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Library of Arabic Literature Books in Order
This page lists the complete Library of Arabic Literature reading order by S.A. Chakraborty, with book numbers, publication years, and a publication-order view for readers who want to start at the beginning.
Updated 2026-06-22 / 49 books / 1122-2023
Library of Arabic Literature Reading Order
06
Leg Over Leg: Volume Three(By: Humphrey Davies,Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq,???? ???? ???????)
2013
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07
The Epistle of Forgiveness: Volume One(By: Geert Jan Van Gelder,Ab? al-?Al?? al-Ma?arr?,??? ?????? ??????,Gregor Schoeler)
2013
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10
The Epistle of Forgiveness: Volume Two(By: Geert Jan Van Gelder,Ab? al-?Al?? al-Ma?arr?,??? ?????? ??????,Gregor Schoeler)
2014
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12
The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Mu?ammad(By: Mamar Ibn Rashid,Muhammad A.S. Abdel Haleem,Sean W. Anthony)
2014
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16
What ??s? ibn Hish?m Told Us: or, A Period of Time, Volume Two(By: Roger Allen,Muhammad al-Muwaylihi)
2015
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26
What ??s? ibn Hish?m Told Us: Or, A Period of Time(By: Roger Allen,Muhammad al-Muwaylihi)
2018
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27
In Darfur: An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume One(By: Humphrey Davies,Muhammad al-Tunisi)
2018
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28
In Darfur: An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume Two(By: Humphrey Davies,Muhammad al-Tunisi)
2018
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34
The Excellence of the Arabs(By: Jack Weatherford,Ibn Qutaybah,Sarah Bowen Savant,Peter Webb)
2019
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36
The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volume One(By: James E. Montgomery,Abu Hayyan Al-Tawhidi)
2019
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37
The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volume Two(By: James E. Montgomery,Abu Hayyan Al-Tawhidi)
2019
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42
The Book of Charlatans(With: Humphrey Davies,Jam?l al-D?n ?Abd al-Ra??m al-Jawbar?,Manuela Dengler)
2020
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43
A Physician on the Nile: A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years(By: Tim Mackintosh-Smith)
2021
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44
The Book of Travels: Volume One(By: ?ann? Diy?b,Yasmine Seale,Johannes Stephan,Elias Muhanna)
2021
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45
The Book of Travels: Two-Volume Set(By: ?ann? Diy?b,Yasmine Seale,Paulo Lemos Horta,Johannes Stephan,Elias Muhanna)
2021
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46
The Discourses: Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature’Volume One(By: al-?asan al-Y?s?)
2021
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48
Love, Death, Fame: Poetry and Lore from the Emirati Oral Tradition(By: al-M?yid? ibn ??hir)
2022
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Library of Arabic Literature Books by Publication Order
Mission to the Volga(By: Ahmad ibn Fadl?n)
#1
1122
Maq?m?t Ab? Zayd al-Sar?j?(By: Al-Hariri ,Michael Cooperson)
#2
1855
Leg Over Leg: Volume One(By: Humphrey Davies,Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq,???? ???? ???????)
#3
2012
Classical Arabic Literature(By: Geert Jan Van Gelder)
#4
2013
The Epistle on Legal Theory(By: Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i)
#5
2013
Leg Over Leg: Volume Three(By: Humphrey Davies,Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq,???? ???? ???????)
#6
2013
The Epistle of Forgiveness: Volume One(By: Geert Jan Van Gelder,Ab? al-?Al?? al-Ma?arr?,??? ?????? ??????,Gregor Schoeler)
#7
2013
Leg over Leg: Volume Two(By: Humphrey Davies,Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq)
#8
2013
Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn ?anbal: Volume One(By: Ibn al-Jawzi)
#9
2014
The Epistle of Forgiveness: Volume Two(By: Geert Jan Van Gelder,Ab? al-?Al?? al-Ma?arr?,??? ?????? ??????,Gregor Schoeler)
#10
2014
The Principles of Sufism(By: ???ishah al-B???niyyah,Th. Emil Homerin)
#11
2014
The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Mu?ammad(By: Mamar Ibn Rashid,Muhammad A.S. Abdel Haleem,Sean W. Anthony)
#12
2014
Leg over Leg: Volume Four(By: Humphrey Davies,Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq)
#13
2015
Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn ?anbal: Volume Two(By: Ibn al-Jawzi)
#14
2015
Consorts of the Caliphs(By: Marina Warner,Ibn al-Sai,Shawkat M. Toorawa,Julia Bray)
#15
2015
What ??s? ibn Hish?m Told Us: or, A Period of Time, Volume Two(By: Roger Allen,Muhammad al-Muwaylihi)
#16
2016
The Sword of Ambition(By: ?Uthm?n ibn Ibr?h?m al-N?bulus?)
