Egypt

Books in this genre are set in or about Egypt.

Daughter of Egypt
Cleopatra
Husbands & Lovers
What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)
The Stolen Queen
Where the Library Hides (Secrets of the Nile, #2)
What I Know About You
The Shrouded Queen (The Shrouded Queen #1)
أوراق شمعون المصري
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
House of Two Pharaohs: Step into the world of gold, gods and deadly ambition with the latest Egyptian adventure (The Egyptian Book 10)
Havoc
واحة اليعقوب
Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
Cleopatra: A Life
Nefertiti
Impasse des deux palais
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
The Heretic Queen
River God (Ancient Egypt, #1)
The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody, #2)
Woman at Point Zero
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody, #3)
The Yacoubian Building
Cleopatra's Daughter
Nefertiti by Michelle    MoranFlow Down Like Silver by Ki LongfellowRiver God by Wilbur SmithThe Heretic Queen by Michelle    MoranCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle    Moran
Best Books About Egypt
492 books — 578 voters
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth PetersThe Mummy Case by Elizabeth PetersThe Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth PetersThe Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
Archaeology Romance, Mystery, Suspense
293 books — 202 voters

ثلاثية غرناطة by Radwa AshourThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniAzazil by Youssef ZiedanThe Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz
Best Middle East Fiction
443 books — 495 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,897 books — 1,799 voters


Naguib Mahfouz
القراءة في مصر ملهاة رخيصة ولن تتطور حتى تؤمن بأن القراءة ضرورة حيوية
Naguib Mahfouz, Sugar Street

Waguih Ghali
Cairo and Alexandria were cosmopolitan not so much because they contained foreigners, but because the Egyptian born in them is himself a stranger to his land.
Waguih Ghali, Beer in the Snooker Club

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Beginning with The Cairo Codex, The Justine Trilogy is set in Egypt, Italy, and Taos, New Mexico…more
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