Discover GEEO’s recommended books to read before you travel to Oman. Our book club is a way for travelers to learn through literature about the places they’ll be visiting.
These are some of our favorites about Oman, so if you’re heading there, take a look (the GEEO book club is not a required element of our programs, just a bit of added fun)! We hope you will enjoy the books we have selected and they will enhance your experience.
You should be able to find most of our selections through the links below and in your local library system as well. Do you have any feedback on our selections or suggestions for additions? Contact us and let us know!
Recommended books to read before traveling to Oman:
Fiction:
- Folktales from the Arabian Peninsula: Tales of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, and Yemen by Nadia Taibah and Margaret MacDonald (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs: An Omani Novel by Abdulaziz Al Farsi (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
Nonfiction:
- Behind the Veil in Arabia: Women in Oman by Unni Wikan (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- Oman: Politics and Society in the Qaboos State by Marc Valeri (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- A History of Modern Oman by Jeremy Jones and Nicholas Ridout (Amazon)
GEEO utilizes both Bookshop.org and Amazon Associates links for the above-suggested books. If you purchase a book through one of the links above, you’re supporting us as a nonprofit and helping more teachers travel through GEEO!