The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Morocco

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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
259 Naked Lunch William S. Burroughs 1959 American English
619 The Sheltering Sky Paul Bowles 1949 American English
2318 The Sacred Night Tahar Ben Jelloun 1987 Moroccan French
2512 Howl, Kaddish And Other Poems Allen Ginsberg 1956 American English
3005 Hideous Kinky Esther Freud 1992 British English
3032 The Crab With The Golden Claws Hergé 1941 Belgian French
3428 Count Julian Juan Goytisolo 1970 Spanish Spanish
3947 Le Passé Simple Driss Chraibi 1954 Moroccan French
5486 The Voices of Marrakesh Elias Canetti 1968 Bulgarian German
5529 Africa Jiří Hanzelka, Miroslav Zikmund 1952 Czech Czech
6441 Mystical Dimensions Of Islam Annemarie Schimmel 1975 Unknown English
6821 Let It Come Down Paul Bowles 1952 American English
7133 Desolation Angels Jack Kerouac 1965 American English
7215 The Spider's House Paul Bowles 1955 American English
8286 The Interpretation Of Cultures Clifford Geertz 1973 American English
8987 Less Andrew Sean Greer 2017 American English
9856 The Delicate Prey Paul Bowles 1950 American English
10086 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10654 The Travels of Ibn Battutah Ibn Battúta 1355 Moroccan Arabic
10747 The Moor's Account Laila Lalami 2014 American English
10826 The Sand Child Tahar Ben Jelloun 1985 Moroccan French
11610 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11634 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11660 The Ordeal Of Elizabeth Marsh Linda Colley 2007 British English
11868 Century Of Locusts Malika Mokedden 1999 Algerian French
13276 This Blinding Absence Of Light Tahar Ben Jelloun 2001 French French
14720 The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume Ii Edward Gibbon 1781 British English
14730 The Looting Machine Tom Burgis 2015 British English
15897 Neo Colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Ghanaian English
17119 An Army at Dawn Rick Atkinson 2002 American English
16970 King Of The Wind Marguerite Henry 1948 American English
17119 The Adventures Of Ibn Battuta Ross E. Dunn 1986 American English
17119 For Bread Alone Mohamed Choukri 1973 Moroccan Arabic
17119 The Game Of Forgetting Mohammed Berrada 1987 Moroccan Arabic
17119 Return To Dar Al Basha Ḥasan Naṣr 1994 Tunisian Unknown
17119 The Woman And The Rose Mohamed Zafzaf 1986 Moroccan Arabic
17119 The Theocrat Bensalem Himmich 1997 Moroccan Arabic
17119 The Days Of Ashes Mohammad Ezzeddine Tazi 1982 Moroccan Unknown
17119 The Poetry Of Arab Women Nathalie Handal 2001 Multiple English
17119 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17119 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17119 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17119 Lies And Weddings Kevin Kwan 2024 Unknown English
17119 Sweetness In The Belly Camilla Gibb 2005 Canadian English
17119 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17119 The Crusades Through Arab Eyes Amin Maalouf 1983 French French
17119 The Ornament Of The World María Rosa Menocal 2002 American English
17119 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17119 Afrikalı Leo Amin Maalouf 1986 French French
17119 In The Deserts Of This Earth Uwe George 1983 German German
17119 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French
17119 Fdr Jean Edward Smith 2007 American English