Books like The crossing by Samar Yazbik

The Kite Runner follows an unlikely friendship between a privileged boy and the son of his father’s servant amid Afghanistan’s turbulent history, exploring betrayal, redemption, and the father‑son bond.

A Little Life follows four college friends in New York as they confront trauma, love and the enduring scars of their pasts, weaving themes of friendship, family, and identity into a profound coming‑of‑age story.

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

A fugitive from an Australian maximum‑security prison finds himself in Bombay, where he learns Hindi, meets a smiling Hindu guide, and falls in love with a dangerous woman while discovering the heart of the city.

A reflection on race, Barack Obama's presidency, and the election of Donald Trump by the National Book Award-winning author of 'Between the World and Me'.

The Brahminical Inscribed in Body‑Politic explores how Brahminical ideology shapes body politics, examining historical and social conditions, class dynamics, and governmental influences in a comprehensive sociological and historical study.

A romance between an Englishwoman and a Hindu set against the backdrop of a Nepalese valley.

Philip Marsden-Smedley chronicles a vivid journey through the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, uncovering the resilience of Armenia amid empires and ideologies.

Louis L’Amour follows William Tell Sackett on a dangerous trek from Arizona’s goldfields to Los Angeles, carrying gold and a reluctant companion, while confronting a deadly gunman named Sackett.

Drawing on the author's personal experience of living and working as an architect in Syria, this book offers an eyewitness perspective on the country's bitter conflict through the lens of architecture, showing how the built environment offers a mirror to the community that inhabits it. From Syria's tolerant past, with churches and mosques built alongside one another in Old Homs and members of different religions living harmoniously together, the book chronicles the recent breakdown of social cohesion in Syria's cities, with the lack of shared public spaces intensifying divisions within the community and corrupt officials interfering in town planning for their own gain, actions symptomatic of wider abuses of power. With first-hand accounts of mortar attacks and stories of refugees struggling to find a home, this compelling and original book explores the personal impact of the conflict and offers hope for how architecture can play a role in rebuilding a sense of identity within a damaged society.