The best 105 Arabic books of the 20th century

43 Works 5,754 Books 138 Reviews ½ 3.9
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The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (1956) by Naguib Mahfouz
1
In Search of Walid Masoud (2000) by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
2
شرف (1997) by صنع الله إبراهيم
3
War in the Land of Egypt (1986) by Yusuf al-Qa'id
4
رجال في الشمس (1963) by Ghassan Kanafani
5
The Secret Life of Saeed, The Pessoptimist (1974) by Imīl Ḥabībī
6
Rama and the Dragon (1979) by Edwar al-Charrat
8
Ainsi parlait abou hourayra 101196 (1996) by Messadi Mahmoud
9
Beirut Nightmares (1997) by Ghada Samman
10
The Animists: A Modern Arabic Novel (2012) by Ibrahim al-Koni
11
Long Way Back (2001) by Fuad al-Takarli
13
البحر والسفينة وهي by Hanna Mina
14
Zayni Barakat (1974) by Gamal el-Ghitani
15
I Live (1958) by Leila Baalbaki
17
No One Sleeps in Alexandria (1996) by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
18
Love In Exile (1995) by Bahaa Taher
19
الحرام by Yusuf Idris
22
Season of Migration to the North (1966) by Tayeb Salih
24
Memory in the Flesh (1993) by Ahlam Mosteghanemi
25
For Bread Alone (1973) by Mohamed Choukri
26
Death in Beirut: A Novel (1976) by awwadtawfigyusuf
29
The Lamp of Umm Hashim: And Other Stories (Modern Arabic Writing) (1984) by Yahya Hakki
36
The Lodging House (2006) by Khairy Shalaby
38
The Heron (2002) by Ibrahim Aslan
41
Gate of the Sun (1998) by Elias Khoury
42
Return of the Spirit (1933) by Tawfiq Al-Hakim
44
The Hostage (1984) by Zayd Mutee' Dammaj
45
The Game of Forgetting (1996) by Mohammed Berrada
46
Return to Dar Al-Basha (2006) by nasrhassan
48
The Seven Days of Man (1984) by Abdoel Hakiem Kasim
50
The crane (1988) by Halim Barakat
51
The Story of Zahra (1986) by Hanan Al-Shaykh
52
Granada (1994) by Raḍwá ʻĀshūr
59
The Call of the Curlew (1980) by Taha Hussein
60
Seeds of corruption (1980) by Sabri Moussa
61
Passage to the Plaza (1994) by Saḥar Khalīfah
70
Les 1001 années de la nostalgie (1988) by Rachid Boudjedra
75
The Theocrat (2005) by Bensalem Himmich
83
Clamor of the Lake (1999) by Mohamed El-Bisatie
90
Birds of September (1996) by Emily Naṣrallāh
93
The Man from Bashmour (1998) by Salwá Bakr
100
The Open Door (1960) by Latifa Al-Zayyat
104
Cities of Salt (1987) by Abdelrahman Munif
105

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