No god but GodReza Aslan

Poetry & Literature

what only the line can say

• Tulip in the DesertMustansir Mir
• Iqbal: Manifestation of the Islamic SpiritAli Shariati
• HajjAli Shariati
• The Glory of IqbalAbul Hasan Ali Nadwi
• Poems of Arab AndalusiaCola Franzen
• Face of LoveDick Davis
• Layli and MajnunNizami Ganjavi
• The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam
• Rumi: GoldHaleh Liza Gafori
• The Life and Work of Jalaluddin RumiAfzal Iqbal
• The Triumphal SunAnnemarie Schimmel
• Rumi's WorldAnnemarie Schimmel
• West-Eastern DivanJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Men in the SunGhassan Kanafani
• The Time Regulation InstituteAhmet Hamdi Tanpinar
• The Mantle Adorned (Qasida Burda)Imam al-Busiri
• The HamziyyaImam al-Busiri
• The Forty Rules of LoveElif Shafak
• Songs of InspirationDr Ahrar Mohammad Khan
• The Early HoursMarmaduke Pickthall
• A Place for UsFatima Farheen Mirza
• Glimpses of Urdu PoetryK.C. Kanda
• All You Who Sleep TonightVikram Seth
• Washes, PraysNoor Naga

Travel & Geography

the road as a way of knowing

• The Road to MeccaMuhammad Asad
• Homecoming of the HeartMuhammad Asad
• Travels in ArabiaJohn Lewis Burckhardt
• The Travels of Ibn al-TayyibEl Mustapha LahlaliThe Travels of Ibn al-TayyibEl Mustapha Lahlali
• The Travels of Ibn JubayrIbn Jubayr
• The Travels of Ibn BattutaIbn Battuta
• Book of TravelsNasir Khusraw
• The Innocents AbroadMark Twain
• Wind, Sand and StarsAntoine de Saint-Exupery
• Aleppo: A HistoryRoss Burns
• Damascus: A HistoryRoss Burns
• The Monuments of SyriaRoss Burns

Art, Architecture & Cities

faith made visible

• Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic SpainJerrilynn DoddsAl-Andalus: The Art of Islamic SpainJerrilynn Dodds
• Moorish SpainRichard Fletcher
• Stealing from the SaracensDiana Darke
• Music, Sound and Architecture in IslamMichael Frishkopf & Federico Spinetti
• The Age of SinanGulru Necipoglu

Sufism & the Inner Path

the heart’s long apprenticeship — Ghazali included

• Sea Without ShoreNuh Ha Mim Keller
• Revelation of Mystery (Kashf al-Mahjub)Ali HujwiriRevelation of Mystery (Kashf al-Mahjub)Ali Hujwiri
• Fusus al-Hikam (Bezels of Wisdom)Ibn Arabi
• The Tree of BeingIbn Arabi
• Sufis of AndalusiaIbn Arabi
• The Quest for the Red SulphurIbn Arabi
• The Conference of the BirdsFarid ud-Din Attar
• The Man of Light in Iranian SufismHenry CorbinThe Man of Light in Iranian SufismHenry Corbin
• Mystical Dimensions of IslamAnnemarie Schimmel
• A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth CenturyMartin Lings
• Breezes of the ElectUmm al-Khayr
• On the Horizons of BeingMichael Sugich
• I Am Wind, You Are FireAnnemarie Schimmel
• My Soul Is a Woman: The Feminine in IslamAnnemarie Schimmel
• The Tao of IslamSachiko MurataThe Tao of IslamSachiko Murata
• Caesarean Moon BirthsHamza Yusuf
• Spiritual Psychology: The Fourth Intellectual JourneyMulla SadraSpiritual Psychology: The Fourth Intellectual JourneyMulla Sadra
• The Book of AssistanceImam Abd Allah ibn 'Alawi al-Haddad
• FutuwwahDawud WalidFutuwwahDawud Walid
• The Way of Sufi ChivalryIbn al-Husayn al-Sulami
• The Path to Sufism (Deliverance from Error)Al-Ghazali
• The Jewels of the Qur'anAl-Ghazali
• Love, Longing, Intimacy and ContentmentAl-Ghazali
• Breaking the Two DesiresAl-Ghazali
• Letter to a DiscipleAl-Ghazali
• Vigilance and Self-ExaminationAl-Ghazali
• Poverty and AbstinenceAl-GhazaliPoverty and AbstinenceAl-Ghazali
• The Book of KnowledgeAl-Ghazali
• The Mysteries of the PrayerAl-Ghazali
• The Path of Worshippers to the Paradise of the Lord of the WorldsAl-GhazaliThe Path of Worshippers to the Paradise of the Lord of the WorldsAl-Ghazali
• The Alchemy of HappinessAl-Ghazali
• The Book of Prophetic Ethics and the Courtesies of LivingAl-GhazaliThe Book of Prophetic Ethics and the Courtesies of LivingAl-Ghazali
• On Listening to Music and the Experience of EcstasyAl-GhazaliOn Listening to Music and the Experience of EcstasyAl-Ghazali
• Mishkat al-Anwar: The Niche for LightsAl-Ghazali
• The Beginning of GuidanceAbu Hamid al-Ghazali
• The Art of Cultivating Noble CharacterAl-Raghib al-Isfahani

