Big Books of 2026

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Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
547 books — 265 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
Must Reads
182 books — 154 voters

The Road To Purification by Harry WhitewolfThe Arabian Nightmare by Robert IrwinThe Butterfly Mosque by G. Willow WilsonCairo by Max RodenbeckIn the Eye of the Sun by Ahdaf Soueif
CAIRO: fictional and factual stories.
73 books — 17 voters
Rivers of London by Ben AaronovitchStrange Practice by Vivian ShawThe Arabian Nightmare by Robert IrwinThe Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha PulleyBrown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
SFF Set in Global Cities (No YA)
64 books — 6 voters

Charleston in the Age of the Pinckneys by George C. Rogers Jr.Following Caesar by John KeaheyIstanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire by Bernard LewisCairo by Gaston WietBukhara by Richard N. Frye
Centers of Civilization series
34 books — 3 voters
Vintage Alexandria by Michael HaagBabylon of Egypt by Peter SheehanThe Treasures of Islamic Art in the Museums of Cairo by Bernard O'KaneHouse decoration in Nubia by Marian WenzelElectric Ancient Egyptians by James Ernest Brown
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105 books — 2 voters

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