Hmmmm... I don't know much at all to be honest ^^;
One book I really loved to read was non-fiction, but it was about stories of different women who reverted to Islam. It's called From My Sisters' Lips, by Na'ima B. Robert. I don't know if you've read it =)
I strongly suggest you have a look at
this wee little lady. She's a comic artist. In her gallery she's got some pieces of work. "Beginnings" is lovely, as is "The non-savvy non commuter". She's currently working on a couple of different books that should be published soon insha'Allah. She uses her talent to bring Islam to the attention of the wider public, and also to bridge the gaps between cultures and religions =) she tells stories of young muslims growing up in a non-muslim environment. It's very very lovely.
Keep an eye out for her!--
As far as the rest is concerned.. I find it really really difficult to find good Islamic books, educational or not. I find I'm really picky with my literature, and Islamic literature often makes me stumble.
I just feel that very often, the authors are dictating what I should think and they often are very harsh towards non-muslims.
For example, I have a nice book about muslim life. It has a section of things that we should stay away from, such as astrology. That's fine, it lists its arguments, but then goes over the top by saying that *anyone* who believes in astrology is evil, out to get you, mislead you and make you stray from the right path, because they're just naturally evil people.
...that just makes me want to throw the book against the wall and never read it again =x
Similarly I have a lovely book about the wives of the Propet (saw). But whenever it tells of admirable actions of one of the women, it also dedicates two paragraphs to the fact that I should think this is amazing and why I should think it's beautiful.
I don't want to be spoonfed :/
Similarly, especially in the educational books, it irritates me to no end when the author tries to debunk certain scientific theories (such as evolution, for example) without having a clue of what they're speaking about. They'll list arguments against things that the theory of evolution never even claims. I.e. "if man evolved from apes, then why are apes still around?"
*cringe*
._. I'm sorry, rant over.
If you can find them, I think books with stories of the prophets, or stories of the companions of the prophet (saw) are very nice =)
My husband has
this book in Arabic, and he tells me that it's lovely too.
I really enjoy history books. I don't really know of any nice fiction. Most of the fiction I can find that involves muslims is about oppressed women and kidnapped children :/
The books you linked to look nice ^___^ I'll have a look at them.
