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Cairo

Books in this genre are set in or about Cairo.

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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Fictitious Africa

547 books — 266 voters

The Road To Purification by Harry Whitewolf

The Butterfly Mosque by G. Willow Wilson

CAIRO: fictional and factual stories.

73 books — 17 voters

The Daughter of Kurdland by Widad Akreyi

Sketches from the Periphery by M.P. Summers

Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi

Must Reads

182 books — 154 voters

Charleston in the Age of the Pinckneys by George C. Rogers Jr.

Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire by Bernard Lewis

Centers of Civilization series

34 books — 3 voters

The Treasures of Islamic Art in the Museums of Cairo by Bernard O'Kane

House decoration in Nubia by Marian Wenzel

Electric Ancient Egyptians by James Ernest Brown

.. ..::..Misr .:.

105 books — 2 voters

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson

SFF Set in Global Cities (No YA)

64 books — 6 voters

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“ Clarice, the glorious city, has a tormented history. Several times it decayed, then burgeoned again, always keeping the first Clarice as an unparalleled model of every splendor, compared to which the city’s present state can only cause more sighs at every fading of the stars. ”
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

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