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Celebrating Muslim Women

In honour of Islamic History Month, check out these compelling narratives that feature Muslim women, exploring their faith, identity, activism, love and cultural resilience.

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  • When her grown daughter is suspected of murder, a charming and tenacious widow digs into the case to unmask the real killer in this twisty, page-turning whodunit—the first book in a cozy new detective series from the acclaimed author of Ayesha at…
    Book, 2025Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2025. — FIC Jalal
  • Muslim Women Are Everything

    Stereotype-shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure

    Yasmin, Seema, 1982-
    A collection of riveting, inspiring, and stereotype-shattering stories that reveal the beauty, diversity, and strength of Muslim women both past and present.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020. — 305.48697 Yas
  • A speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fires of hope, love, and possibility.
    Book, 2022New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022. — YA FIC Katou
  • It's Not About the Burqa

    Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race

    Khan, Mariam
    What does it mean, exactly, to be a Muslim woman in the West today? According to the media, it’s all about the burqa. Here’s what it’s really about.
    eAudiobook, 2019Pan Macmillan, 2019
  • A wickedly funny and audacious debut novel following an academic who flees from heartbreak and lands in Iraq with a one-of-a-kind job offer—only to be forced to do the work of confronting herself.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Tiny Reparations Books, 2025. — FIC Youni
  • The memoir of Lamya H, who at fourteen years old, realized she had a crush on her female teacher.
    eBook, 2023Random House Publishing Group, 2023
  • The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth

    Personal Stories by Canadian Muslim Women

    Twenty-one personal stories told by women from practically all backgrounds and persuasions–devout and not-so devout, professionals and housewives.
    Book, 2016Toronto : Mawenzi House Publishers, [2016] — 305.486970971 Mus
  • In a future where our dreams are under surveillance, a young Muslim woman must fight for freedom.
    Book, 2025New York : Pantheon Books, 2025. — FIC Lalam
  • Three young people grapple with the burdens of power, the treachery of love and the devastating consequences of unchecked greed.
    Book, 2024New York, New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2024. — YA FIC Tahir
  • The book follows the lives of an Indian American family, spanning across decades of the family’s life and examining what it means to belong as Muslim in America.
    Book, 2018New York : SJP for Hogarth, 2018. — FIC Mirza
  • A paean to youth and female friendship—and to all the joy and messiness love holds.
    Book, 2022New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2022. — FIC ElWar
  • The suspenseful and heartbreaking story of an immigrant family driven to pit love against loyalty.
    Book, 2017New York : Riverhead Books, 2017. — FIC Shams
  • A complex and provocative story of loss, redemption, and the cost of justice that will linger with readers long after turning the final page.
    Book, 2015New York : Minotaur Books, 2015. — FIC Khan
  • Women Around the Messenger collects the stories of the most important and influential women in Islam.
    eBook, 2015Light Publishing, 2015
  • Though Deya was raised to believe her parents died in a car accident, a secret note from a mysterious, yet familiar-looking woman makes Deya question everything she was told about her past.
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Harper, 2019. — FIC Rum
  • A retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in modern-day Pakistan finds a practical-minded teacher from a family of sisters evaluating her resolve never to marry during a series of lavish wedding parties.
    Book, 2019New York : Ballantine Books, 2019. — FIC Kamal
  • Unlucky in love once again after her possible-marriage-partner-to-be proves a little too close to his parents, Sofia Khan is ready to renounce men for good. Or at least she was, until her boss persuades her to write a tell-all expose about the…
    Book, 2016London : twenty7, 2016. — FIC Malik
  • A girl born into a Muslim family thinks she has her life figured out... until Ethan joins the picture.
    eBook, 2017AZIN SAMETIPOUR, 2017
  • A politically charged poem that asks readers to reflect on our humanity and empathy.
    eBook, 2020Nightboat Books, 2020
  • A Palestinian American woman comes face-to-face with a school shooter.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2020. — FIC Musta