Books by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War
by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
🏆 The Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year, 2024
“Published on the 20th anniversary of the invasion, his book combines journalism, memoir and travel writing to tell the stories of the people caught up in the maelstrom as, to quote the author, ‘their world fragmented.’ One of the things about this book that really stood out to me was how it gives, vitally, an Iraqi-centred account. I felt that I was getting a 360º perspective of the situation, rather than stereotypes. It’s a powerful book.” Read more...
The Best Travel Writing of 2024
Shafik Meghji, Travel Writer
Interviews where books by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad were recommended
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Question 7
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Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World
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France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain
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The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
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Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
by Nathan Thrall
10 Award-Winning Nonfiction Books of 2024
10 Award-Winning Nonfiction Books of 2024
The nonfiction book prizes we cover at Five Books are a great way to keep up with books on important subjects that are written in an accessible and engaging way. We keep an eye on prizes in a range of nonfiction genres—including history, politics, business, science, sports and general nonfiction.
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A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War
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The Britannias: An Archipelago’s Tale
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The Gathering Place: A Winter Pilgrimage Through Changing Times
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The Granite Kingdom: A Cornish Journey
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Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilisation
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High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia’s Haunted Hinterland
by Tom Parfitt
The Best Travel Writing of 2024, recommended by Shafik Meghji
The Best Travel Writing of 2024, recommended by Shafik Meghji
Every spring, the judges of the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards draw up a shortlist for the title of the ‘travel book of the year.’ The 2024 shortlist highlights six fascinating recent travelogues that wrestle with political and environmental issues, and explore the contrast between the outsider and the insider gaze.
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A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War
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Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
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Travels with Tocqueville Beyond America
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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
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The Wife of Bath: A Biography
by Marion Turner
Notable Nonfiction of Early 2023, recommended by Sophie Roell
Notable Nonfiction of Early 2023, recommended by Sophie Roell
As 2023 gets underway, Five Books editor Sophie Roell looks at some of the interesting nonfiction books coming out in the early months of the year (January-March).
