Cookies on OyList

We use essential cookies to keep OyList working, and Google uses cookies to show and measure the ads on our lists. With your permission, Google Analytics cookies help us count visits and understand which pages are useful.

How we use cookies
HomeExploreBooksArabic Novels in English Translation, From Family Sagas to FantasyRelated Lists

Related Lists

Arabic Novels in English Translation, From Family Sagas to Fantasy

Lists that share its subjects, that the same people liked, by the same creator, or trending in its category.

  • 14 related lists
  • Refreshed every few hours

Related Lists14

Retellings That Give Familiar Stories a New Argument
Retellings That Give Familiar Stories a New Argument
by book_guy  • 
In common: Frankenstein in Baghdad
A retelling becomes interesting when changing the viewpoint changes what a familiar story means. These books dispute heroic reputations, follow people treated as prizes or obstacles, and give...
Books
25
0
0
Science Fiction in Translation That Expands the Genre
Science Fiction in Translation That Expands the Genre
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Queue
Science fiction changes when its histories, narrative habits and routes into English change. These books move from spacefaring adventures and time travel to climate crime, political satire...
Books
30
0
0
Bangladeshi Fiction About Home, History and Everyday Life
Bangladeshi Fiction About Home, History and Everyday Life
by book_guy  • 
More from book_guy
A girl paints patterns in a Bangladeshi village, a Dhaka mansion hides a family secret, and a school project in Ireland makes two girls argue over who gets to sell henna. These novels and stories...
Books
15
0
0
Middle Eastern Cookbooks for Everyday Home Cooking
Middle Eastern Cookbooks for Everyday Home Cooking
by plate_and_pint  • 
On a similar theme
These are the Middle Eastern and eastern Mediterranean cookbooks that earn their place in a working kitchen, not on the coffee table. The test is simple: how many recipes would you happily cook...
Food & Drink
16
0
0
Funny Novels in Translation
Funny Novels in Translation
by curious_compiler  • 
On a similar theme
Comedy is the hardest thing to carry across a language. Puns die, slang dates, and a joke that depends on knowing how a Soviet housing committee worked can land with a thud. These novels were all...
Funny
20
0
0
Children's Books for Adult Language Learners
Children's Books for Adult Language Learners
by curious_compiler  • 
On a similar theme
Children's books make a smart first step into reading a new language: the sentences are short, the stories are tight, and many are classics you may already know in your own language, so context...
Education
18
0
0
Classic Short Horror Stories You Can Read for Free
Classic Short Horror Stories You Can Read for Free
by book_guy  • 
More from book_guy
Start with the beat in “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the pattern in “The Yellow Wallpaper,” or the knock at the door in “The Monkey’s Paw.” These classic short horror stories range from a few quick pages...
Books
57
0
0
Irish Novels Beyond the Usual Literary Landmarks
Irish Novels Beyond the Usual Literary Landmarks
by book_guy  • 
More from book_guy
Go from a shirt factory in a Northern Irish border town to a festival weekend in Ballina and a graveyard in Connemara. These novels make a particular place feel lived in, whether the town is real...
Books
16
0
0
Children's Books in Translation That Offer More Than a Familiar Formula
Children's Books in Translation That Offer More Than a Familiar Formula
by book_guy  • 
On a similar theme
Follow a ship’s engineer through a mystery, hear a story told against the cost of a phone call, or watch a child make a place for herself in a new town. These English translations bring different...
Books
15
0
0
Chinese-Language Fiction From Different Places and Traditions
Chinese-Language Fiction From Different Places and Traditions
by book_guy  • 
On a similar theme
Start with The Borrowed if you want detective fiction that moves backward through decades of Hong Kong history. For a different way into a city, try Notes of a Crocodile, with its Taipei students...
Books
16
0
0
Fantasy Rooted in Folklore Beyond the Familiar European Shelf
Fantasy Rooted in Folklore Beyond the Familiar European Shelf
by book_guy  • 
On a similar theme
These 30 novels turn particular storytelling traditions into new fiction: Korean Shim Cheong, Persian Sufi poetry, Lipan Apache animal-people stories, Métis rougarou accounts and many others. The...
Books
30
0
0
Books About Translation That Reveal the Choices Behind a Sentence
Books About Translation That Reveal the Choices Behind a Sentence
by book_guy  • 
On a similar theme
What happens to a pun, a line of verse, or a character’s way of speaking when it has to work in another language? These books give you actual passages and decisions to think through. Start with...
Books
18
0
0
Welsh Books That Deserve a Wider Readership
Welsh Books That Deserve a Wider Readership
by book_guy  • 
On a similar theme
Start with the mountain village in Caradog Prichard’s One Moonlit Night, the Cardiff voices in Leonora Brito’s stories, or The Mab if you want Welsh and English on the page together. These books...
Books
13
0
0
Novels Told by Children That Let Adults Read Between the Lines
Novels Told by Children That Let Adults Read Between the Lines
by book_guy  • 
On a similar theme
A child can give you an exact account of a room, a conversation, or a set of rules and leave you to realize what it means. These novels use that gap in different ways. Start with Paddy Clarke Ha...
Books
15
0
0
Copyright © 2026 OyList. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Copyright
|
Contact
|