Recommended Novels, Poetry Collections 
and Books for Enjoyment

1.  The Memory of Hands.  By Reshma Baig.  Available from www.astrolabe.com.  A collection of stories dealing with the real-life issues facing Muslims in the West, the immigrant experience, being female and Muslim and dealing with parents.  By far the best literature that has been written in English concerning Muslims.

2.  The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasruddin.  Compiled by Idries Shah.  Available from www.amazon.com.  A collection of hilarious jokes from Muslim civilization.  It will make you laugh and smile.

3. Jewels of Remembrance.  Jalaluddin Rumi.  Compiled and translated by Kabir and Camille Helminski.  Available from barnesandnoble.  A stunning collection of spiritually-oriented poems that will awaken and delight the taqwa in anyone.

4.  The Adventures of Saif bin Dhi Yazan.  Translated by Lena Al Juyusi.  www.amazon.com
 

5.  Layla Deen and the Popularity Contest.  Yahiya Emerick.  The story of a teenage Muslim girl in her last year of junior high.  How can she survive the peer pressure, the bullies and finding out she was entered in the dreaded 'popularity contest' without her permission?  For readers over 12.