The Thirty Names of Night

In a Ploughshares interview, Joukhadar said that the novel took shape during its second draft, when he visited an exhibit on Little Syria at the New York City Department of Records and Information Services organized by the Arab American National Museum.^[3]

The novel received starred reviews from Library Journal,^[4] Booklist,^[5] and Kirkus Reviews.^[6]

In The New York Times, Rayyan Al-Shawaf gave the novel a positive review, writing that despite reservations about its pace and plotting, it stood out for its lyrical quality, its depiction of early-20th-century Syro-Lebanese communities, and its portrayal of a contemporary protagonist shaped by "an unrelenting sense of bodily imprisonment".^[7] Writing for ZYZZYVA, Nessa Ordukhani described the book as "an intricate story of love and loss, community and culture".^[8] In a mixed review for USA Today, Delfina V. Barbiero wrote that the novel's many themes could at times feel overwhelming, though she praised its treatment of the protagonist's gender identity struggle.^[9]