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| Islam and politics JL Esposito Syracuse University Press, 1998 | 1072 | 1998 |
| Women in Muslim family law JL Esposito Syracuse University Press, 2001 | 992 | 2001 |
| Who speaks for Islam?: What a billion Muslims really think JL Esposito, D Mogahed Simon and Schuster, 2007 | 877 | 2007 |
| The oxford dictionary of Islam JL Esposito Oxford University Press, 2004 | 806 | 2004 |
| The oxford history of Islam E Esposito Oxford University Press, 1999 | 548 | 1999 |
| Voices of resurgent Islam JL Esposito, CJ Adams Oxford University Press, 1983 | 511 | 1983 |
| Makers of contemporary Islam JL Esposito, JO Voll Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 | 481 | 2001 |
| What everyone needs to know about Islam JL Esposito Oxford University Press, 2002 | 463 | 2002 |
| Islam in transition: Muslim perspectives JJ Donohue, JL Esposito Oxford University Press, 1982 | 430 | 1982 |
| Turkish Islam and the secular state: The Gülen movement MH Yavuz, JL Esposito Syracuse University Press, 2003 | 414 | 2003 |
| Islam, gender, and social change YY Haddad, JL Esposito Oxford University Press, 1997 | 414* | 1997 |
| Democratization and islam JL Esposito, JP Piscatori Middle East Journal 45 (3), 427-440, 1991 | 375 | 1991 |
| Islamophobia: The challenge of pluralism in the 21st century JL Esposito, I Kalin OUP USA, 2011 | 345 | 2011 |
| The future of Islam JL Esposito Oxford University Press, 2010 | 336 | 2010 |
| The Islamophobia industry: How the right manufactures fear of Muslims NC Lean, JL Esposito Pluto Press, 2012 | 311 | 2012 |
| Political Islam: revolution, radicalism, or reform? JL Esposito Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1997 | 298 | 1997 |