On Middle East culture, history, politics, and religion:
- After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split, Doubleday, 2009
- Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen, Doubleday, 2007
- Mary: A Flesh-and-Blood Biography of the Virgin Mother, Bloomsbury, 2004
- Jerusalem, Jerusalem: A Memoir of War and Peace, Passion and Politics, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986
- Where Mountains Roar: a Personal Report from the Sinai, Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1980
- Israeli Women: The Reality Behind the Myths, Simon and Schuster, 1979
Her other books include
England, Bloody England (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988),
Confessions of a Fast Woman (Addison-Wesley, 1992), and
Driving to Detroit (Free Press, 1998).