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ⓘ About S.A. Chakraborty
S.A. Chakraborty is a speculative fiction author that is best known for ‘The Brass City’. Shannon has garnered a reputation for writing fantasy centered on and around Islamic mysticism and the legends of the Middle East. +Biography S.A. Chakraborty came onto the scene at a time when Middle Eastern fantasy fiction was a rarity on the literary stage. A native of New Jersey and a wife and mother, Shannon has loved fantasy for as long as she can remember. To be more precise, Shannon has loved reading for as long as she can remember. Over time her interests have transformed. The author has a thriving interest in Middle Eastern matters. You are likely to find her on social media engaging in discussions about politics, Islam, history and their relation to art.
All Book Series by S.A. Chakraborty
Mission to the Volga(921)Description / Buy at AmazonMaqāmāt Abī Zayd al-Sarūjī
Series opener · book 1 of 48 · published 1122 Anthology · Ahmad ibn Fadlān
Leg Over Leg: Volume One
Book 2 of 48 · published 1855 Anthology · Humphrey Davies,Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq,أحمد فارس الشدياق
Classical Arabic Literature
Book 3 of 48 · published 2012 Anthology · Geert Jan Van Gelder
The Epistle on Legal Theory
Book 4 of 48 · published 2013 Anthology · Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
Leg Over Leg: Volume Three
Book 5 of 48 · published 2013 Anthology · Humphrey Davies,Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq,أحمد فارس الشدياق
The Epistle of Forgiveness: Volume One
Book 6 of 48 · published 2013 Anthology · Geert Jan Van Gelder,Ab? al-?Al?? al-Ma?arr?,أبو العلاء المعري,Gregor Schoeler
Leg over Leg: Volume Two
Book 7 of 48 · published 2013 Anthology · Humphrey Davies,Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq
Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal: Volume One
Book 8 of 48 · published 2013 Anthology · Ibn al-Jawzi
The Epistle of Forgiveness: Volume Two
Book 9 of 48 · published 2014 Anthology · Geert Jan Van Gelder,Ab? al-?Al?? al-Ma?arr?,أبو العلاء المعري,Gregor Schoeler
The Principles of Sufism
Book 10 of 48 · published 2014 Anthology · ʿĀʾishah al-Bāʿūniyyah,Th. Emil Homerin
The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Muḥammad
Book 11 of 48 · published 2014 Anthology · Mamar Ibn Rashid,Muhammad A.S. Abdel Haleem,Sean W. Anthony
Leg over Leg: Volume Four
Book 12 of 48 · published 2014 Anthology · Humphrey Davies,Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq
Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal: Volume Two
Book 13 of 48 · published 2015 Anthology · Ibn al-Jawzi
Consorts of the Caliphs
Book 14 of 48 · published 2015 Anthology · Marina Warner,Ibn al-Sai,Shawkat M. Toorawa,Julia Bray
What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us: or, A Period of Time, Volume Two
Book 15 of 48 · published 2015 Anthology · Roger Allen,Muhammad al-Muwaylihi
The Sword of Ambition
Book 16 of 48 · published 2016 Anthology · ʿUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nābulusī
Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded
Book 17 of 48 · published 2016 Anthology · Yusuf Al-Shirbini
Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded: Volume One
Book 18 of 48 · published 2016 Anthology · Yusuf Al-Shirbini
A Treasury of Virtues
Book 19 of 48 · published 2016 Anthology · Rowan Williams
Risible Rhymes
Book 20 of 48 · published 2016 Anthology · Humphrey Davies,Muhammad Ibn Mahfuz Al-Sanhuri
The Life of Ibn Hanbal
Book 21 of 48 · published 2016 Anthology · Ibn al-Jawzi,Garth Fowden,Michael Cooperson
Accounts of China and India
Book 22 of 48 · published 2017 Anthology · Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Disagreements of the Jurists
Book 23 of 48 · published 2017 Anthology · Devin Stewart,John Sexton,al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān
Arabian Satire: Poetry from 18th-Century Najd
Book 24 of 48 · published 2017 Anthology · Hmedan Al-Shwe'ir,Marcel Kurpershoek
What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us: Or, A Period of Time
Book 25 of 48 · published 2018 Anthology · Roger Allen,Muhammad al-Muwaylihi
In Darfur: An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume One
Book 26 of 48 · published 2018 Anthology · Humphrey Davies,Muhammad al-Tunisi
In Darfur: An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume Two
Book 27 of 48 · published 2018 Anthology · Humphrey Davies,Muhammad al-Tunisi
Diwan 'Antarah ibn Shaddad
Book 28 of 48 · published 2018 Anthology · James E. Montgomery
