- Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays, by Marzieh Gail. (1976) A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Bahá'í studies and history. Most of these were first published in Star of the West and World Order between 1929 and 1971.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history, by Encyclopaedia Iranica. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (1982-2023) Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
- From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States, by Naghme Naseri Morlock. (2023) The denial of a national identity of Bahá'ís in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differences between immigrant and American Bahá'ís; the importance of religious identity; how religious, national, and cultural identities are negotiated.
- Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia: With Notes on Russia, Koords, Toorkomans, Nestorians, Khiva, and Persia, by Lady Mary Sheil. (1856) Considered first travel book on Persia by a woman. Of particular interest to Bahá'ís are her accounts on Babism (Babeeism) and the Bab.
- Hidden Words and Sounds: Tracing Iranian Legacies and Traumas in the Music of the Bahá'ís of North America, by Daniel Akira Stadnicki. (2019) On the legacy of Persian culture, aesthetics, and history of religious persecution as reflected in Bahá'í American music; themes of religious oppression, persecution, and martyrdom; Iranian diaspora, transnational music-making, and cosmopolitanism.
- Introduction to the History and Culture of Iran, An, by John Walbridge. (2002) The Iranian context of the Bábí and Bahá'í religions; the geography, history, and culture of Iran.
- Iranian Refugees in America: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, by Frank Lewis, Puran Stevens. (1986) Introduction to Persian culture, history, and customs, designed as an aid in cultural understanding for Americans interacting with Iranian emigrants.
- Off the Grid: Reading Iranian Memoirs in Our Time of Total War, by Negar Mottahedeh. (2004-09) Observations on contemporary culture and gender issues in Iran.
- Perfection and Refinement: Towards an Aesthetics of the Bab, by Moojan Momen. (2011) The writings of the Bab have implications for the "plastic" arts; significance for native traditions; relevance to the performing arts; and the concept of refinement which comes across in both the person and the writings of the Báb.
- Persia by a Persian: Personal Experiences, Manners, Customs, Habits, Religious and Social Life in Persia, by Isaac Adams. (1906) Answers to "questions about the manners, customs, and peculiarities of my own people" received while the author was on lecture tours in the U.S.; an account of Iranian life, culture, and local religious practices before the modern petroleum state.
- Representing the Unpresentable: Historical Images of National Reform, by Negar Mottaheddeh: Review, by Jack Kalpakian. (2008) Book review that touches on the Islamic Republic's treatment of judgment day and how it relates to Bábí doctrine; the image of the Bábí as the internal, modern other inside Iran's national psyche; Qurrat al-'Ayn as a female equivalent of Joseph.
- Still Lives, by Denis MacEoin. (1993) The nature of private lives and biography in Middle Eastern culture, with brief discussion of Rushdie's Satanic Verses and the lives of Tahirih and Shoghi Effendi.
- Summon Up Remembrance, by Marzieh Gail. (1987) Memoir left by Ali-Kuli Khan, one of the first translators of Bahá'í Writings; writings of his wife Florence; other family papers and memories.
- The White Silk Dress, by Marzieh Gail. (1945) An "intimate portrait" of Ṭáhirih first published Friday April 21, 1944.
- Transmission of Cultural Values in Persian Bahá'í Families, The, by Stephen Licata. (1997) On how immigrant Persian Bahá’í families have carried their cultural values to the U.S., how the move affected the development of their children, and the cultural adaptation process. Includes survey on cultural values among Persian Bahá'ís in Los Angeles.
- خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر (From the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature, index), by Various. (1989-2018) Twenty volumes of scholarship in Persian, based on proceedings and papers from the Society of Persian Arts and Letters conferences (Khoosh-i-Ha'i Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar = "from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature").
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