CITY · IRAQBooks set in Baghdad
33.315, 44.366
6 books · 5 authors · 2004–2025
6 books here
Most-set authors
Hassan Blasim (2) · Nussaibah Younis (1) · Mahmoud Saeed (1) · Shahad Al Rawi (1) · Ahmed Saadawi (1)
Genres
literary fiction (1) · horror (1)
Books set here
Set in Baghdad (6)

Fundamentally
Nussaibah Younis
UN Green Zone base for deradicalisation work

Iraq +100
Hassan Blasim
primary Iraqi city setting

Saddam City
Mahmoud Saeed
Saddam-era prison city

The Baghdad Clock
Shahad Al Rawi
Baghdad neighborhood 1991–2000s

The Corpse Exhibition
Hassan Blasim
Baghdad wartime streets and neighborhoods

Frankenstein in Baghdad
Ahmed Saadawi
Bataween district post-invasion Baghdad
