Review of Books on Saudi Arabia

The following books are currently reviewed by John Paul Jones on Amazon.com

 

Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia by Toby Jones

Beyond the Dunes: An Anthology of Modern Saudi Literature, ed., Jayyusi, Al-Hazmi, Khattab

Under the Sky of Saudi Arabia by Kamaan al Kamaan

Dir'iyyah and the First Saudi State by William Facey

Saudi Arabia: An Artist's View of the Past by Safeya Binzagar

Munira's Bottle by Yousef Al-Mohaimeed

Saudi Arabian Seashells by Doreen Sharabati

In the Footsteps of the Camel by Eleanor Nicholson

Changed Identities: Challenge of the New Generation in Saudi Arabia by Mai Yamani

Passages from Arabia Deserta by Charles Doughty

A History of Saudi Arabia by Alexei Vassiliev

Sandstorms: Days and Nights in Arabia by Peter Theroux

Saudi Arabia by Harry St. John (Abdullah) Philby

Nomad of the Nomads: The Al Murrah Bedouin of the Empty Quarter by Donald P Cole

Inside the Kingdom by Robert Lacey

Undiscovered Asir by Thierry Mauger

The Saudi Enigma by Pascal Menoret

Ibn Saud: King by Conquest by Nestor Sander

La Servante Abyssine by Carine Fernandez

Prophets and Princes: Saudi Arabia from Muhammad to the Present by Mark Weston

Panorama of Saudi Arabia by Said Saleh

Arabian Oasis City by Soraya Al-Torki and Donald P. Cole

Wolves of the Crescent Moon by Yousef Al-Mohaimeed

Living Behind Walls by Bruce Petty

The Bin Ladens by Steve Coll

The Blue Impossible by Saleh Al -Azzaz and Gassim Haddad

The Trench by AbdulRahman Munif

Saudi Arabian Portfolio by Robert Azzi

The Saudis by Sandra Mackey

The House of Saud by David Holden and Richard Johns

La Route de l'Encens by Pascal and Maria Marechaux with Dominique Champault

Saudi Arabia by the First Photographers by William Facey

The Desert Frontier of Arabia by Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sedairi

Origins of Arabia by Andrew Thompson

Arabian Knight by Thomas Lippmann

Cities of Salt by AbdulRahman Munif

Saudi Customs and Etiquette by Kathy Cuddihy

Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris

Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger

The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Saud by Robert Lacey

Wilderness Portfolio - Saudi Arabia by Garth Hyland

The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of al-Qaeda by Yaroslav Trofimov

Inside The Mirage: America's Fragile Partnership with Saudi Arabia by Thomas W. Lippman

Passing Brave by William R. Mares and William J. Polk

Fool's Paradise by Dale Walker

Out in the Blue: Letters from Arabia 1937-1940 by Thomas Barger

Princes of Darkness: The Saudi Assault on the West by Laurent Murawiec

Saudi Arabia Exposed: Inside a Kingdom in Crisis by John R. Bradley

Discovery!: The Search for Arabian Oil by Wallace Stegner

Girls of Riyadh: A Novel by Rajaa Al Sanea