Best Middle East Fiction

Any fiction by Middle Eastern authors or about the Middle East.

1	ثلاثية غرناطة by رضوى عاشور 4.30 avg rating — 40,808 ratings score: 6,350, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Azazil by Youssef Ziedan 4.04 avg rating — 47,741 ratings score: 4,053, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 2,491,466 ratings score: 3,593, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 1,183,668 ratings score: 3,541, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk / Palace of Desire / Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3) by Naguib Mahfouz 4.47 avg rating — 4,094 ratings score: 3,537, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	واحة الغروب by Bahaa Taher 3.82 avg rating — 13,010 ratings score: 3,449, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk 3.86 avg rating — 46,156 ratings score: 3,312, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany 3.68 avg rating — 18,254 ratings score: 2,910, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif 3.81 avg rating — 6,015 ratings score: 2,707, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1) by Naguib Mahfouz 4.18 avg rating — 15,173 ratings score: 2,079, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	الحرافيش by Naguib Mahfouz 4.38 avg rating — 14,362 ratings score: 2,037, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 2,185,624 ratings score: 1,920, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 122,015 ratings score: 1,910, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Snow by Orhan Pamuk 3.59 avg rating — 40,299 ratings score: 1,901, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Arabian Nights and Days by Naguib Mahfouz 4.11 avg rating — 6,670 ratings score: 1,718, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih 3.71 avg rating — 20,736 ratings score: 1,609, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	رأيت رام الله by مريد البرغوثي 4.16 avg rating — 13,825 ratings score: 1,552, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 11,505 ratings score: 1,459, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz 4.23 avg rating — 8,947 ratings score: 1,380, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights by Anonymous 4.04 avg rating — 62,416 ratings score: 1,348, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Samarkand by Amin Maalouf (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 22,401 ratings score: 1,343, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	شيكاجو by علاء الأسواني 3.42 avg rating — 20,973 ratings score: 1,259, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Love In Exile by Bahaa Taher 3.82 avg rating — 6,126 ratings score: 1,232, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #17) by Agatha Christie 4.11 avg rating — 139,723 ratings score: 1,224, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Ankhs: Red Marks The Child (The Ankhs, #1) by Amira Awaad (Goodreads Author) 4.54 avg rating — 79 ratings score: 1,200, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	قمر على سمرقند by محمد المنسي قنديل (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 12,437 ratings score: 1,174, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 21,400 ratings score: 1,134, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz 4.11 avg rating — 23,724 ratings score: 1,092, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Attack by Yasmina Khadra 3.82 avg rating — 8,256 ratings score: 1,062, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 3.88 avg rating — 115,395 ratings score: 1,014, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Complete Persepolis (Persepolis, #1-4) by Marjane Satrapi 4.37 avg rating — 128,582 ratings score: 976, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	الرباعيات by صلاح جاهين 4.41 avg rating — 11,621 ratings score: 973, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 16,517 ratings score: 971, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	الطنطورية by رضوى عاشور 4.33 avg rating — 22,063 ratings score: 970, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz 3.86 avg rating — 9,502 ratings score: 947, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) by Agatha Christie 4.18 avg rating — 400,014 ratings score: 938, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	رباعيات خيام by Omar Khayyám 4.18 avg rating — 18,599 ratings score: 912, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	تغريدة البجعة by مكاوي سعيد 3.65 avg rating — 2,322 ratings score: 859, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk 3.92 avg rating — 10,076 ratings score: 823, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	In the Eye of the Sun by Ahdaf Soueif 3.92 avg rating — 966 ratings score: 793, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 37,850 ratings score: 777, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz 4.23 avg rating — 7,835 ratings score: 774, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine 3.95 avg rating — 3,766 ratings score: 767, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters by Rabih Alameddine really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,090 ratings score: 763, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Sinners by Yusuf Idris 3.99 avg rating — 3,890 ratings score: 759, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	خالتي صفية والدير by Bahaa Taher 3.90 avg rating — 5,575 ratings score: 745, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk 3.48 avg rating — 12,011 ratings score: 720, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Women of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan Al-Shaykh 3.23 avg rating — 1,076 ratings score: 671, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Ali and Nino by Kurban Said 3.93 avg rating — 6,132 ratings score: 660, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Diary of a Country Prosecutor by Tawfiq Al-Hakim 3.91 avg rating — 8,316 ratings score: 659, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 133,552 ratings score: 657, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	A Woman in Jerusalem by A.B. Yehoshua 3.42 avg rating — 1,342 ratings score: 649, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Rock of Tanios by Amin Maalouf (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 5,848 ratings score: 646, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 4.52 avg rating — 4,215 ratings score: 640, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Cities of Salt (مدن الملح #1) by Abdul Rahman Munif 4.06 avg rating — 3,765 ratings score: 628, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14) by Agatha Christie 3.92 avg rating — 39,905 ratings score: 628, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	زمن الخيول البيضاء by Ibrahim Nasrallah 4.43 avg rating — 9,104 ratings score: 590, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	1/4 جرام by Essam Youssef (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 18,614 ratings score: 589, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine 3.82 avg rating — 10,874 ratings score: 583, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	في صالون العقاد كانت لنا أيام by أنيس منصور 4.10 avg rating — 2,940 ratings score: 580, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	ذاكرة الجسد by Ahlam Mosteghanemi (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 23,691 ratings score: 577, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Finding Nouf (Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi #1) by Zoë Ferraris (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 8,897 ratings score: 572, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	ظل الأفعى by يوسف زيدان (Goodreads Author) 2.98 avg rating — 12,275 ratings score: 569, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	تلك العتمة الباهرة by Tahar Ben Jelloun 4.28 avg rating — 10,562 ratings score: 566, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	ثرثرة فوق النيل by Naguib Mahfouz 3.81 avg rating — 7,008 ratings score: 558, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Balthasar's Odyssey by Amin Maalouf (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 4,379 ratings score: 545, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz 4.26 avg rating — 6,603 ratings score: 531, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Monsieur Ibrahim and The Flowers of the Qur'an by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 3.84 avg rating — 13,366 ratings score: 527, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Kurdish Bike by Alesa Lightbourne (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 1,717 ratings score: 500, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	هيبتا by محمد صادق (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 51,885 ratings score: 497, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Journey of Ibn Fattouma by Naguib Mahfouz 3.96 avg rating — 4,258 ratings score: 485, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan 4.07 avg rating — 11,158 ratings score: 483, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	ولدت هناك .. ولدت هنا by Mourid Barghouti 4.07 avg rating — 4,224 ratings score: 478, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	قلب الليل by Naguib Mahfouz 3.94 avg rating — 3,131 ratings score: 472, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Gate Of The Sun by Elias Khoury 3.91 avg rating — 1,963 ratings score: 442, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	دعاء الكروان by Taha Hussein 3.94 avg rating — 4,331 ratings score: 441, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Syngué Sabour: Pierre de patience by Atiq Rahimi 3.67 avg rating — 4,633 ratings score: 437, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie 3.85 avg rating — 16,664 ratings score: 432, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	اموال ودماء by داليا محمد رضا (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 400, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Ahriman: The Spirit of Destruction by Puja Guha (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 166 ratings score: 400, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Chariots on the Highway by Limor Moyal (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 260 ratings score: 400, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah 4.06 avg rating — 8,620 ratings score: 391, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi 4.09 avg rating — 11,732 ratings score: 390, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Lover by A.B. Yehoshua 4.02 avg rating — 1,417 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev 4.04 avg rating — 2,970 ratings score: 386, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	To Know a Woman by Amos Oz 3.55 avg rating — 1,650 ratings score: 384, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	نادية: الجزء الأول by يوسف السباعي 3.98 avg rating — 2,116 ratings score: 373, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	لا أنام by إحسان عبد القدوس 3.91 avg rating — 2,673 ratings score: 373, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	To the End of the Land by David Grossman 3.98 avg rating — 6,254 ratings score: 363, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The Gardens of Light by Amin Maalouf (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 3,552 ratings score: 356, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Minaret by Leila Aboulela (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 2,411 ratings score: 354, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	To Keep the Sun Alive by Rabeah Ghaffari 3.93 avg rating — 666 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	أميركا by Rabee Jaber (ربيع جابر) 3.96 avg rating — 1,747 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Orientalism by Edward W. Said 4.08 avg rating — 19,258 ratings score: 292, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Martyrs' Crossing by Amy Wilentz (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 252 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Divan of Hafez: دیوان خواجه شمس الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی by Hafez 4.63 avg rating — 7,443 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 1,373 ratings score: 287, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Dreams of the Compass Rose by Vera Nazarian (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 90 ratings score: 286, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	كلمات: التقاط الألماس من كلام الناس by يوسف زيدان (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 1,191 ratings score: 286, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	عراقي في باريس by Samuel Shimon 3.20 avg rating — 939 ratings score: 284, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Jack Kirby and the X-man (new)

Mar 17, 2009 07:55AM

Check out the Children's Book Council of Australia. Their annual awards highlight the best of Australian children's literature each year.

