Books like Midaq Alley

12 books to read next

• Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories Ghassan Kanafani, Hasan Yahya 2.1 h
• Woman at Point Zero Nawal El Saadawi 2.0 h
• Arabian Nights Scheherazade 8.4 h
• Minor Detail Shibli Adania, Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator) 2.5 h
• The Dream of the Red Chamber Tsao Hsueh-Chin, (qing) Cao, xue qin, Cao xue qin 17.7 h
• No Longer Human Osamu Dazai 3.4 h
• Alif Baa Kristen Brustad 4.6 h
• Seven Japanese Tales Junichirô Tanizaki 5.5 h
• The Elephant Vanishes Haruki Murakami 6.2 h
• The Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Haruki Murakami 9.0 h
• The Carnal Prayer Mat Li Yu 6.5 h
• Acts of Worship Yukio Mishima 3.8 h

How long each takes

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories Ghassan Kanafani, Hasan Yahya 2.1 h Woman at Point Zero Nawal El Saadawi 2.0 h Arabian Nights Scheherazade 8.4 h Minor Detail Shibli Adania, Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator) 2.5 h The Dream of the Red Chamber Tsao Hsueh-Chin, (qing) Cao, xue qin, Cao xue qin 17.7 h No Longer Human Osamu Dazai 3.4 h Alif Baa Kristen Brustad 4.6 h Seven Japanese Tales Junichirô Tanizaki 5.5 h The Elephant Vanishes Haruki Murakami 6.2 h The Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Haruki Murakami 9.0 h The Carnal Prayer Mat Li Yu 6.5 h Acts of Worship Yukio Mishima 3.8 h

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