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[shaharizade]

Do you have any recs for books written by Muslim authors?? Under any and all genres??

hii okay most of these, if not all, are ya/contemporary but here's all that i know-

ayesha at last by uzma jallaludin is one of my favourite books. its a pride and prejudice retelling w muslim characters set in canada. it's not particularly exemplary but its one of my comfort reads <3. the author also has another book called hana khan carries on which is a retelling you've got mail, with two rival food businesses competing on the same street, an anonymous podcast and (mild spoilers ahead) a taylor swift flash mob <3

hani and ishu's guide to fake dating by adiba jaigirdar is also one of my favourite books, about hamaira khan who comes out as bisexual to her friends, who tell her it can't be because she's never dated a girl, so she tells them she's with the only other indian in school, ishita dey. its warm and soft and the book equivalent of a hug. the author also has the henna wars about nishat who is struggling to get her family to accept her as a lesbian. a side plot includes a rivals to lovers and a school competition she's trying to win. adiba also has a new book coming out sometime this year called a million to one but i don't know much of what it's about, other than that its a sapphic heist in the titanic.

the love and lies of rukhsana ali by sabina khan isn't a book i like very much, but i'm adding it anyway. it's about a sapphic muslim bangladeshi girl who was caught kissing her girlfriend by her parents and then flown to bangladesh, where a flurry of escapes and arranged marriages follow. it was a bit too dramatic and unrealistic for me, but the author wrote it inspired after her own daughter came out to her, so i'll let you decide whether you want to read it.

a very large expanse of sea by tahereh mafi is about a muslim girl in america a year after the events of 9/11. it's a high school love story and kind of cliche, but it's good nevertheless. tahereh mafi is more widely known for her series shatter me but i haven't read it so i can't recommend it.

counting down with you by tashie bhuiyan is one of my friend's favourite books ever and is about a ya contemporary novel about a bangladeshi-american girl who gets the courage to finally tell her parents she wants to become a humanities student and not a science one (the quintessential desi coming of age moment) side plot features a fake dating scheme going on with the resident Bad Boy™ of the school while her parents fly back to bangladesh for a month. it has loads of anxiety representation and a dadu i would die for, although the muslim representation reviews are mixed, so i will let you decide.

famous on booktok for a while, but i'll still recommend we hunt the flame by hafsah faizal which is a fantasy duology set in the fantasy equivalent of arabia, which features a group of people on quests to uncover lost artifacts in an island nobody can access. i've read the first book and i'm yet to read the second but i will recommend it, although i find it slightly above average. something i do want to point out is that the main character, zafira has a widow's peak, which is something that endeared me to her a lot, bc of how rare it is to find in young adults fiction. the author also has another series coming out this year called a tempest of tea which i'm more excited for.

the family tree by sairish hussain is a book that didn't hit me at all but almost all of my friends loved this book dearly, so i guess it's just a me thing. it follows a british muslim family over the course of around 30ish years, amjad's wife dies, leaving him to take care of both their children. several years later, saahil and ehsaan are celebrating graduating university when they run into an accident that changes their lives forever. several years after that its up to zahra to bring the family back together.

ace of spades by faridah abiké-iyímídé is about the only two Black students in a rich all white academy, and a secret texted who calls themselves 'ace', who threatens to spill their secrets to the entire school. its a very compelling thriller and i read the entire second half in one go, not being able to take my eyes off the page for a second, would recommend v much.

these are the books i could think off the top of my head, there are probably more that i'll add if i happen to remember. most of these are ya, so if youre not into ya i'm sorry <33. there are instagram pages like @bookifiction and @radical_reading that focus on islamic lit and ownvoices if you want more recs as well as tumblr pages like @papenathys and @gaaandaaaalf who have an extensive list of book recs.

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