Best books by Elif shafak

10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world

It is based upon the power of friendship in the darkest of times. In this book, a girl was murdered, and her body was found dumped in a dumpster outside Istanbul. The girl’s heart stopped beating, but consciousness was still left in her brain.

The island of missing trees

This is a wise novel about love, grief, and growth. It is about the conflict between displacement and home and emphasizes faith and belief.

Honor

As a dark book based on the concept of honor killing, it shows How such killing shatters life and transforms it. It is a story e of different families, love and misunderstanding among them.

The architect’s apprentice

A magical novel based upon a story set during the height of the Ottoman Empire. It is the story of an animal tamer. He looks after his elephants very dearly and befriends them.

How to stay sane in an age of division

The book is about how today, most of us face anxiety issues. How easily we feel overwhelmed by whatever is happening around us, by the acts of injustice, or by the unfair situations.

The forty rules of love: A novel of rumi

This book is magical. It is a guide to love, life, and freedom. This book is an answer to many questions that occupy your mind. It will help you establish a special connection with god.

The bastard of istanbul

It is a very zesty novel about an American woman video school in San Francisco. She feels that her identity is missing. She has an urge to look back into the past, Turkey, to find her identity and start living her life to the fullest.