Iman Hariri-Kia Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Iman Hariri-Kia is an Iranian-American editor and a writer who was born in New York City, where she is based out of.

She is a journalist who is nationally acclaimed for her work. Through her writing, she covers such topics as sex, identity, relationships, and adolescence. She can frequently be found writing about herself and her personal life on the world wide web, which is dismaying to her parents.

She is an honoree of the Forbes 30 Under 30. She has also received the Annabelle Bonner medal for her work. She has been a Deputy Editor for her campus, acting as the editorial site lead and relaunching its brand to reach a Gen Z audience.

Iman is also the sex and relationships editor of Elite Daily and Bustle. There she was the host of the YouTube series titled “No Shame Sex-Ed”. She has had her writing appear in places such as The Cut by New York Magazine, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Teen Vogue, and other places.

Apple Books has named Iman as one of its top writers to watch in 2022. She has also written about her experience using detox teas as well as bulimia that is laxative based. She started working with lawmakers through Harvard Striped on the type of legislation that would end up banning selling diet products to minors.

Iman has made appearances on CBS, the TODAY Show, DailyMail TV, as well as New York 1 News where she has spoken about her activism as well as testifying in City Hall.

The first novel to come out from this author is titled A Hundred Other Girls. It is a modern story that is quite smart that is all about the shifting media landscape as well as one Middle Eastern-American writer’s work to try and find her place in it. It was published in 2022.

It was selected as a Barnes & Noble August Fiction Pick and was also named one of the best books of the summer by publications such as USA Today, Good Morning America, the New York Post, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and more.

Kirkus Reviews called it a ‘refreshing take’ on a classic media-insider-insider novel, talking about how passion and thoughtfulness should be chosen over one’s career. Meynon Media from Uzo Aduba and CBS Studios are choosing to adapt the novel to be shown on television.

Her second novel to come out was titled The Most Famous Girl in the World. It is an indictment of the topic of modern celebrity that came out in autumn of 2024. The book was named Harper’s Bazaar’s September Book Club Pick. It was also selected as one of the best books of the fall by Author Link, The Knot, Katie Couric, Cosmopolitan, Bustle, Canadian Living, and more.

A Hundred Other Girls is the first fictional book to come out from Iman Hariri-Kia. If you like a good modern story that is interesting too, check out this book and see what you think!

Would you go the distance to get the job that there are a hundred other girls waiting to take? Main character Noora likes her life, but she has to admit that it’s gotten a little more off track than she would like.

She is a wannabe writer and blogger in New York. That’s the nicer way of saying that she serves as a tutor to rich kids on the Upper East Side. She’s also currently crashing out on her sister’s couch. It’s all fine though, because Noora has her rock in Leila.

Now she has something else that she could lean on, which is Vinyl Magazine. These pages raised her, teaching her about everything in life from how you should put in a tampon to what political ideology she is a part of.

When she gets a job working as an assistant to Loretta James, the editor in chief of Vinyl, Noora can’t believe it. Her dream is to be a writer for Vinyl. Now she has her foot in the door and a mentor in Loretta James. She believes that she’s finally on the correct path, but is that really true?

Loretta has always been a nightmare. When it comes to her relevance, she’s insecure but desperate to do what she can to stay relevant in a media landscape that she has never quite been able to comprehend. Her phone is constantly buzzing with Loretta’s demands, tasks that Loretta hopes will get to the bottom of the success of the digital director for Vinyl, Jade Aki.

What her job is really like is nothing compared to what she expected. She also has a horrible crush on the hot guy working in IT, something that could only make things even more difficult. As Loretta and a print team that is totally old school get into a war over territory with Jade and her digital team, Noora finds that she’s stuck in the middle and needs to make a choice with her ideal job on the line.

This is an insider’s take on the media industry, how it is changing, sisterhood, and an exploration of the concept of what it really is to be able to go after your dreams.

The Most Famous Girl in the World is the second book to come out from Iman Hariri-Kia. If you like fictional books, then check this book out.

Stars are like us, only worse. Rose Aslani is in the middle of a bikini wax when her cell phone decides to light up. It carries a notification along with it. Poppy Hastings, the scam artist, will be getting out of prison today.

It’s only been two years since first-generation Middle Eastern American Rose wrote an investigative article that ended up exposing Poppy as the grifting socialite that she is. She works as a reporter for The Shred, the online journal.

Her articles going viral would usually be good, but this has been a highly-publicized trial that has made Poppy the current fave celeb of the world wide web. Rose has been contending with all of the aftermath ever since that day.

Poppy has served time for what she’s done, but Rose suspects this could just be the start. She can’t prove it yet, but she might be able to, with the assistance of an FBI agent with great looks who has gone off-script.

Poppy starts getting more popular as a pop culture icon and influencer as Rose gets worse. Her article was the source of Poppy’s fame, and Rose needs to correct things by showing how Poppy is truly a monster.

It’s not going to be so simple taking down a famous girl like this. Can Rose do it? Read this entertaining book to find out!