Best Middle East Fiction

1.
ثلاثية غرناطة
ثلاثية غرناطة 4.29 avg rating — 51,008 ratings
2.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,277 ratings
3.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,814 ratings
4.
Azazil
Azazil 4.03 avg rating — 51,876 ratings
5.
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3)
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3) 4.46 avg rating — 4,947 ratings
6.
My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red 3.87 avg rating — 60,041 ratings
7.
واحة الغروب
واحة الغروب 3.82 avg rating — 14,606 ratings
8.
The Yacoubian Building
The Yacoubian Building 3.71 avg rating — 22,609 ratings
9.
The Map of Love
The Map of Love 3.81 avg rating — 7,165 ratings
10.
Snow
Snow 3.62 avg rating — 48,684 ratings
11.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,604 ratings
12.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating — 138,471 ratings
13.
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1)
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 21,769 ratings
14.
الحرافيش
الحرافيش 4.39 avg rating — 19,927 ratings
15.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North 3.72 avg rating — 32,268 ratings
16.
The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights
The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights
by: Anonymous
4.03 avg rating — 80,397 ratings
17.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,585 ratings
18.
Samarkand
Samarkand 4.24 avg rating — 30,678 ratings
19.
Arabian Nights & Days
Arabian Nights & Days 4.11 avg rating — 9,553 ratings
20.
A Tale of Love and Darkness
A Tale of Love and Darkness
by: Amos Oz
4.23 avg rating — 12,546 ratings
21.
رأيت رام الله
رأيت رام الله 4.20 avg rating — 18,623 ratings
22.
Leo Africanus
Leo Africanus 4.21 avg rating — 16,104 ratings
23.
شيكاجو
شيكاجو 3.43 avg rating — 22,646 ratings
24.
Love in Exile
Love in Exile 3.82 avg rating — 6,677 ratings
25.
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating — 294,115 ratings
26.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating — 137,386 ratings
27.
The Attack
The Attack 3.86 avg rating — 13,040 ratings
28.
Midaq Alley
Midaq Alley 3.87 avg rating — 13,046 ratings
28.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 702,539 ratings
30.
Mornings in Jenin
Mornings in Jenin 4.51 avg rating — 48,767 ratings
31.
The Ankhs: Red Marks The Child (The Ankhs, #1)
The Ankhs: Red Marks The Child (The Ankhs, #1) 4.57 avg rating — 89 ratings
32.
قمر على سمرقند
قمر على سمرقند 3.87 avg rating — 13,985 ratings
33.
The Forty Rules of Love
The Forty Rules of Love 4.12 avg rating — 196,688 ratings
34.
رباعيات خيام
رباعيات خيام 4.17 avg rating — 22,744 ratings
35.
Children of the Alley
Children of the Alley 4.08 avg rating — 30,742 ratings
36.
The Blood of Flowers
The Blood of Flowers 3.99 avg rating — 19,492 ratings
37.
The Lip Reader
The Lip Reader 4.70 avg rating — 27 ratings
38.
الرباعيات
الرباعيات 4.40 avg rating — 11,952 ratings
39.
تغريدة البجعة
تغريدة البجعة 3.62 avg rating — 2,312 ratings
40.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating — 114,184 ratings
41.
The Black Book
The Black Book 3.92 avg rating — 12,995 ratings
42.
In the Eye of the Sun
In the Eye of the Sun 3.92 avg rating — 1,136 ratings
43.
الطنطورية
الطنطورية 4.36 avg rating — 28,594 ratings
44.
The Bastard of Istanbul
The Bastard of Istanbul 3.88 avg rating — 61,737 ratings
45.
The Hakawati
The Hakawati 3.95 avg rating — 4,505 ratings
46.
Ali and Nino
Ali and Nino 3.92 avg rating — 9,333 ratings
47.
The Rock of Tanios
The Rock of Tanios 3.98 avg rating — 7,967 ratings
48.
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings 4.51 avg rating — 5,517 ratings
49.
Palace of Desire
Palace of Desire 4.24 avg rating — 10,976 ratings
50.
Women of Sand and Myrrh
Women of Sand and Myrrh 3.23 avg rating — 1,308 ratings
51.
ذاكرة الجسد
ذاكرة الجسد 3.81 avg rating — 25,551 ratings
52.
The Sinners: A Novel
The Sinners: A Novel 3.97 avg rating — 4,507 ratings
53.
خالتي صفية والدير
خالتي صفية والدير 3.91 avg rating — 6,562 ratings
54.
ثرثرة فوق النيل
ثرثرة فوق النيل 3.75 avg rating — 10,234 ratings
55.
Cities of Salt (مدن الملح #1)
Cities of Salt (مدن الملح #1) 4.06 avg rating — 4,758 ratings
55.
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14) 3.94 avg rating — 67,387 ratings
57.
