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Mahfouz, Naguib "Midaq Alley" (Arabic: زقاق المدق/Zuqaq El Midaq) - 1947 This is my fifth book by Nobel Prize winning Egyptian aut...

Ondaatje, Michael "The English Patient" - 1992 I have read " Anil's Ghost " and " Warlight " by Michael On...

Illies, Florian "1913: The Year before the Storm" (German: 1913: Der Sommer des Jahrhunderts ) - 2012 How did the First World War ...

Waltari, Mika "The Secret of the Kingdom" ( Finnish: Valtakunnan salaisuus ) (The Malinianus Duology) - 1959 This is my thi...

Kadaré, Ismail "The Pyramid ( Albanian: Piramida ) - 1992 After Finnish author Mika Waltari 's novel " The Egyptian ...

Abulhawa, Susan "The Blue Between Sky and Water" - 2015 This is my second book by Susan Abulhawa. I loved " Mornings in ...

Carnarvon, Countess Fiona of "Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle" - 2011 If you watc...

Mahfouz, Naguib "Sugar Street" ( Arabic: السكرية/Al-Sukkariyya ) - 1957 (Cairo Trilogy 3)  Seldom was I so sad than when ...

Mahfouz, Naguib "Palace of Desire" ( Arabic: قصر الشوق/Qasr el-Shōq ) - 1957 (Cairo Trilogy 2) " Palace of Desire ...

Mahfouz, Naguib "Palace Walk" ( Arabic: بين القصرين/Bayn al-qasrayn) - 1956 (Cairo Trilogie 1) Part 1 of the Cairo Trilog...

May, Karl " Through the Desert " (German: Durch die Wüste  aka Durch Wüste und Harem) - 1892  Karl May is a famous German...

Mahfouz, Naguib "Children of Gebelawi" (aka Children of our Alley) ( Arabic: اولاد حارتنا Awlād ḥāritnā ) - 1959 An ...

Soueif, Ahdaf "Aisha" - 1983 I usually say I don't like short stories. I really don't. You just get to know the char...

Al Aswany, Alaa "The Yacoubian Building" ( Arabic: عمارة يعقوبيان , Imarat Ya'qubian ) - 2002 This book is describ...

Coelho, Paulo "The Alchemist: A Fable about Following Your Dream" ( Portuguese: O Alquimista ) - 1988 My first Coel...

Waltari, Mika "The Egyptian" ( Finnish: Sinuhe Egyptiläinen ) - 1945 A book suggested by one of our Finnish members. S...

Soueif, Ahdaf "The Map of Love" - 1999 I have read this book a couple of times now, first with my old Dutch book club, th...

Newsham, Brad "Take me with you" - 2000 A travel book with a twist. An American travels around the world, 100 days backpack...

Trojanow, Ilija "The Collector of Worlds" ( German: Der Weltensammle r ) - 2006 A wonderful description of life in different w...