The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Egypt

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
12258 The Samaritan Treasure Marianne Luban 1990 American Unknown
12483 The Sisters Of Sinai Janet Soskice 2009 Unknown English
13095 Dinner With King Tut Sam Kean 2025 American English
13142 A Historian In Gaza Jean-Pierre Filiu 2025 French Unknown
13360 Anastasius Thomas Hope 1819 British English
13360 Memoirs Of A Woman Doctor Nawal El Saadawi 1958 Egyptian Arabic
13529 Palace of Desire Naguib Mahfouz 1957 Egyptian Arabic
13529 Sugar Street Naguib Mahfouz 1957 Egyptian Arabic
13533 Gardner's Art Through The Ages Helen Gardner 1926 American English
13591 Papyrus Irene Vallejo 2019 Spanish Spanish
13600 The Rock Of Tanios Amin Maalouf 1993 French French
13712 The Greek Way Edith Hamilton 1930 American English
13743 Dictionary Of Subjects And Symbols In Art James Hall 1974 British English
14070 Erste Erde Epos Raoul Schrott 2016 Austrian German
14078 The Seven Necessary Sins For Women And Girls Mona Eltahawy 2019 American English
14132 A History of the Crusades Stephen Runciman 1951 British English
14406 The Weavers Sir Gilbert Parker 1907 Canadian English
14486 Modern Egypt Evelyn Baring, Earl of Cromer 1908 British English
14629 The Gutenberg Galaxy Marshall McLuhan 1962 Canadian English
14676 Men Of The Old Stone Age Henry Fairfield Osborn 1915 American English
14719 Almagest Ptolemy 150 Greek Greek
14720 The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume Ii Edward Gibbon 1781 British English
14722 Allegorical Expositions of the Holy Laws Philo of Alexandria 50 Jewish Greek
14730 The Looting Machine Tom Burgis 2015 British English
14897 Hypatia Charles Kingsley 1853 British English
14948 Adrift On The Nile Naguib Mahfouz 1966 Egyptian Arabic
14984 The Night Manager John le Carré 1993 British English
14984 Book Of The Dead John Skipp , Craig Spector 1989 Multiple English
14984 Salt Mark Kurlansky 2002 American English
14984 The Question Of Palestine Edward W. Said 1979 American English
15714 Something to Answer For P. H. Newby 1968 British English
15717 What The River Knows Isabel Ibañez 2023 Unknown English
15788 The Sinners Yusuf Idris 1959 Egyptian Arabic
15902 Gospel of Truth Valentinus 150 Unknown Coptic
15902 The Guide for the Perplexed Moses Maimonides 1190 Jewish Arabic
15885 The Lamp Of Umm Hashim Yahya Hakki 1944 Egyptian Arabic
15902 The Story Of Anzac C E W Bean 1921 Australian English
15902 An Egyptian Princess Georg Ebers 1864 German German
15902 Neo Colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Ghanaian English
15881 Myths To Live By Joseph Campbell 1972 American English
15902 Josephus Lion Feuchtwanger 1932 German German
15902 Moses Shalom Asch 1951 Unknown Yiddish
16493 William Shakespeare Complete Works William Shakespeare 1623 English English
16525 Return Of The Soul Tawfiq al-Hakim 1933 Egyptian Arabic
16579 The Halloween Tree Ray Bradbury 1972 American English
16581 Storia Dei Greci Indro Montanelli 1959 Italian Italian
16691 Curlew's Prayers Taha Hussein 1934 Egyptian Arabic
16711 Al Saghamat Yusuf al-Sibai 1955 Egyptian Arabic
16751 The World Crisis Winston Churchill 1923 British English
16652 The Iliad Of Homer Richmond Lattimore -762 Greek Ancient greek
17126 An Army at Dawn Rick Atkinson 2002 American English
17126 Our Horses In Egypt Rosalind Belben 2007 British English
17126 Rogue Heroes Ben Macintyre 2016 British English
17126 Felaheen Jon Courtenay Grimwood 2003 British English
17126 To Wake The Dead Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
16776 The Tale Of The Eloquent Peasant R. B. Parkinson 1971 Egyptian Egyptian
17126 Honor Sonallah Ibrahim 2017 Egyptian Arabic
17126 War In The Land Of Egypt Yusuf al-Qa’id 1978 Egyptian Arabic
17126 Rama And The Dragon Edward al Kharrat 1980 Egyptian Arabic
17126 No One Sleeps In Alexandria Ibrahim Abdel Meguid 1996 Egyptian Arabic
