Myra here.
Over the past four weeks, I have been sharing my book hunting expeditions in the US. This week, I am excited to share my first ever book hunting expedition here in the Middle East. Naturally, we had to start with the Big Bad Wolf book fair in Dubai! What can I say, we arrived here at the perfect time.
Big Bad Wolf – Dubai
Address: Sound Stage Venue, Dubai Studio City
The Big Bad Wolf Book fair happened last 10-20 October. Since we live around 90 minutes away (by car) from Dubai, we thought it would be good to spend the weekend there, since my husband and I haven’t really seen the beauty of Dubai yet, except for their huge airport where we arrived from Singapore.
While I was pretty pleased with my finds (see my two carts filled with books in the image above), the BBW in Malaysia is still worlds better, with a wider selection (including more Southeast Asian titles), more graphic novels, and more illustrated books – and understandably at a much cheaper price. I will definitely miss going there, but I am very relieved and happy that there is a version of the massive Big Bad Wolf Books here, so honestly, I have more reasons to be happy.
Here are our finds!
Young Adult and Middle Grade
Mirror Mirror by Cara Delevingne with Rowan Coleman (Amazon | Book Depository),
The Other F-Word by Natasha Friend (Amazon | Book Depository).
I’m Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Gretchen McNeil (Amazon | Book Depository),
16 Ways To Break A Heart by Lauren Strasnick (Amazon | Book Depository),
Sandrider by Angie Sage (Amazon | Book Depository).
Literary Fiction
The Book Of Night Women by Marlon James (Amazon | Book Depository),
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman (Amazon | Book Depository),
Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum (Amazon | Book Depository).
Winter by Ali Smith (Amazon | Book Depository),
During The Reign Of The Queen Of Persia by Joan Chase (Amazon | Book Depository).
Love & Other Train Wrecks By Leah Konen (Amazon | Book Depository),
Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt (Amazon | Book Depository).
The Sleeping World by Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes (Amazon | Book Depository),
Almost Adulting by Arden Rose (Amazon | Book Depository).
See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid (Amazon | Book Depository),
Shapeshifters by Stefan Spjut (Amazon | Book Depository).
Her Husband by Luigi Pirandello (Amazon | Book Depository),
The Glass Town Game by Catherynne M. Valente (Amazon | Book Depository).
A Moonless Starless Sky by Alexis Okeowo (Amazon | Book Depository),
The Best American Short Stories 2016 by Junot Diaz (Amazon | Book Depository),
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (Amazon | Book Depository).
Mandela The Graphic Novel (Amazon | Book Depository),
Long Walk To Freedom by Nelson Mandela (Amazon | Book Depository),
Roots by Alex Haley (Amazon | Book Depository).
Illustrated Stories | Coffee Table Books | Graphic Novels | Notebooks
Two Great Leaders by Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
Illuminating Wisdom by Deirdre Hassed & Craig Hassed (Amazon | Book Depository).
The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Olimpia Zagnoli (Amazon | Book Depository),
The World Of Charles Dickens by Martin Fido (Amazon | Book Depository).
Wolverine by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller (Amazon | Book Depository),
The Legion Of Regrettable Super Villains by Jon Morris (Amazon | Book Depository),
100 Greatest Graphic Novels by Katrina Hill and Alex Langley (Amazon | Book Depository).
The Art Of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children with an Introduction by Tim Burton and a Foreword by Ransom Riggs and written by Leah Gallo (Amazon | Book Depository),
A Photographer’s Guide To Using Light by Ted Schwarz and Brian Stoppee with photographs by Mike Pocklington and Scott Sheffield (Amazon | Book Depository).
Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan and Illustrated by John Rocco (Amazon | Book Depository),
It’s A Stick-Up (Amazon | Book Depository).
Naturally, I had to get myself a notebook: Animorphia! and a book for one of my favourite musician friends: The Musician Says – Quotes Quips And Words Of Wisdom (Amazon | Book Depository)
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