Shahrnush Parsipur

Shahrnush Parsipur

3 Series • 11 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Women Without Men (1973)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Kissing the Sword (2013)
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Publication Order of Women Writing the Middle East Books
Start with: Tooba and The Meaning Of Night (1989)

All Book Series by Shahrnush Parsipur

1
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Women Without Men

Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 1973

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1973
2
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Blue Logos

Book 2 of 6 · published 2020

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2020
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Tuba

Book 3 of 6 · published 1997

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1997
4

Zanān bidūn-i mardān

Book 4 of 6 · published 1998

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1998
5
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Mujeres sin hombres

Book 5 of 6 · published 2003

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2003
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Touba and the Meaning of Night

Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2006

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2006
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Kissing the Sword

Single-title series · published 2013

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2013
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The Crooked Line

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1943 Anthology · Ismat Chughtai

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1943
2
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Children of the New World

Book 2 of 4 · published 1962 Anthology · Assia Djebar

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1962
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Naphtalene of Baghdad

Book 3 of 4 · published 1986 Anthology · Alia Mamdouh

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1986
4
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Tooba and The Meaning Of Night

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 1989

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1989

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Shahrnush Parsipur?

Shahrnush Parsipur has 11 books catalogued in this guide spanning 1943–2020, across 1 named series.

Which Shahrnush Parsipur series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Women Writing the Middle East series, the earliest of Shahrnush Parsipur's multi-book series: it opens with The Crooked Line (1943) and runs to 4 books across 1943–1989, ending with Tooba and The Meaning Of Night (1989).

How many books has Shahrnush Parsipur written?

Shahrnush Parsipur has 11 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1943 and 2020. 4 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Women Writing the Middle East series with 4 books — and 7 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Shahrnush Parsipur's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Shahrnush Parsipur's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Women Writing the Middle East (1943–1989, 4 books).

How are Shahrnush Parsipur's books organised into series?

This guide splits Shahrnush Parsipur's 11 books into 1 named series and 7 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Women Writing the Middle East (4 books, 1943–1989).