Books by Egyptian Authors (in English)

1.
Woman at Point Zero
Woman at Point Zero 4.21 avg rating โ€” 27,046 ratings
2.
Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #3)
Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #3) 4.28 avg rating โ€” 9,352 ratings
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In the Eye of the Sun
In the Eye of the Sun 3.92 avg rating โ€” 1,136 ratings
4.
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy #1)
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy #1) 4.20 avg rating โ€” 21,770 ratings
5.
Palace of Desire (The Cairo Trilogy #2)
Palace of Desire (The Cairo Trilogy #2) 4.24 avg rating โ€” 10,976 ratings
6.
Blue Lorries
Blue Lorries 3.83 avg rating โ€” 5,876 ratings
7.
The Woman from Tantoura: A Palestinian Novel
The Woman from Tantoura: A Palestinian Novel 4.36 avg rating โ€” 28,596 ratings
8.
In the Language of Miracles
In the Language of Miracles 3.72 avg rating โ€” 1,552 ratings
9.
The Queue
The Queue 3.55 avg rating โ€” 2,779 ratings
10.
Spectres
Spectres 3.63 avg rating โ€” 2,891 ratings
11.
Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth
Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth 3.78 avg rating โ€” 4,375 ratings
12.
Proud Beggars (New York Review Books Classics)
Proud Beggars (New York Review Books Classics) 4.04 avg rating โ€” 1,240 ratings
13.
The House of Jasmine
The House of Jasmine 3.39 avg rating โ€” 712 ratings
14.
Love in the Kingdom of Oil
Love in the Kingdom of Oil 2.67 avg rating โ€” 515 ratings
15.
The Innocence of the Devil
The Innocence of the Devil 3.14 avg rating โ€” 220 ratings
16.
Adrift on the Nile
Adrift on the Nile 3.75 avg rating โ€” 10,235 ratings
17.
The Day the Leader Was Killed
The Day the Leader Was Killed 3.58 avg rating โ€” 3,709 ratings
18.
Thieves in Retirement: A Novel
Thieves in Retirement: A Novel liked it 3.00 avg rating โ€” 2 ratings
19.
The Hashish Waiter
The Hashish Waiter 4.01 avg rating โ€” 2,091 ratings
19.
Leaves of Narcissus: A Modern Arabic Novel
Leaves of Narcissus: A Modern Arabic Novel 3.45 avg rating โ€” 75 ratings
21.
Love in the Rain
Love in the Rain 3.15 avg rating โ€” 2,716 ratings
22.
A Border Passage: From Cairo to America โ€“ A Woman's Journey
A Border Passage: From Cairo to America โ€“ A Woman's Journey 3.88 avg rating โ€” 1,048 ratings
22.
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma 3.93 avg rating โ€” 5,912 ratings
24.
Miramar
Miramar 3.83 avg rating โ€” 7,770 ratings
25.
Midaq Alley
Midaq Alley 3.87 avg rating โ€” 13,043 ratings
26.
Napoleon in Egypt
Napoleon in Egypt 3.48 avg rating โ€” 144 ratings
27.
The Map of Love
The Map of Love 3.81 avg rating โ€” 7,164 ratings
27.
The Crocodiles
The Crocodiles 3.45 avg rating โ€” 148 ratings
29.
Maryamโ€™s Maze: A Modern Arabic Novel from Egypt (Modern Arabic Literature
Maryamโ€™s Maze: A Modern Arabic Novel from Egypt (Modern Arabic Literature 3.11 avg rating โ€” 317 ratings
30.
Granada
Granada 3.98 avg rating โ€” 398 ratings
31.
Slipping
Slipping 3.74 avg rating โ€” 373 ratings
32.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day - The Complete Papyrus of Ani Featuring Integrated Text and Full-Color Images
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day - The Complete Papyrus of Ani Featuring Integrated Text and Full-Color Images
by: Anonymous
3.91 avg rating โ€” 5,992 ratings
33.
The Tale of Sinuhe and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems, 1940-1640 B.C.
