The most popular Iran books of 2026

The War That Made the Middle East World War I and the End of the Ottoman Empire

Mustafa Aksakal

Belonging on Both Shores Mobility, Migration, and the Bordering of the Persian Gulf

Lindsey R. Stephenson

Iran and the Revolution A History

Homa Katouzian

A History of Iran-US Relations

Afshin Matin-Asgari

Stolen Revolution Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran

Yeganeh Torbati, Bozorgmehr Sharafedin

Documenting Iran Filmmakers, Social Change, and the State

Persheng Vaziri

Accelerant Energy Infrastructures and the Natural World in Making Modern Iran

Ciruce A. Movahedi-Lankarani

Senses of Mourning Moharram Performances in Shiʿi Iran from the Qajar to the Covid Era

Babak Rahimi

Scent, Colour and Glitter in the Ancient World A Comparative History of Aromatics, Cosmetics and Adornment, from the Mediterranean to the China Seas

Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian

Syria A Modern History

Daniel Neep

Colorblind Racial Thinking and Cultural Production in Modern Iran and the Diaspora

Amy Motlagh

Iran's Look East Policy New Directions

Mehran Kamrava

Xerxes

Ian Macgregor Morris

The Economic Modernisation of Iran, 1953–1968 Architects, Agents, and Unwitting Thwarters

Ali Rahnema

Tanker War in the Gulf Operation Earnest Will, Diplomacy and Seapower in Practice

Thomas Duffy

A Poisoned Chalice The U. S. Navy in the Persian Gulf, 1987-1988

Stephen P. Phillips

Qajars and Catholics Tehran, the Vatican and the Lazarist Mission in Iran

Daniel T. Potts

Middle East From Istanbul to Isfahan

Trevor Naylor

Operation Praying Mantis 1988 The US Navy Takes on Iran's Fleet

Si Sheppard

Governing Genealogies of International Film Education

The Gulf War 1990–91 Saddam's Iraq Faces Operation Desert Storm

Steven J. Zaloga

The Shah's Party And the Iranian Revolution That Followed

Robert Templer

Protest Art of Iran

Niloofar Haeri, Talinn Grigor

Jewish Iran Modern Nationalism in Print

Daniel Amir