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message 2: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Sep 28, 2009 01:12PM

"The Art of War" -- a novel?

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message 3: by Lee (new)

Sep 29, 2009 01:03PM

Isn't Wild Swans a memoir???

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message 4: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Sep 29, 2009 01:55PM

Yes, that occurred to me as well. Didn't want to appear too picky, though ...

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message 5: by Lee (new)

Sep 29, 2009 02:07PM

Shall I delete it? I'm pretty sure it's non-fiction.

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message 6: by Bettie (new)

Sep 29, 2009 02:13PM

wild swans - In 1991 it was the biggest NON-FICTION book ever to have been published

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message 7: by Lee (new)

Sep 29, 2009 02:23PM

Alrighty then! Out it goes.

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message 8: by Bettie (new)

Sep 29, 2009 02:31PM

and The Art of War is most certainly 'bye-bye' as Themis-Athena points out

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message 9: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Sep 29, 2009 02:32PM

Can "The Art of War" then be deleted as well, please? It's military strategy/politics/philosophy/ whatever ... pretty much anything BUT a novel!

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message 10: by Lee (new)

Sep 29, 2009 02:40PM

Yes, done.

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message 11: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Sep 29, 2009 04:34PM

Thanks!

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message 12: by Thom (new)

Oct 13, 2009 07:12AM

NOTE: Hurakami's Wind-Up Bird Chronicle takes place LARGELY in China in 1937, an entire novel-within-the-novel sets Mr. Honda's experience during the war as a major challenge to the protagonist's attempt to find his identity.

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message 13: by Thom (new)

Oct 13, 2009 07:29AM

I PLEAD FOR THE INCLUSION OF DA CHEN on this list, just as we have accepted War Trash and should accept Soul Mountain. Such "memoirs" as these are vehicles for illuminating the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution and the retelling of many stories. We in the West labor with such distinctions as "The Non-Fiction Novel"(e.g. In Cold Blood, Roots, etc.) and "Faction" but such generic labels have little or no meaning in East Asian literature.

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message 14: by Bonnie (new)

Dec 14, 2009 03:16AM

Wind-Up Bird Chronicle takes place LARGELY in Japan, in fact. There are side stories in both Mongolia and China. I personally don't consider it much of a novel that takes place in China, but to each his own.

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message 15: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jan 18, 2010 03:27AM

"The Rape of Nangking" is a great book, but it, too, is nonfiction and therefore shouldn't be on this list ...

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message 16: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 18, 2010 09:34AM

Removed for being non-fiction:

The Rape of Nanking, by Iris Chang

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message 17: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jan 18, 2010 09:43AM

Thanks. :)

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message 18: by Lisa (new)

Feb 23, 2011 03:04AM

How can anybody vote on this list when half the titles are showing up in Arabic and unless we can read that language, we can't tell whether they're ones we've read or not??

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message 19: by Niledaughter (new)

Feb 23, 2011 05:45AM

It is according to the system (we can not choose a certain edition cover) , you can click on any of the book and see the other editions , you will find the English one if it was translated (most of them are)

The 1st one is a Trilogy in one book , not sure if Granada: A Novel is its 1st part in English or the whole of it .

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message 20: by Lisa (new)

Feb 23, 2011 10:29PM

Nile daughter wrote: "It is according to the system (we can not choose a certain edition cover) , you can click on any of the book and see the other editions , you will find the English one if it was translated (most o..." Hi Nile Daughter (nice moniker!) thanks for responding...Yes, I know you can click on a book to see the other editions. But this is a long list, and clicking through on every one of them would be a pain LOL.
Lisa

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message 21: by Niledaughter (new)

Feb 24, 2011 01:14AM

You are welcome and thanks for the compliment :) . Sorry I wish I can help about that but I guess it could be handled someday in the website setting . BTW if you are interesting in adding books not only voting , you can check the bookshelves in here (all in English covers)

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/4...