The Tale of Sinuhe and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems, 1940-1640 B.C.
by: Unknown
3.74 avg rating โ€” 425 ratings
34.
Diary of a Country Prosecutor
Diary of a Country Prosecutor 3.90 avg rating โ€” 10,122 ratings
35.
Return of the Spirit
Return of the Spirit 3.87 avg rating โ€” 4,310 ratings
36.
The Palm House: A Modern Arabic Novel
The Palm House: A Modern Arabic Novel 3.80 avg rating โ€” 82 ratings
37.
The Cheapest Nights
The Cheapest Nights 3.78 avg rating โ€” 1,877 ratings
38.
Cigarette Number Seven: A Novel
Cigarette Number Seven: A Novel 3.46 avg rating โ€” 183 ratings
39.
The Open Door
The Open Door 4.19 avg rating โ€” 3,503 ratings
40.
Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories
Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories 3.95 avg rating โ€” 713 ratings
41.
Memoirs of a Woman Doctor
Memoirs of a Woman Doctor 3.48 avg rating โ€” 4,349 ratings
42.
The Tent: A Novel
The Tent: A Novel 3.40 avg rating โ€” 285 ratings
43.
Sunset Oasis
Sunset Oasis 3.82 avg rating โ€” 14,606 ratings
44.
The Golden Chariot
The Golden Chariot 3.61 avg rating โ€” 228 ratings
45.
Death of an Ex-Minister
Death of an Ex-Minister 3.23 avg rating โ€” 209 ratings
46.
God Dies by the Nile
God Dies by the Nile 3.55 avg rating โ€” 1,205 ratings
47.
A Pure Heart
A Pure Heart 3.79 avg rating โ€” 1,496 ratings
48.
Siraaj: An Arab Tale
Siraaj: An Arab Tale 3.59 avg rating โ€” 3,067 ratings
49.
The Ankhs: Red Marks The Child (The Ankhs, #1)
The Ankhs: Red Marks The Child (The Ankhs, #1) 4.57 avg rating โ€” 89 ratings
50.
Azazeel
Azazeel 4.03 avg rating โ€” 51,877 ratings
51.
Children of the Alley
Children of the Alley 4.08 avg rating โ€” 30,743 ratings
52.
No One Sleeps in Alexandria
No One Sleeps in Alexandria 3.82 avg rating โ€” 4,317 ratings
53.
The Owner of the House
The Owner of the House 2.98 avg rating โ€” 184 ratings
54.
Zeina
Zeina 3.23 avg rating โ€” 959 ratings
55.
Zaat
Zaat 3.57 avg rating โ€” 5,427 ratings
56.
Beer in the Snooker Club
Beer in the Snooker Club 3.94 avg rating โ€” 4,012 ratings
57.
Brooklyn Heights: An Egyptian Novel
Brooklyn Heights: An Egyptian Novel 2.97 avg rating โ€” 1,391 ratings
58.
The Harafish
The Harafish 4.39 avg rating โ€” 19,929 ratings
59.
These are not Oranges, My Love
These are not Oranges, My Love 4.12 avg rating โ€” 34 ratings
60.
Cities without Palms
Cities without Palms 3.68 avg rating โ€” 108 ratings
61.
Arabian Nights & Days
Arabian Nights & Days 4.11 avg rating โ€” 9,553 ratings
62.
Cairo Modern
Cairo Modern 4.03 avg rating โ€” 5,352 ratings
63.
Taxi
Taxi 3.68 avg rating โ€” 16,083 ratings
64.
The Law of Inheritance
The Law of Inheritance 3.41 avg rating โ€” 165 ratings
65.
The Yacoubian Building
The Yacoubian Building 3.71 avg rating โ€” 22,609 ratings
66.
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World 4.04 avg rating โ€” 4,939 ratings
67.
Sipping from the Nile
Sipping from the Nile 3.64 avg rating โ€” 926 ratings
68.
Memoirs from the Women's Prison
Memoirs from the Women's Prison 3.95 avg rating โ€” 2,283 ratings
69.
