Below is a selection of books that delve into complex history of the Middle East. These works span various periods and aspects of Middle Eastern history, offering perspectives that will enhance your knowledge and appreciation of this fascinating and diverse part of the world. Whether you are a student eager to explore the subject or a seasoned scholar seeking to expand your expertise, these books promise to engage, enlighten, and inspire.
- The Israelis. Founders and Sons by Amos Elon (Penguin, 1983)
- Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness by Rashid Khalid (Columbia University Press, 1997)
- A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middel East by David Fromkin (Holt Paperbacks, 2001)
- Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001 by Benny Morris (Village, 2001)
- The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace, by Dennis Ross (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2005)
- The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood by Rashid Khalidi (Beacon Press, 2006)
- 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War by Benny Morris (Yale University Press, 2008)
- Ottoman Brothers: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Early-Twentieth Century Palestine by Michele Campos (Stanford University Press, 2010)
- The Israel-Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East edited by Walter Laqueur and Barry Rubin (Penguin, 2016)
- Gaza by Norman Finkelstein, (University of California Press, 2018)
- Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality by Ian S. Lustick (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018)
- Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History with Documents, 10th edition by Charles D. Smith (Bedford/St. Martins, 2020)
- The Hundred Years War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi (Picador Paper, 2021)
- Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict by Oren Kessler (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
