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
2319 The Sacred Night Tahar Ben Jelloun 1987 Moroccan French
2514 Howl, Kaddish And Other Poems Allen Ginsberg 1956 American English
3007 Hideous Kinky Esther Freud 1992 British English
3035 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
5488 The Voices of Marrakesh Elias Canetti 1968 Bulgarian German
5531 Africa Jiří Hanzelka, Miroslav Zikmund 1952 Czech Czech
6444 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
7216 The Spider's House Paul Bowles 1955 American English
8288 The Interpretation Of Cultures Clifford Geertz 1973 American English
8990 Less Andrew Sean Greer 2017 American English
9859 The Delicate Prey Paul Bowles 1950 American English
10091 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10658 The Travels of Ibn Battutah Ibn Battúta 1355 Moroccan Arabic
10751 The Moor's Account Laila Lalami 2014 American English
10830 The Sand Child Tahar Ben Jelloun 1985 Moroccan French
11612 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11636 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11662 The Ordeal Of Elizabeth Marsh Linda Colley 2007 British English
11869 Century Of Locusts Malika Mokedden 1999 Algerian French
13279 This Blinding Absence Of Light Tahar Ben Jelloun 2001 French French
14721 The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume Ii Edward Gibbon 1781 British English
14731 The Looting Machine Tom Burgis 2015 British English
15914 Neo Colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Ghanaian English
17159 An Army at Dawn Rick Atkinson 2002 American English
17006 King Of The Wind Marguerite Henry 1948 American English
17159 The Adventures Of Ibn Battuta Ross E. Dunn 1986 American English
17159 For Bread Alone Mohamed Choukri 1973 Moroccan Arabic
17159 The Game Of Forgetting Mohammed Berrada 1987 Moroccan Arabic
17159 Return To Dar Al Basha Ḥasan Naṣr 1994 Tunisian Unknown
17159 The Woman And The Rose Mohamed Zafzaf 1986 Moroccan Arabic
17159 The Theocrat Bensalem Himmich 1997 Moroccan Arabic
17159 The Days Of Ashes Mohammad Ezzeddine Tazi 1982 Moroccan Unknown
17159 The Poetry Of Arab Women Nathalie Handal 2001 Multiple English
17159 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17159 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17159 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17159 Lies And Weddings Kevin Kwan 2024 Unknown English
17159 Sweetness In The Belly Camilla Gibb 2005 Canadian English
17159 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17159 The Crusades Through Arab Eyes Amin Maalouf 1983 French French
17159 The Ornament Of The World María Rosa Menocal 2002 American English
17159 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17159 Afrikalı Leo Amin Maalouf 1986 French French
17159 In The Deserts Of This Earth Uwe George 1983 German German
17159 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French
17159 Fdr Jean Edward Smith 2007 American English