Orientalism & Representation

who tells the story, and why

• Inventing the Middle EastGuillemette Crouzet
• Islam and RomanticismJeffrey EinbodenIslam and RomanticismJeffrey Einboden
• Islam in Victorian BritainJamie Gilham
• Covering IslamEdward Said
• Buying Buddha, Selling RumiSophia Rose ArjanaBuying Buddha, Selling RumiSophia Rose Arjana
• OrientalismEdward Said
• Culture and ImperialismEdward Said
• Power, Politics, and CultureEdward Said
• Restating OrientalismDaniel Martin Varisco
• Islam in LiberalismJoseph Massad

Empire & Critique

power, and what it costs

• Discourse on ColonialismAime Cesaire
• The Wretched of the EarthFrantz Fanon
• A Dying ColonialismFrantz Fanon
• Inside the Battle of AlgiersZohra Drif
• How Europe Underdeveloped AfricaWalter Rodney
• Imagined CommunitiesBenedict Anderson
• Notes on NationalismGeorge Orwell
• Eqbal Ahmad: Selected WritingsEqbal Ahmad
• The Shock DoctrineNaomi Klein
• The Invisible DoctrineGeorge Monbiot
• The Great War for CivilisationRobert Fisk
• The Age of the WarriorRobert Fisk
• From the Ruins of EmpirePankaj Mishra
• The New LeviathansJohn Gray
• The Idea of IndiaSunil Khilnani
• The Sublime Object of IdeologySlavoj Žižek
• Necessary IllusionsNoam Chomsky

On Palestine

witness, and argument

• Blaming the VictimsEdward Said & Christopher Hitchens
• From Oslo to IraqEdward Said
• Terrorism: Theirs and OursEqbal Ahmad
• The Holocaust IndustryNorman Finkelstein
• The Question of PalestineEdward Said
• On Zionist LiteratureGhassan Kanafani

Modern Thought & the Self

the examined life, now

• The Crisis of the Modern WorldRene Guenon
• King of the CastleGai Eaton
• Islamic Science: An Illustrated StudySeyyed Hossein Nasr
• Bombing Without MoonlightAbdal Hakim Murad
• Travelling HomeAbdal Hakim Murad
• Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial LifeJorg Matthias Determann
• The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in IslamMuhammad Iqbal
• The Autobiography of Malcolm XMalcolm X
• King, Warrior, Magician, LoverMoore & Gillette
• The Cultural Side of IslamMarmaduke Pickthall
• Before You Tie the KnotAbugideiri & Hag Magid
• Islam and SecularismSyed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
• Islam Between East and WestAlija Izetbegovic
• Coming Home to the PleistocenePaul Shepard
• Anything GoesTheodore Dalrymple
• The Tao of WarMikhael Abdul Lateef
• The Rise and Triumph of the Modern SelfCarl R. Trueman

Western Classics & Parallels

the shelf across the water

• Paradise LostJohn Milton
• The Master and MargaritaMikhail Bulgakov
• The IdiotFyodor Dostoevsky
• Collected EssaysJames Baldwin
• Sophie's WorldJostein Gaarder
• 1984George Orwell
• The Sound of the MountainYasunari Kawabata
• Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky

Qur’an & Theology

scripture, and the science of reading it

• Al-MuwattaImam Malik
• Peak of EloquenceImam Ali
• The Message of the Qur'anMuhammad Asad
• The Study QuranSeyyed Hossein Nasr
• The Qur'anM.A.S. Abdel Haleem
• The Qur'an BeheldNuh Ha Mim Keller
• The Lives of ManImam Abd Allah ibn 'Alawi al-Haddad
• The Divine Guide in Early Shi'ismMohammad Ali Amir-MoezziThe Divine Guide in Early Shi'ismMohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
• The Garden of the Hadith ScholarsShah Abd al-Aziz Dihlawi
• The Muslim JesusTarif Khalidi
• Being Muslim: A Practical GuideAsad Tarsin
• Islam: An IntroductionAnnemarie Schimmel
• God in the Qur'anJack Miles

Life of the Prophet ﷺ

the seerah, and those closest to it

• And Muhammad Is His MessengerAnnemarie Schimmel
• Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest SourcesMartin Lings
• The Sirah of the ProphetYasir Qadhi
• Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of EmpiresJuan Cole
• Muhammad: Man of GodSeyyed Hossein Nasr
• Muhammad: A Very Short IntroductionJonathan A.C. BrownMuhammad: A Very Short IntroductionJonathan A.C. Brown
• The First Muslim: The Story of MuhammadLesley Hazleton
• BilalH.A.L. Craig
• Life of Abu BakrM. Habibur Rahman Khan SherwaniLife of Abu BakrM. Habibur Rahman Khan Sherwani