The term LEON URIS BOOK 'THE ___' is solved by the three letter word HAJ. The Haj is a novel written by Leon Uris in 1985. It is set in the Middle East and tells the story of a Jewish family's struggle for survival during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The novel follows the family's journey from their home in Jerusalem to the refugee camps of Cyprus and then to the United States. The novel was a bestseller and was adapted into a movie in 1996.