COUNTRY · EGYPTBooks set in Egypt
28.616, 31.709
17 books · 11 authors · 1872–2025
17 books here
Most-set authors
Naguib Mahfouz (5) · Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (2) · Alaa Al Aswany (2) · Jules Verne (1) · André Aciman (1) · Lawrence Durrell (1)
Genres
literary fiction (4) · romance (1) · thriller & suspense (1)
Books set here
Set in Egypt (17)
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
Birds of Amber
Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
el-Masakin housing area Suez era
Miramar
Naguib Mahfouz
pension boarding house
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
Taxi
Khaled Al Khamissi
taxi drivers traverse Cairo
The Automobile Club of Egypt
Alaa Al Aswany
1940s Automobile Club Cairo
The Map of Love
Ahdaf Soueif
turn-of-century Cairo romance and politics
Zayni Barakat
Gamal al-Ghitani
Mamluk Cairo surveillance state
Adrift on the Nile
Naguib Mahfouz
Nile houseboat gathering
The Stolen Queen
Fiona Davis
1936 archaeological dig
The Cairo Trilogy
Naguib Mahfouz
family home streets
Palace Walk
Naguib Mahfouz
al-Jawad family home street
Midaq Alley
Naguib Mahfouz
alley in Islamic Cairo
Woman at Point Zero
Nawal El Saadawi
prison cell awaiting execution
The Yacoubian Building
Alaa Al Aswany
titular downtown Cairo building