Author guide
Etaf Rum Books in Order
Etaf Rum is a Palestinian-American New York Times bestselling novelist, educator, and entrepreneur. Born and raised in Brooklyn by Palestinian immigrant parents, she teaches college English literature in North Carolina. Her fiction explores Palestinian-American women’s lives, cultural expectations, motherhood, family violence, identity, and the lasting effects of intergenerational trauma.
literary fictionhistorical fictioncontemporary fictionwomen's fiction
Etaf Rum's Newest Book
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A Woman Is No Man
Rum's debut novel and first published work, offering the clearest introduction to her central themes and fiction.
Evil Eye
A standalone second novel that can be read independently and offers a contemporary entry point into Rum's work.
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Books by series
short-story anthology · complete
Good Intentions Collection
A 2023 Audible Original anthology of seven short stories about motherhood by multiple authors, including Etaf Rum's Mother Country.
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Mother CountryAmazon ↗Book 5 · short story · 2023
Outside the series