Books about Muslims in Britain

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Brick Lane
1.  Brick Lane by Monica Ali
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  "The definitive novel of Bengali Britain.  Shortlisted for the Booker Prize"
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White Teeth
2.  White Teeth by Zadie Smith
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  "Zadie Smith chronicles the appeal of groups like HT, before anyone realised the seriousness of the threat"
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Maps for Lost Lovers
3.  Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam
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  "When a writer with zero talent is published AND feted like this, you start to believe every conspiracy theory going.  Utterly useless book!"
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East of Wimbledon
4.  East of Wimbledon by Nigel Williams
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  "Free with Tatler when Jemima married Imran, otherwise no one would have read it"
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White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in 18th-century India: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-century India
5.  White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in 18th-century India: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-century India by William Dalrymple
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  "Because it all started a lot earlier, of course"
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My Feudal Lord
6.  My Feudal Lord by Tehmina Durrani
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  "London for seedy political exiles"
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By the Sea
7.  By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah
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  "...And political exile of an altogether different nature"
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Other Secrets
8.  Other Secrets by Farida Karodia
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  "So-so book on South African exile in London  (just in case you mistakenly believed that all Muslims were Asian).  Unusually for a S. African, her faith is quite peripheral to the story"
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Only in London
9.  Only in London by Hanan Al-Shaykh
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  "Hilarious take on the Edgeware Road scene."
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The Hope Chest
10.  The Hope Chest by Rukhsana Ahmad
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  "Pakistani anorexic attempts recovery in UK clinic.  Of course there is much more to the novel that shopping at Harrods.  One of the best - albeit little known- social chronicles of expat Pak Britain"
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Aisha
11.  Aisha by Ahdaf Soueif
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  "Story of an Egyptian girl growing up in Cairo and London"
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In the Eye of the Sun
12.  In the Eye of the Sun by Ahdaf Soueif
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  "Excellent depiction of life in a drab, northern univeristy town"
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A Sky So Close
13.  A Sky So Close by Betool Khedairi
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  "The story of a young Iraqi girl whose English mother returns to the UK"
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The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir
14.  The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir by Aminatta Forna
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  "Sierra Leone and the UK.  Memoirs of Muhammad Forna's daughter"
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Turquoise
15.  Turquoise by Aamer Hussein
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  "Cafe La Ville, Little Venice and reflections on the life of London's Pakistani expats"
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Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground
16.  Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground by Ahdaf Soueif
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  "Essays.  A reminder of what is best about British broadsheet journalism (and British culture)"
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A Singular Hostage
17.  A Singular Hostage by Thalassa Ali
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  "Not quite the usual book about British Muslims, but interesting depiction of the cultural exchange"
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Islam and the Destiny of Man
18.  Islam and the Destiny of Man by Charles Le Gai Eaton
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  "Different genre altogether, but if you want to know about the British contibution to ISLAMIC writing, THIS IS THE BOOK to read"
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Minaret
19.  Minaret by Leila Aboulela
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  "Interesting book about a Sudanese exile's experience of finding her faith in London"
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