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1	ثلاثية غرناطة by Radwa Ashour 4.29 avg rating — 53,299 ratings score: 6,543, and 66 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	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 3,608,631 ratings score: 5,287, and 54 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	A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 1,817,303 ratings score: 4,334, and 44 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	Azazil by Youssef Ziedan 4.03 avg rating — 52,594 ratings score: 4,151, and 42 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 — 5,192 ratings score: 3,733, and 38 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	My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk 3.87 avg rating — 63,280 ratings score: 3,584, 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
7	واحة الغروب by Bahaa Taher 3.82 avg rating — 14,967 ratings score: 3,549, 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
8	The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany 3.72 avg rating — 23,927 ratings score: 3,008, and 31 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 — 7,403 ratings score: 2,972, and 31 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	Snow by Orhan Pamuk 3.63 avg rating — 50,582 ratings score: 2,366, and 25 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 4.40 avg rating — 21,465 ratings score: 2,332, and 24 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	Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi 3.67 avg rating — 143,982 ratings score: 2,284, and 24 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	Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1) by Naguib Mahfouz 4.20 avg rating — 23,556 ratings score: 2,255, and 24 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	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 3,749,893 ratings score: 2,215, and 23 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	Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih 3.72 avg rating — 35,362 ratings score: 1,878, 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
16	Samarkand by Amin Maalouf (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 32,949 ratings score: 1,833, and 19 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	The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights by Anonymous 4.02 avg rating — 83,684 ratings score: 1,817, and 19 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	The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 4.41 avg rating — 216,610 ratings score: 1,754, 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
19	Arabian Nights & Days by Naguib Mahfouz 4.11 avg rating — 10,386 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
20	A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz 4.23 avg rating — 13,240 ratings score: 1,660, 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
21	رأيت رام الله by Mourid Barghouti 4.21 avg rating — 19,297 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
22	Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 17,494 ratings score: 1,533, 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
23	شيكاجو by Alaa Al Aswany 3.43 avg rating — 22,901 ratings score: 1,359, 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
24	Love in Exile by Bahaa Taher 3.82 avg rating — 6,778 ratings score: 1,327, 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
25	Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) by Agatha Christie 4.12 avg rating — 323,255 ratings score: 1,323, 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
26	The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 3.86 avg rating — 142,417 ratings score: 1,304, 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
27	The Attack by Yasmina Khadra 3.86 avg rating — 14,581 ratings score: 1,244, 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
28	Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz 3.87 avg rating — 14,031 ratings score: 1,221, 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
28	Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) by Agatha Christie 4.20 avg rating — 768,718 ratings score: 1,221, 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
30	Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 58,444 ratings score: 1,212, 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
31	The Ankhs: Red Marks The Child (The Ankhs, #1) by Amira Awaad (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 90 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
32	قمر على سمرقند by Mohamed Mansi Qandil 3.87 avg rating — 14,192 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
33	رباعيات خيام by Omar Khayyám 4.17 avg rating — 23,594 ratings score: 1,105, 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
34	The Sand Fish: An Atmospheric Middle Eastern Story of Rebellion in 1950s Dubai Culture by Maha Gargash 3.28 avg rating — 856 ratings score: 1,100, 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
35	Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz 4.08 avg rating — 32,650 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
36	The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 20,196 ratings score: 1,060, 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
37	The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 215,903 ratings score: 1,037, 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
38	الرباعيات by صلاح جاهين 4.40 avg rating — 12,025 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
39	Ali and Nino by Kurban Said 3.92 avg rating — 10,213 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
40	The Epic of Gilgamesh by Unknown 3.76 avg rating — 124,032 ratings score: 945, 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
41	The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk 3.92 avg rating — 13,720 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
42	In the Eye of the Sun by Ahdaf Soueif 3.93 avg rating — 1,183 ratings score: 887, 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
43	الطنطورية by Radwa Ashour 4.36 avg rating — 29,648 ratings score: 870, 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
44	The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 68,591 ratings score: 865, 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
45	تغريدة البجعة by Mekkawi Said 3.61 avg rating — 2,337 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
45	The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine 3.95 avg rating — 4,686 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
47	The Rock of Tanios by Amin Maalouf (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 8,512 ratings score: 835, 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
48	Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 4.53 avg rating — 5,616 ratings score: 830, 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
49	Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz 4.23 avg rating — 11,739 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
50	Women of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan Al-Shaykh 3.24 avg rating — 1,353 ratings score: 772, 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
51	The Sinners: A Novel by Yusuf Idris 3.97 avg rating — 4,663 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
52	خالتي صفية والدير by Bahaa Taher 3.92 avg rating — 6,754 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
53	Cities of Salt (مدن الملح #1) by Abdelrahman Munif 4.05 avg rating — 5,043 ratings score: 726, 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