A Daughter of Isis: The Autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi
A Daughter of Isis: The Autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi 3.94 avg rating โ€” 354 ratings
70.
Aisha
Aisha 3.47 avg rating โ€” 218 ratings
71.
The Thief and the Dogs
The Thief and the Dogs 3.65 avg rating โ€” 11,997 ratings
72.
ุฎุงู† ุงู„ุฎู„ูŠู„ูŠ
ุฎุงู† ุงู„ุฎู„ูŠู„ูŠ 3.91 avg rating โ€” 6,871 ratings
73.
Gazelle Tracks: A Modern Arabic Novel from Egypt
Gazelle Tracks: A Modern Arabic Novel from Egypt 3.43 avg rating โ€” 140 ratings
74.
The Automobile Club of Egypt
The Automobile Club of Egypt 3.49 avg rating โ€” 14,588 ratings
75.
The Circling Song
The Circling Song 2.85 avg rating โ€” 267 ratings
76.
Morning and Evening Talk
Morning and Evening Talk 3.96 avg rating โ€” 7,683 ratings
77.
1/4 Gram
1/4 Gram 4.02 avg rating โ€” 19,614 ratings
78.
Birds of Amber
Birds of Amber 3.64 avg rating โ€” 1,037 ratings
79.
City of Love and Ashes: A Novel
City of Love and Ashes: A Novel 3.54 avg rating โ€” 347 ratings
80.
Diary of a Jewish Muslim: An Egyptian Novel
Diary of a Jewish Muslim: An Egyptian Novel 3.89 avg rating โ€” 708 ratings
81.
Menorahs and Minarets: A Novel
Menorahs and Minarets: A Novel 3.80 avg rating โ€” 360 ratings
82.
Days In the Diaspora
Days In the Diaspora really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ€” 431 ratings
83.
The Novel
The Novel 2.97 avg rating โ€” 244 ratings
84.
Sandpiper
Sandpiper 3.67 avg rating โ€” 161 ratings
85.
The Committee: A Novel
The Committee: A Novel 3.62 avg rating โ€” 3,146 ratings
86.
Blue Aubergine
Blue Aubergine 2.80 avg rating โ€” 372 ratings
87.
Cairo: Memoir of a City Transformed
Cairo: Memoir of a City Transformed 3.84 avg rating โ€” 383 ratings
88.
The Beginning and the End
The Beginning and the End 4.11 avg rating โ€” 8,236 ratings
89.
Zayni Barakat
Zayni Barakat 3.87 avg rating โ€” 3,759 ratings
90.
The Dramatic Literature of Nawal El Saadawi: God Resigns and Isis
The Dramatic Literature of Nawal El Saadawi: God Resigns and Isis 3.31 avg rating โ€” 891 ratings
91.
The Jokers
The Jokers 3.75 avg rating โ€” 817 ratings
92.
The Wiles of Men and Other Stories
The Wiles of Men and Other Stories 3.84 avg rating โ€” 45 ratings
93.
The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World
The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World 4.01 avg rating โ€” 1,764 ratings
94.
Casting off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist
Casting off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist 4.21 avg rating โ€” 28 ratings
95.
The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: An Egyptian Writer in the Swinging Sixties: Volume 1: 1964โ€“66
The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: An Egyptian Writer in the Swinging Sixties: Volume 1: 1964โ€“66 3.74 avg rating โ€” 47 ratings
96.
The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: An Egyptian Writer in the Swinging Sixties Volume 2: 1966--68
The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: An Egyptian Writer in the Swinging Sixties Volume 2: 1966--68 4.13 avg rating โ€” 15 ratings
97.
The Search : Personal papers
The Search : Personal papers 3.70 avg rating โ€” 429 ratings
98.
That Smell and Notes from Prison
That Smell and Notes from Prison 3.26 avg rating โ€” 1,074 ratings
99.
The Misadventures of Wenamun
The Misadventures of Wenamun
by: Anonymous
3.08 avg rating โ€” 13 ratings