Books like The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine

Americanah follows Ifemelu, a Nigerian student who moves to the United States for university, exploring her life and love across continents while reflecting on identity, immigration, and cultural belonging.

Two lovers flee a war-torn city through mysterious doors, carrying hopes and memories into a world of uncertainty.

A story of war, love, and unexpected connections in Chechnya, exploring the shared past of a doctor, a child, and a hospital.

Twin of Fire follows ambitious young physician Blair as she navigates love, career, and lingering secrets while caring for her sister’s fiancé, a passionate doctor haunted by hidden truths that threaten both their hearts.

A post‑war Viennese drama that follows several exiles returning to a shattered city as Austria rebuilds its identity after the 1945 war.

After a tumultuous upbringing in war‑torn Beirut, Sarah Nour El‑Din, a Lebanese‑American woman named for the legendary Sarah Bernhardt, flees to the United States, where she battles family secrets, political intrigue, and trauma while striving to write her own story.

Teera returns to Cambodia, confronting her traumatic past with the help of the enigmatic Old Musician, while healing herself and finding unexpected love amid a nation slowly reconciling from the Khmer Rouge era.

"Aaliya Sohbi lives alone in her Beirut apartment, surrounded by stockpiles of books. Godless, fatherless, childless, and divorced, Aaliya is her family's 'unnecessary appendage.' Every year, she translates a new favorite book into Arabic, then stows it away. The thirty-seven books that Aaliya has translated over her lifetime have never been read-- by anyone. After overhearing her neighbors, 'the three witches,' discussing her too-white hair, Aaliya accidentally dyes her hair too blue. In this breathtaking portrait of a reclusive woman's late-life crisis, readers follow Aaliya's digressive mind as it ricochets across visions of past and present Beirut. Colorful musings on literature, philosophy, and art are invaded by memories of the Lebanese Civil War and Aaliya's own volatile past. As she tries to overcome her aging body and spontaneous emotional upwellings, Aaliya is faced with an unthinkable disaster that threatens to shatter the little life she has left" --

A thrilling tale of espionage and love in wartime Paris, featuring a foreign correspondent who must navigate the treacherous politics of Europe as he races to protect a clandestine newspaper and its brave editors, journalists, and scientists who risk everything for a free Italy.

Osama al‑Kharrat returns to Beirut to witness his father's death and be drawn into a tapestry of ancestral tales, where he meets legendary figures and contemporary Lebanese lives interwoven with war, identity, and survival.

Set in a 2074 America torn by a second Civil War, Omar El Akkad’s debut follows six‑year‑old Sarat Chestnut whose family turns to a displaced‑persons camp, where hidden truths and looming war shape her fate.

A dual‑tale novel that follows a female protagonist's love affair with an Armenian soldier amid the genocide and a contemporary New Yorker uncovering her Armenian heritage.

In this charming farmyard tale, Grandma, Grandpa, and their grandkids celebrate April Fools' Day with playful pranks and warm family traditions.

After her father’s death, a Syrian-American family returns to war‑torn Homs, forcing the young protagonist to navigate loss, war, and a perilous journey across seven countries in pursuit of safety and a living legacy.