Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Celestial Bodies | 2010 | Buy |
| The Body in Arabic Love Poetry | 2021 | Buy |
| Bitter Orange Tree / Narinjah | 2022 | Buy |
| Silken Gazelles | 2024 | Buy |
Jokha Alharthi is an Omani author and academic whose novel Celestial Bodies made history by winning the 2019 International Booker Prize. It was the first Arabic-language novel to earn that distinction. Born in Oman, Alharthi holds a PhD in classical Arabic poetry and teaches at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat.
Her fiction draws on Omani society, family structures, and the rapid changes the Gulf region has undergone in recent decades. Celestial Bodies follows three sisters in a small Omani village, tracing their lives against the backdrop of the country’s modernization. Her subsequent novels, including Bitter Orange Tree, have continued to explore memory, identity, and the tensions between tradition and change.