2008 Favorites

In general, I prefer fiction over non fiction, but in 2008 — for no reason in particular, I read more non fiction that ever. These works were both interesting and informative:

• Origins, A Memoir
• Arabia Felix
• Morocco Since 1830
• The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
• The Travels of Ibn Battuta
• The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

There were also a few very good, fast paced novels that I would recommend, such as

• Netherland
• Tea in the Harem
• Season of Migration to the North
• De Niro’s Game
• Unburnable

Overall, though, my top favorites for the year were

1. The Heart Does Not Bend by Makeda Silvera
2. Arab Felix
3. The Orientalist