17126 Love In Exile Bahaa Taher 1995 Egyptian Arabic
17126 The Elephants Fathi Ghanem 1965 Egyptian Unknown
17126 Return To Exile Abu El Maati Abu El Naga 1972 Egyptian Unknown
17126 The Lodging House Khairy Shalaby 1999 Egyptian Arabic
17126 The Heron Ibrahim Aslan 1983 Egyptian Arabic
17126 Rubaiyyat Bahari Mohamed Gibreel Unknown Unknown
17126 Seeds Of Corruption Sabri Moussa 1973 Egyptian Arabic
17126 The Emigration To The North Of The Children Of Hathoot Majid Tubia 1974 Egyptian Unknown
17126 After The Sunset Mohamed Abdel-Halim Abdulla Egyptian Unknown
17126 A Taste of Fear Tharwat Abaza 1968 Egyptian Unknown
16883 There Is A Man In Our House Ihsan Abdul Quddus 1957 Egyptian Arabic
17126 Clamor Of The Lake Mohammed El-Bisatie 1994 Egyptian Arabic
17126 The Sleepwalkers Sa’ad Makkawi Egyptian Unknown
17126 A Man From Bashmour Salwa Bakr 2007 Egyptian Arabic
17126 The Book Of Longings Sue Monk Kidd 2020 American English
16840 A Little History Of The World E. H. Gombrich 1936 Austrian German
17126 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17126 The Discoverers Daniel J. Boorstin 1983 American English
17126 The Poetry Of Arab Women Nathalie Handal 2001 Multiple English
17126 The Circle Of Reason Amitav Ghosh 1986 Indian English
17126 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17126 The Imam And The Indian Amitav Ghosh 1992 Indian English
17126 Art History Marilyn Stokstad 1995 American English
17126 In An Antique Land Amitav Ghosh 1992 Indian English
17126 Churchill Roy Jenkins 2001 British English
17126 Islam And The West Bernard Lewis 1993 British English
17126 From The Ruins Of Empire Pankaj Mishra 2012 Indian English
17126 Bonk Mary Roach 2008 American English
17126 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17126 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17126 The Curse Of The Bronze Lamp Carter Dickson 1945 British English
17126 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17126 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17126 There And Back: Diaries 1999 2009 Michael Palin 2024 British English
17126 1177 B.C. Eric H. Cline 2014 American English
17126 The Yacoubian Building علاء الأسواني 2002 Egyptian Arabic
17126 Going Solo Roald Dahl 1986 British English
17126 Map Of Bones James Rollins 2005 American English
17017 Tales From The Arabian Nights Andrew Lang 1898 Multiple English
17126 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17126 The Mistress Of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009 Canadian English
17126 In Search Of The Cradle Of Civilization David Frawley, Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak 1995 Multiple English
17126 The Cleopatras Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 2024 Unknown English
17126 The Storm Before The Storm Mike Duncan 2017 American English
17126 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17126 The Confusion Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17126 The Closing Of The Western Mind Charles Freeman 2002 British English
17009 Winged Pharaoh Joan Grant 1937 British English
17126 Who Wrote The Bible? Richard Elliott Friedman 1987 American English
17126 An Intimate History Of Humanity Theodore Zeldin 1994 British English
17126 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2022 British English
17126 Fire From Heaven Mary Renault 1969 British English
17115 O Livro Das 1001 Noites; Volume 2 Of 7 Unknown -800 Multiple Arabic
17126 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17126 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
17126 Churchill Martin Gilbert 1991 British English
17126 The History Of The Medieval World Susan Wise Bauer 2010 American English
17126 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17126 Percy Jackson 5 Books Collection And The Demigod Files / The Red Pyramid Rick Riordan 2005 American English
17126 The Black Circle Patrick Carman 2009 American English