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Following are reviews of books I have actually read. If you'd
like suggestions for additional books which I plan to read but
haven't found time to attack yet, please see my Reading
List For Belly Dancers.
General Belly Dance Overview
History of Middle Eastern Dance
Middle Eastern Culture
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menu listing reviews of books containing song lyrics, sheet
music, musical instruction, and other resources related to Middle
Eastern music.
Humor
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menu listing reviews of books containing costuming advice,
sewing instruction, and historical/cultural clothing information.
Other Advice and How-To Books
Myths And Ancient Times
- The Woman's Dictionary
of Symbols And Sacred Objects. By Barbara G. Walker.
A detailed listing of familiar symbols accompanied by a description
of their origins.
- Inanna: Queen Of Heaven
And Earth. By Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer.
A translation of ancient Sumerian writings featuring the goddess
Inanna that retains the poetic quality of the original text.
- King And Goddess.
By Judith Tarr. Historical fiction based on the life of Hatshepsut,
the Egyptian queen who dared to place herself in the role of
Pharaoh.
- What People Wore.
By Douglas Gorsline. Over 1,800 illustrations showing garb from
ancient times to the present. Six pages (2 of text, 4 of drawings)
depict the ancient Middle East.
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Fiction
Romance Novels
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For more romance novels, see also the Skye O'Malley series
and the Leslie Family Series mentioned below.
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- Forever And A Baby.
By Margot Early. The central character in this novel is a belly
dancer surrounded by an extended family with various Middle Eastern
ties.
- The Cowboy And The Belly
Dancer. By Charlotte Maclay. Romance novel. A handsome
young ranch owner is startled when a beautiful genie pops out
of an old lamp that has come into his possession.
- A Memory Of Love.
By Bertrice Small. Historical romance novel based in 13th-century
England, Wales, and Tunisia.
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The Evangeline Gower Trilogy
- Baby Love. By
Louisa Young. The central character is a former belly dancer
who fights back against an array of men who are all out to complicate
her life in one way or another.
- Desiring Cairo.
By Louisa Young. The sequel to Baby Love. Picks up where
Baby Love left off, and tells you what happened next to
Angeline, Lily, Harry, Eddie Bates, and everyone else.
- Tree Of Pearls.
By Louisa Young. The third book in the series begun with Baby
Love. Picks up immediately following the events at the end
of Desiring Cairo and tells the continuing entanglements
of the characters.
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The Leslie Family Series
(Romance Novels)
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- The Kadin. By Bertrice
Small. Historical romance novel based in 16th-century Scotland
and Turkey.
- Love Wild And Fair.
By Bertrice Small. The sequel to The Kadin, the plot of
this historical romance novel passes briefly through 16th-century
Ottoman Turkey.
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The Skye O'Malley Series
(Romance Novels)
- Skye O'Malley. By
Bertrice Small. Historical romance novel based in 16th-century
Ireland, England, and Algeria.
- All The Sweet Tomorrows.
By Bertrice Small. The sequel to Skye O'Malley, this is
another historical romance novel set in England, the Riviera,
Algeria, Morocco, and France.
- A Love For All Time.
By Bertrice Small. The sequel to All The Sweet Tomorrows,
this historical romance novel is set in 16th-century England
and Turkey.
- Lost Love Found.
By Bertrice Small. The sequel to A Love For All Time,
this historical romance novel is set in England and Turkey in
the early 17th century.
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Other Fiction
 
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- Longarm And The Nevada
Belly Dancer. By Tabor Evans. A lawman in the Old West
tries to find a belly dancer who appears to be connected to a
robber.
- Valide: A Novel Of The Harem.
By Barbara Chase-Riboud. Historical fiction based on the life
of Naksh-i-dil, an American girl who rose to prominence in the
Ottoman empire.
- The Spy Who Hated Licorice.
By Richard L. Hershatter. Spy thriller set in the Cold War featuring
a belly dancer as one of its characters.
- Dancer of Gor.
By John Norman. Swords & sandals novel regarding the adventures
of a belly dancer who is kidnapped from her home on Earth and
turned into a pleasure slave on another planet.
- The Belly Dancer in the
Barrel of Oil. By Rebecca Newman. A woman who keeps getting
mixed up with the wrong kind of man turns to belly dancing to
earn money to support herself and her children.
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Children's Books
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- Bella Wishes.
By Tessa May and Dave Rodriguez. Book for girls ages 4-8 about
a happy pink belly dancing hippopotamous.
- Barbie: The Pyramid
Adventure. By Rita Balducci. Book for girls ages 4-8
telling about Barbie's trip to an archeological site in Egypt.
- Dance Crazy: Star Turns From
Ballet To Belly Dancing. By Natalie Jane Prior. This
book is primarily about ballet. However, the five pages it contains
that talk about belly dancing provide an excellent overview of
the history and cultural context of the dance.
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