CITY · EGYPTBooks set in Alexandria
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12 books · 7 authors · 1957–2020
12 books here
Most-set authors
Lawrence Durrell (4) · Naguib Mahfouz (2) · Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (2) · Youssef Ziedan (1) · Stacy Schiff (1) · André Aciman (1)
Genres
literary fiction (4) · romance (2) · historical fiction (1)
Books set here
Set in Alexandria (9)
Balthazar
Lawrence Durrell
Alexandria in the 1940s: second volume of the Alexandria Quartet — the city itself is a character
Birds of Amber
Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
el-Masakin housing area Suez era
Clea
Lawrence Durrell
Primary setting
Cleopatra: A Life
Stacy Schiff
Cleopatra's capital and seat of power — the great Mediterranean city at the heart of her reign
Miramar
Naguib Mahfouz
pension boarding house
Mountolive
Lawrence Durrell
Primary setting
No One Sleeps in Alexandria
Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
WWII Alexandria cosmopolitan city
Out of Egypt
André Aciman
Jewish family Alexandria childhood
The Alexandria Quartet: Justine
Lawrence Durrell
1940s Alexandria cosmopolitan society
Also featuring Alexandria (3)
Autumn Quail
Naguib Mahfouz
Isa visits Alexandria after his political downfall; title refers to this trip
Azazeel
Youssef Ziedan
5th-century Alexandria; where the monk Hypa witnesses the murder of Hypatia amid Christian sectarian violence
The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd
Alexandria where Ana flees with Yaltha and finds refuge and purpose in her later years