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message 22: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 24, 2011 12:16PM

I just looked to the right to see if I'd given it a rating or not.

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message 23: by Lisa (new)

Feb 24, 2011 11:01PM

Susanna wrote: "I just looked to the right to see if I'd given it a rating or not." True, but I also use these lists to find books I might be interested in reading...they're a good way of finding books that are 'off the beaten track' so to speak. It can be quite difficult to find books in translation in bookshops even if you know what you're looking for, so mostly I order them online after I've discovered them from a blog or a list like this.

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message 24: by Garth (new)

Mar 16, 2013 04:20PM

I voted for The Yacoubian Building. For the best novels about Egypt, I suggest Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy for the first half of the 20th century and The Yacoubian Building for the second half.

Here's a post about The Yacoubian Building on Newsworthy Novels, a blog that matches novels to today's headlines (the headline that day was about the turmoil in Egypt and the continued conflict between the country's moderates and the Muslim fundamentalists):
http://newsworthynovels.blogspot.com/...

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message 25: by Gabriel (new)

Dec 01, 2013 02:28PM

I've been forced by this list to look up where Egypt really belongs - Africa or Middle East?
Physically/geographically, it is very much an African country. However, culturally it follows the religion and lifestyles of countries which are literally located in the middle of the east. Which makes it Middle Eastern. (Which might also explain why Africa and the Middle East are often described as one big lump known as "Africa and the Middle East" - though that's another rant altogether.)
However, this conclusion bothers me! If Middle Eastern culture were to take over the whole world, then what exactly would "Middle East" mean? Go east of the middle east and you'll get to... the middle east.
Anyway, nothing at all to do with any of the books on this list, just my thoughts! Carry on!

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message 26: by Niledaughter (new)

Dec 01, 2013 10:08PM

I believe Middle East can be considered a political term not a cultural one, that what makes it confusing .

As for Egypt , goegrafficaly it's an African- Asian country ( Sinai is in Asia) , like Turkey is Asian European , so both are considered Middle East .

I guess MENA (middle east north Africa) will be a more appropriate term in here .

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message 27: by Gabriel (new)

Dec 03, 2013 05:04AM

Nile daughter wrote: "...political term not a cultural one, that what makes it confusing ... MENA (middle east north Africa)"

Ah, I take your points. I suppose this same question and these points can also be applied to any place in the world that has been colonised, merged, or otherwise made part of/subject to another empire.

So, back to the topic at hand, Lol! I have added my like vote to this list, because I see a few titles which I would really like to read at some point. Particularly Persian Girls - I read a little of the description and it seems intensely intriguing.

I've also added A Thousand Splendid Suns. I could not put this down even when I wanted to - result: sleep deprivation and a craving for more Middle Eastern literature!

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message 28: by Melinda (last edited Oct 27, 2015 04:55PM) (new)

Aug 03, 2014 02:47PM

I've noticed that some books on this list take place in Afghanistan (see the Khaled Hosseini titles) or Sudan (Minaret), and by most definitions neither country is part of the Middle East, despite neighboring the region.

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message 29: by Booklovinglady (last edited Sep 10, 2015 09:06AM) (new)

Sep 10, 2015 08:56AM

Melinda wrote: "I've noticed that some books on this list take place in Afghanistan (see the Khaled Hosseini titles) or Sudan (Minaret), and by most definitions neither country is not a part of the Middle East, despite neighboring the region..."

Egypt is considered to be the Middle East here, judging by the titles on this list (The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk / Palace of Desire / Sugar Street, The Map of Love). But strictly speaking Egypt is (for the most part anyway) located in Africa, which is not the Middle East.

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message 30: by Booklovinglady (last edited May 27, 2019 01:41PM) (new)

May 27, 2019 01:38PM

Should Season of Migration to the North (#16) be on this list? And Remembering Babylon (#111)?

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message 31: by Booklovinglady (last edited May 27, 2019 01:49PM) (new)

May 27, 2019 01:48PM

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (#15) is non-fiction, as far as I know (and the description says 'Any fiction by Middle Eastern authors or about the Middle East').

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