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Top 5 Fiction
- Under The Dome, by Stephen King
- The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown
- Ford County, by John Grisham
- The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
- The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver
Top 5 Nonfiction
- Open, by Andre Agassi
- Have A Little Faith, by Mitch Albom
- A Simple Christmas, by Mike Huckabee
- Superfreakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
- What The Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell
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International Prize for Arabic Fiction shortlist 2009
- Hunger – Mohamed El-Bisatie
- The Unfaithful Translator – Fawwaz Haddad
- The American Granddaughter – Inaam Kachachi
- Time of White Horses – Ibrahim Nasrallah
- The Scents of Marie-Claire – Habib Selmi
- Beelzebub – Youssef Ziedan*
International Prize for Arabic Fiction shortlist 2008
- June Rain – Jabbour Douaihy
- The Land of Limbo – Elias Farkouh
- In Praise of Hatred – Khaled Khalifa
- Walking in the Dust – May Menassa
- Swan Song – Mekkaoui Said
- Sunset Oasis – Bahaa Taher*
Man Booker Prize shortlist 2009
- 1. Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel*
- 2. The Children’s Book – A S Byatt
- 3. Summertime – J M Coetzee
- 4. The Quickening Maze – Adam Foulds
- 5. The Glass Room – Simon Mawer
- 6. The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters
Man Booker Prize shortlist 2008
- The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
- The Secret Scripture – Sebastian Barry
- Sea of Poppies – Amitav Ghosh
- The Clothes on Their Backs – Linda Grant
- The Northern Clemency – Philip Hensher
- A Fraction of the Whole – Steve Toltz
Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Literature
- Dafater Al-Tadween: Vol VI – Gamal Al Ghitani (2009)
- Call of What Was Far – Ibrahim Al-Koni (2008)
- The Prince and the Passage of the Iron Doors – Wacini Al-Aaraj (2007)
Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature winners
- The Laborer – Hamdi Abu Golayyel (2008)
- Red Wine – Amina Zaydan (2007)
- The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant – Sahar Khalifeh (2006)
- Wedding Night – Yusuf Abu Rayya (2005)
- The Loved Ones – Alia Mamdouh (2004)
- The Lodging House – Khairy Shalaby (2003)
- The Polymath – Bensalem Himmich (2002)
- Leaves of Narcissus – Somaya Ramadan (2001)
- The Tiller of Waters – Hoda Barakat (2000)
- Rama and the Dragon – Edwar al-Kharrat (1999)
- Memory in the Flesh – Ahlam Mosteghanemi (1998)
- I Saw Ramallah – Mourid Barghouti; City of Love and Ashes – Yusuf Idris (1997)
- The Other Place – Ibrahim Abdel Meguid; The Open Door – Latifa al-Zayyat (1996)
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Shortlist 2010
- A Cloudy Day of the West Side – Muhammad Al-Mansi Qindeel
- Beyond Paradise – Mansoura Ez Eldin
- America – Rabee Jabir
- She Throws Sparks – Abdo Khal
- The Lady from Tel-Aviv – Raba’i Madhoun
- When the Wolves Grow Old – Jamal Naji
