WThe Blind Owl is Sadegh Hedayat's magnum opus and a major literary work of 20th century Iran. Written in Persian, it tells the story of an unnamed pen case painter, the narrator, who sees in his macabre, feverish nightmares that "the presence of death annihilates all that is imaginary. We are the offspring of death and death delivers us from the tantalizing, fraudulent attractions of life; it is death that beckons us from the depths of life. If at times we come to a halt, we do so to hear the call of death... Throughout our lives, the finger of death points at us." The narrator addresses his murderous confessions to the shadow on his wall resembling an owl. His confessions do not follow a linear progression of events and often repeat and layer themselves thematically, thus lending to the open-ended nature of interpretation of the story.
WChess with the Doomsday Machine is a novel about the Iran-Iraq war by Habib Ahmadzadeh. In 1980, an attack on the Iranian city of Abadan marked the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war. Hundreds of thousands of people fled the badly damaged city but a small number of civilians chose to stay, living in a city under siege. The story focuses on the experiences of Moosa, a young Abadani soldier defending his home town. He has been chosen to assist in destroying the enemy's "Doomsday Machine", a sophisticated radar system.
WDaughter of Sheena is a book consisting of Ghadam Kheyr Mohammadi's memoirs during the Iran–Iraq War as recorded by Behnaz Zarabi Zadeh. The memoir was recorded through hundreds of hours of conversation between Ghadam Kheyr Mohammadi and Behnaz Zarabi Zadeh. The book touches on the role of Iranian women in the Iran–Iraq War.
WDemocracy or DemoCrazy is a political satire novel wrote by Seyyed Mahdi Shojaee in Persian and translated to English by Caroline Croskery. Democracy or DemoCrazy was published by Candle and Fog Publishing in 2014. This book also published by Createspace Publishing in 2015.
WFortune Told in Blood (Fal-E Khoon) is a novel about an Iraqi lieutenant and soldier in Iran-Iraq war by Davud Ghaffarzadegan. They sent on a mountain for identification operation. Their trench was relatively safe and they could see demolition that made by their intelligence. The novel known as modern war story. Fortune Told in Blood's context is an important feature of the novel. Main language of the book is Persian and was published in 1996 by Soreie Mehr Publication Company. M.R. Ghanoonparvar, emeritus professor of Persian language and literature in the University of Texas, translated the book into English in 2008, published by Center for Middle Eastern Studies at University of Texas at Austin. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies has experience more than 20 years and has published several translated literature book from the Middle East. The book won award of "A Quarter Century of Sacred Defense Books" festival in the novel category between 700 books.
WGood Night Commander! is a picture book written by Ahmad Akbarpour in Persian in 2003 and illustrated by Narges Mohammadi. The book is mainly about the Iran-Iraq war. The book focuses on the experiences of a young boy who calls himself the Commander and has lost one of his legs and his mother during the war.
WI'm Alive is a book written by Masoumeh Abad about her memories in the Iran–Iraq war (1980–88). Masoumeh, who was 17 at the time, was a social worker in a field hospital and in medical clinics for the Iranian Red Crescent Society during the war. The English translation of I'm Alive launched on the Frankfurt Book Fair. I'm Alive has received the Sacred Defense Book of The Year award has been reprinted many times in Iran. The idea for writing the novel came to Abad in 2012.
WJourney to Heading 270 Degrees is a novel by Ahmad Dehqan. The novel is set during the Iran–Iraq War and focuses on the experiences of a high school student who participates in several operations named Naser. Over 15,000 copies were published in Iran.
WKelidar is a novel written by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi. The novel consists of ten books in five volumes. The book was written in 15 years, and includes Iranian Folklore themes. Kelidar has been translated into different languages. Kelidar refers to the name of a mountain and a village in Khorasan, where the events of the novel take place.
WTangsir is a Persian novel written by Iranian writer Sadeq Chubak. Tangsir was the author's first novel. The book recounts the valorous acts of the fighters of Tangestan.
WThat Which That Orphan Saw is a novel by Iranian author Mohammad Reza Sarshar about the life of Mohammad, the prophet of Islam. Sarshar has attempted to describe the tumultuous and unique life of Mohammad in the novel. Muslims believe that Mohammad was the last prophet and the most complete human being. That Which That Orphan Saw has received numerous awards and has been reprinted many times in Iran. The idea for writing the novel came to Sarshar in 1980 because he believed that there were no valuable life stories about Mohammad available for teenagers. The 8th reprinting was published in May 2013.