Upmarket Literary Fiction

A.M. Soliman

Trial attorney. Storyteller. Author of novels about the law, memory, and what it costs to insist on the truth.

Brothers in Service — available now in paperback and Kindle  ·  The Name She Carries — pre-order now, on sale November 10, 2026

The Novels

Books

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Brothers in Service

A Novel  ·  Literary Fiction

After the towers fell, one brother reached for the law. The other reached for a uniform.

“Soliman’s stimulating novel delves into such challenging and topical issues as the damaging nature of the media, generational trauma, and the commodification of tragedy… A thought-provoking work.” — Kirkus Reviews
“A pensive, quietly devastating novel that examines how a single national trauma reverberates through a family across three generations… Soliman animates the Bakari family with striking realism and emotional depth.” — The BookLife Prize
★★★★★ “I was literally having a conversation this morning about how books rarely can make me cry anymore… yet here I was, wrecked, sobbing cathartically.” — Jenny Hernandez, NetGalley
★★★★★ “Devastating, raw, and deeply human. This novel offers an essential, unforgettable look at 9/11 and its aftermath through the eyes of a Muslim American family.” — Oliver Reece, NetGalley
★★★★★ “I’m stunned!… You won’t be able to finish it without shedding a tear.” — Shreya North, Reedsy Discovery
★★★★★ “Absolutely amazing and a must-read. The characters and experiences are unforgettable and stuck with me long after I finished the last chapter.” — Ellen Ross, Goodreads

On September 11, 2001, Omar Bakari walked out of the World Trade Center covered in ash and came home to New Jersey. His twin sons answered the years that followed in opposite ways — Ali with the Constitution, Adam with a uniform — until something happened in Iraq that neither brother could speak of, and a family built on service went silent for eighteen years.

Now, in 2026, as the country talks itself toward another war, Omar’s grandson Elias begins asking the questions no one will answer. A novel of faith, inheritance, and the long shadow of a single September morning.

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The Name She Carries Pre-Order Now

A Novel  ·  Book-Club Legal Fiction  ·  On Sale November 10, 2026

Some inherit a name. She had to earn hers.

“A poignant story that exposes racism in the medical field but fuels an activist hope for the future . . . A well-written and accessible book on all levels . . . The characters are well developed and have relatable human dimension. Most importantly, they all evolve over the course of this story—even the villain.” — Kirkus Reviews
“A deeply moving and profound novel . . . the touching determination of a father to teach his daughter how to recognize what is right.” — Reedsy Discovery
★★★★★ “I couldn’t put this book down. I read it in one sitting. . . . I didn’t anticipate the resolution to the court case.” — Jacqui, Goodreads
★★★★★ “WOW! . . . I didn’t want it to end. . . . The author made Aisha and Mary, the main characters, very relatable and dealing with very topical issues of right and wrong in a discriminatory climate.” — Sharon, Goodreads
★★★★★ “This was a difficult book to put down and captured my attention as a health care professional.” — Kennedie, a nurse and healthcare leader, Goodreads

Mary Adel grew up watching her father command courtrooms. When Zach Adel runs out of time, the case of his career passes into her hands: a Black woman dismissed in an emergency room, four words typed into her chart, and a hospital betting that no jury will call it what it was.

To see it through, Mary must stand up to the hospital’s lawyers, to her own firm, and to the quiet machinery that decides whose pain gets believed — and learn the difference between carrying a name and earning it.

The Author

About A.M. Soliman

A.M. Soliman

A.M. Soliman is a trial attorney whose practice includes civil rights litigation. Before entering the law, he was a journalist: a newspaper reporter, a columnist for The Record, a commentator on CNN and NPR, and the producer and director of the 2003 PBS documentary Born in the USA: Muslim Americans. His opinion writing earned a New Jersey Press Association award.

His fiction draws on the world he knows from the inside — courtrooms, families, and the institutions that decide who gets believed. He writes upmarket literary fiction about law, faith, memory, and the cost of telling the truth.

He lives and practices in New Jersey.

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