Booksellers' picks · September

Stories worth staying up for

New Arabic fiction, poetry and the translations everyone's talking about.

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New this month

Fresh on the tables

All new books

Staff pick
Arabic fiction
The House of Jasmine
PriceJOD 12.50
Arabic fiction
A Night in Beirut
PriceJOD 9.50
Children
My First Arabic Letters
PriceJOD 8.50
Arabic fiction
The Salt Roads
PriceJOD 11

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Painted above our front door

Book of the month

A Night in Beirut

JOD 9.50

Twelve short stories set between midnight and dawn.

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Poetry & translation

For slower evenings

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22% off

Poetry

New Arab Poets

JOD 10.50~~JOD 13.50~~

In translation

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Arabic)

JOD 13.50

In translation

Season of Migration to the North (English)

JOD 13

Staff pick

Arabic fiction

The House of Jasmine

JOD 12.50

Stationery

Reading Journal

JOD 11

Children

My First Arabic Letters

JOD 8.50

Poetry

Al-Mutanabbi: Selected Poems

JOD 16

Arabic fiction

The Salt Roads

JOD 11

Reading notes

From the booksellers

ListsSep 20265 min read

Five novels set in Levantine kitchens

Food, family and the secrets passed between them.

ChildrenAug 20264 min read

Starting a children's library at home

NotesAug 20263 min read

Why we keep a reading journal

Readers

Left on our shelves

Based on 4 reviews

Verified buyer

Couldn’t put it down

The courtyard felt like my grandmother’s house.

Rana H. · The House of Jasmine

Verified buyer

Best bookshop in Amman

The book club box introduced me to writers I’d never have found.

Omar J. · Monthly Book Club Box

Verified buyer

Lovely translation

Beautifully printed edition, fast shipping to Dubai.

Ellen W. · Season of Migration to the North (English)

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