53	Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14) by Agatha Christie 3.94 avg rating — 74,091 ratings score: 726, 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
55	The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk 3.48 avg rating — 17,492 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
56	بعد السهوك (سلام، #1) by Dr.Sara Ahmad (Goodreads Author) 4.77 avg rating — 232 ratings score: 687, 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	ذاكرة الجسد by Ahlam Mosteghanemi (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 25,821 ratings score: 675, 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	The Journey of Ibn Fattouma by Naguib Mahfouz 3.93 avg rating — 6,381 ratings score: 675, 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
59	Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi 4.25 avg rating — 35,147 ratings score: 669, 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
60	I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters by Rabih Alameddine 3.97 avg rating — 1,569 ratings score: 667, 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
61	Finding Nouf (Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi #1) by Zoë Ferraris (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 10,054 ratings score: 664, 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
62	Diary of a Country Prosecutor by Tawfiq Al-Hakim 3.90 avg rating — 10,530 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
63	A Woman in Jerusalem by A.B. Yehoshua 3.43 avg rating — 1,877 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
64	ثرثرة فوق النيل by Naguib Mahfouz 3.74 avg rating — 11,011 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
65	Gate of the Sun by Elias Khaury 3.91 avg rating — 2,720 ratings score: 642, 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
66	Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 3.85 avg rating — 28,224 ratings score: 620, 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
67	Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie 3.84 avg rating — 29,354 ratings score: 615, 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
68	زمن الخيول البيضاء by Ibrahim Nasrallah 4.43 avg rating — 11,438 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
69	1/4 جرام by Essam Youssef (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 19,811 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
69	هيبتا by محمد صادق (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 57,949 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
71	قناع الشيطان (سلام، #2) by Dr.Sara Ahmad (Goodreads Author) 4.78 avg rating — 95 ratings score: 587, 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
72	A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev 4.09 avg rating — 4,169 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
73	في صالون العقاد كانت لنا أيام by Anis Mansour 4.09 avg rating — 3,209 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
74	The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan 4.12 avg rating — 19,396 ratings score: 573, 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
75	ظل الأفعى by Youssef Ziedan 2.98 avg rating — 12,969 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
76	تلك العتمة الباهرة by Tahar Ben Jelloun 4.26 avg rating — 13,864 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
77	Balthasar's Odyssey by Amin Maalouf (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 5,976 ratings score: 550, 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
78	Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz 4.28 avg rating — 9,988 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
79	The Kurdish Bike by Alesa Lightbourne (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 3,649 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
79	Treasures of Egypt: The Spear & the Scythe by Amr Saleh (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 64 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
81	Orientalism by Edward W. Said 4.14 avg rating — 31,396 ratings score: 493, 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
81	سيد البارقة (سلام، #3) by Dr.Sara Ahmad (Goodreads Author) 4.91 avg rating — 86 ratings score: 493, 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
83	An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine 3.83 avg rating — 14,800 ratings score: 488, 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
84	The Lover (Love & War Trilogy, #1) by A.B. Yehoshua 4.04 avg rating — 2,075 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
85	The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah 4.14 avg rating — 16,707 ratings score: 480, 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
86	ولدت هناك .. ولدت هنا by Mourid Barghouti 4.10 avg rating — 5,004 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
87	قلب الليل by Naguib Mahfouz 3.90 avg rating — 6,016 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
88	دعاء الكروان by Taha Hussein 3.91 avg rating — 6,218 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
89	Syngué Sabour: Pierre de patience by Atiq Rahimi (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 7,475 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
89	Arabian Love Poems: Full Arabic and English Texts by Nizar Qabbani 4.30 avg rating — 1,575 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
91	أموال ودماء by داليا محمد رضا (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 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
91	Ahriman: The Spirit of Destruction by Puja Guha (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 319 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
91	Chariots on the Highway by Limor Moyal (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 300 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
94	The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat 3.94 avg rating — 37,193 ratings score: 388, 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	To Know A Woman: Award-Winning Israeli Literature – A Haunting Middle Eastern Novel of Women and Truth by Amos Oz 3.56 avg rating — 2,267 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
96	نادية، الجزء الأول by يوسف السباعي 3.96 avg rating — 2,382 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
96	لا أنام by إحسان عبد القدوس 3.94 avg rating — 3,791 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
98	Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin 3.88 avg rating — 29,346 ratings score: 364, 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
99	To the End of the Land by David Grossman 4.02 avg rating — 8,506 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
100	Een geweer, een koe, een boom en een vrouw by Meir Shalev 4.27 avg rating — 1,722 ratings score: 362, 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

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445 books · 499 voters · list created January 11th, 2009 by Melinda (votes) .

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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 (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (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 (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (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 (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (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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Jun 15, 2024 07:16AM