Arabian Romantic
Book 29 of 48 · published 2018 Anthology · Abd Allaah Ibn Subayyil
War Songs
Book 30 of 48 · published 2018 Anthology · Peter Cole,Richard Sieburth,James E. Montgomery,Antarah Ibn Shaddad
The Life and Times of Abū Tammām
Book 31 of 48 · published 2018 Anthology · Terence Cave,Abu Bakr Al-Suli
Stories of Piety and Prayer
Book 32 of 48 · published 2019 Anthology · Julia Bray,al-Muḥassin ibn ʿAlī al-Tanūkhī
The Excellence of the Arabs
Book 33 of 48 · published 2019 Anthology · Jack Weatherford,Ibn Qutaybah,Sarah Bowen Savant,Peter Webb
Tajrid sayf al-himmah li-stikhraj ma fi dhimmat al-dhimmah
Book 34 of 48 · published 2019 Anthology · Luke Yarbrough
The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volume One
Book 35 of 48 · published 2019 Anthology · James E. Montgomery,Abu Hayyan Al-Tawhidi
The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volume Two
Book 36 of 48 · published 2019 Anthology · James E. Montgomery,Abu Hayyan Al-Tawhidi
Light in the Heavens
Book 37 of 48 · published 2019 Anthology · Al-Qadi al-Qudaʿi,Tahera Qutbuddin,Paul Hinder
Scents and Flavors: A Syrian Cookbook
Book 38 of 48 · published 2020 Anthology · Claudia Roden
Impostures
Book 39 of 48 · published 2020 Anthology · Abdelfattah Kilito,Al-Hariri
The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali
Book 40 of 48 · published 2020 Anthology · Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni,Mario Kozah
The Book of Charlatans
Book 41 of 48 · published 2020 Co-authored · Humphrey Davies,Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī,Manuela Dengler
A Physician on the Nile: A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years
Book 42 of 48 · published 2021 Anthology · Tim Mackintosh-Smith
The Book of Travels: Volume One
Book 43 of 48 · published 2021 Anthology · Ḥannā Diyāb,Yasmine Seale,Johannes Stephan,Elias Muhanna
The Book of Travels: Two-Volume Set
Book 44 of 48 · published 2021 Anthology · Ḥannā Diyāb,Yasmine Seale,Paulo Lemos Horta,Johannes Stephan,Elias Muhanna
The Discourses: Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature—Volume One
Book 45 of 48 · published 2021 Anthology · al-Ḥasan al-Yūsī
The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism
Book 46 of 48 · published 2022 Anthology · ʿAyn al-Quḍāt
Love, Death, Fame: Poetry and Lore from the Emirati Oral Tradition
Book 47 of 48 · published 2022 Anthology · al-Māyidī ibn Ẓāhir
Kal?lah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice
Latest in the series · book 48 of 48 · published 2023 Anthology · Ibn Al-Muqaffaʿ
From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
Single-title series · published 2020
From a Certain Point of View Star Wars
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2017
From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2023
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is S.A. Chakraborty?
S.A. Chakraborty is a speculative fiction author that is best known for 'The Brass City’. Shannon has garnered a reputation for writing fantasy centered on and around Islamic mysticism and the legends of the Middle East. +Biography S.A. Chakraborty came onto the scene at a time when Middle Eastern fantasy fiction was a rarity on the literary stage.
Which S.A. Chakraborty series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Library of Arabic Literature series, the earliest of S.A. Chakraborty's multi-book series: it opens with Mission to the Volga(921)Description / Buy at AmazonMaqāmāt Abī Zayd al-Sarūjī (1122) and runs to 48 books across 1122–2023, ending with Kal?lah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice (2023). S.A. Chakraborty's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has S.A. Chakraborty written?
S.A. Chakraborty has 58 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1122 and 2026. 55 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Library of Arabic Literature series with 48 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should S.A. Chakraborty's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. S.A. Chakraborty's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Library of Arabic Literature (1122–2023, 48 books), The Daevabad Trilogy (2017–2022, 5 books) and Amina al-Sirafi (2023–2026, 2 books).
How are S.A. Chakraborty's books organised into series?
This guide splits S.A. Chakraborty's 58 books into 3 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Library of Arabic Literature (48 books, 1122–2023); The Daevabad Trilogy (5 books, 2017–2022); Amina al-Sirafi (2 books, 2023–2026).