The White Castle
The White Castle 3.48 avg rating — 16,401 ratings
58.
سلسلة سلام (1) - رواية بعد السهوك
سلسلة سلام (1) - رواية بعد السهوك 4.78 avg rating — 231 ratings
59.
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma 3.93 avg rating — 5,911 ratings
60.
Woman at Point Zero
Woman at Point Zero 4.21 avg rating — 27,041 ratings
61.
I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters
I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters 3.97 avg rating — 1,453 ratings
62.
Finding Nouf (Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi #1)
Finding Nouf (Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi #1) 3.80 avg rating — 9,870 ratings
63.
Diary of a Country Prosecutor
Diary of a Country Prosecutor 3.90 avg rating — 10,122 ratings
64.
A Woman in Jerusalem
A Woman in Jerusalem 3.43 avg rating — 1,796 ratings
65.
Gate of the Sun
Gate of the Sun 3.90 avg rating — 2,523 ratings
66.
Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an
Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an 3.84 avg rating — 24,692 ratings
67.
Death Comes as the End
Death Comes as the End 3.85 avg rating — 26,780 ratings
68.
زمن الخيول البيضاء
زمن الخيول البيضاء 4.43 avg rating — 11,105 ratings
69.
1/4 جرام
1/4 جرام 4.02 avg rating — 19,614 ratings
69.
هيبتا
هيبتا 3.72 avg rating — 57,214 ratings
71.
سلسلة سلام (2) - رواية قناع الشيطان
سلسلة سلام (2) - رواية قناع الشيطان 4.80 avg rating — 93 ratings
72.
A Pigeon and a Boy
A Pigeon and a Boy 4.08 avg rating — 3,950 ratings
73.
في صالون العقاد كانت لنا أيام
في صالون العقاد كانت لنا أيام 4.08 avg rating — 3,171 ratings
74.
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East 4.12 avg rating — 18,017 ratings
75.
ظل الأفعى
ظل الأفعى 2.98 avg rating — 12,868 ratings
76.
تلك العتمة الباهرة
تلك العتمة الباهرة 4.27 avg rating — 13,307 ratings
77.
Balthasar's Odyssey
Balthasar's Odyssey 3.88 avg rating — 5,702 ratings
78.
Sugar Street
Sugar Street 4.28 avg rating — 9,352 ratings
79.
The Kurdish Bike
The Kurdish Bike 3.90 avg rating — 3,551 ratings
79.
Treasures of Egypt: The Spear & the Scythe
Treasures of Egypt: The Spear & the Scythe
by: Amr Saleh
4.23 avg rating — 56 ratings
81.
Orientalism
Orientalism 4.13 avg rating — 28,511 ratings
81.
سلسلة سلام (3) - رواية سيد البارقة
سلسلة سلام (3) - رواية سيد البارقة 4.95 avg rating — 82 ratings
83.
An Unnecessary Woman
An Unnecessary Woman 3.82 avg rating — 13,759 ratings
84.
The Lover (Love & War Trilogy, #1)
The Lover (Love & War Trilogy, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 1,976 ratings
85.
The House of the Mosque
The House of the Mosque 4.13 avg rating — 14,612 ratings
86.
ولدت هناك .. ولدت هنا
ولدت هناك .. ولدت هنا 4.10 avg rating — 4,924 ratings
87.
قلب الليل
قلب الليل 3.91 avg rating — 5,324 ratings
88.
دعاء الكروان
دعاء الكروان 3.92 avg rating — 5,712 ratings
89.
Syngué Sabour: Pierre de patience
Syngué Sabour: Pierre de patience 3.70 avg rating — 6,889 ratings
89.
Arabian Love Poems: Full Arabic and English Texts
Arabian Love Poems: Full Arabic and English Texts 4.31 avg rating — 1,466 ratings
91.
أموال ودماء
أموال ودماء really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
91.
Ahriman: The Spirit of Destruction
Ahriman: The Spirit of Destruction
by: Puja Guha
4.10 avg rating — 243 ratings
91.
Chariots on the Highway
Chariots on the Highway 4.03 avg rating — 294 ratings
94.
To Know A Woman
To Know A Woman
by: Amos Oz
3.56 avg rating — 2,162 ratings
95.
نادية: الجزء الأول
نادية: الجزء الأول 3.96 avg rating — 2,339 ratings
95.
لا أنام
لا أنام 3.92 avg rating — 3,449 ratings
97.
Last Train to Istanbul
Last Train to Istanbul 3.88 avg rating — 28,699 ratings
98.
To the End of the Land
To the End of the Land 4.01 avg rating — 8,155 ratings
99.
Een geweer, een koe, een boom en een vrouw
Een geweer, een koe, een boom en een vrouw 4.26 avg rating — 1,525 ratings
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The Gardens of Light
The Gardens of Light 3.86 avg rating — 4,765 ratings
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