Books like Arabian Nights

12 books to read next

• Children of Gebelaawi Naguib Mahfouz 8.4 h
• Kokoro Natsume Sōseki, Yoko Ogihara, Fernando Cordobés, Carlos Rubio lópez de la Llave, Nagi Yoshizaki, Makiko Itoh 5.0 h
• Men Without Women Haruki Murakami 4.4 h
• Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories Ghassan Kanafani, Hasan Yahya 2.1 h
• Midaq Alley Naguib Mahfouz 5.7 h
• The Lamp of Umm Hashim Yaḥyá Ḥaqqī 1.6 h
• Seven Japanese Tales Junichirô Tanizaki 5.5 h
• The Elephant Vanishes Haruki Murakami 6.2 h
• Acts of Worship Yukio Mishima 3.8 h
• Woman at Point Zero Nawal El Saadawi 2.0 h
• Confessions of a Mask Yukio Mishima, Meredith Weatherby 4.7 h
• The Dream of the Red Chamber Tsao Hsueh-Chin, (qing) Cao, xue qin, Cao xue qin 17.7 h

How long each takes

Children of Gebelaawi Naguib Mahfouz 8.4 h Kokoro Natsume Sōseki, Yoko Ogihara, Fernando Cordobés, Carlos Rubio lópez de la Llave, Nagi Yoshizaki, Makiko Itoh 5.0 h Men Without Women Haruki Murakami 4.4 h Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories Ghassan Kanafani, Hasan Yahya 2.1 h Midaq Alley Naguib Mahfouz 5.7 h The Lamp of Umm Hashim Yaḥyá Ḥaqqī 1.6 h Seven Japanese Tales Junichirô Tanizaki 5.5 h The Elephant Vanishes Haruki Murakami 6.2 h Acts of Worship Yukio Mishima 3.8 h Woman at Point Zero Nawal El Saadawi 2.0 h Confessions of a Mask Yukio Mishima, Meredith Weatherby 4.7 h The Dream of the Red Chamber Tsao Hsueh-Chin, (qing) Cao, xue qin, Cao xue qin 17.7 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.