#17
2016
Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded(By: Yusuf Al-Shirbini)
#18
2016
Brains Confounded by the Ode of Ab? Sh?d?f Expounded: Volume One(By: Yusuf Al-Shirbini)
#19
2016
A Treasury of Virtues(By: Rowan Williams)
#20
2016
Risible Rhymes(By: Humphrey Davies,Muhammad Ibn Mahfuz Al-Sanhuri)
#21
2016
The Life of Ibn Hanbal(By: Ibn al-Jawzi,Garth Fowden,Michael Cooperson)
#22
2017
Accounts of China and India(By: Tim Mackintosh-Smith)
#23
2017
Disagreements of the Jurists(By: Devin Stewart,John Sexton,al-Q??? al-Nu?m?n)
#24
2017
Arabian Satire: Poetry from 18th-Century Najd(By: Hmedan Al-Shwe'ir,Marcel Kurpershoek)
#25
2018
What ??s? ibn Hish?m Told Us: Or, A Period of Time(By: Roger Allen,Muhammad al-Muwaylihi)
#26
2018
In Darfur: An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume One(By: Humphrey Davies,Muhammad al-Tunisi)
#27
2018
In Darfur: An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume Two(By: Humphrey Davies,Muhammad al-Tunisi)
#28
2018
Diwan 'Antarah ibn Shaddad(By: James E. Montgomery)
#29
2018
Arabian Romantic(By: Abd Allaah Ibn Subayyil)
#30
2018
War Songs(By: Peter Cole,Richard Sieburth,James E. Montgomery,Antarah Ibn Shaddad)
#31
2018
The Life and Times of Ab? Tamm?m(By: Terence Cave,Abu Bakr Al-Suli)
#32
2019
Stories of Piety and Prayer(By: Julia Bray,al-Mu?assin ibn ?Al? al-Tan?kh?)
#33
2019
The Excellence of the Arabs(By: Jack Weatherford,Ibn Qutaybah,Sarah Bowen Savant,Peter Webb)
#34
2019
Tajrid sayf al-himmah li-stikhraj ma fi dhimmat al-dhimmah(By: Luke Yarbrough)
#35
2019
The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volume One(By: James E. Montgomery,Abu Hayyan Al-Tawhidi)
#36
2019
The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volume Two(By: James E. Montgomery,Abu Hayyan Al-Tawhidi)
#37
2019
Light in the Heavens(By: Al-Qadi al-Quda?i,Tahera Qutbuddin,Paul Hinder)
#38
2020
Scents and Flavors: A Syrian Cookbook(By: Claudia Roden)
#39
2020
Impostures(By: Abdelfattah Kilito,Al-Hariri)
#40
2020
The Yoga Sutras of Pata’jali(By: Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni,Mario Kozah)
#41
2020
The Book of Charlatans(With: Humphrey Davies,Jam?l al-D?n ?Abd al-Ra??m al-Jawbar?,Manuela Dengler)
#42
2021
A Physician on the Nile: A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years(By: Tim Mackintosh-Smith)
#43
2021
The Book of Travels: Volume One(By: ?ann? Diy?b,Yasmine Seale,Johannes Stephan,Elias Muhanna)
#44
2021
The Book of Travels: Two-Volume Set(By: ?ann? Diy?b,Yasmine Seale,Paulo Lemos Horta,Johannes Stephan,Elias Muhanna)
#45
2021
The Discourses: Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature’Volume One(By: al-?asan al-Y?s?)
#46
2022
The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism(By: ?Ayn al-Qu??t)
#47
2022
Love, Death, Fame: Poetry and Lore from the Emirati Oral Tradition(By: al-M?yid? ibn ??hir)
#48
2023
Kal?lah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice(By: Ibn Al-Muqaffa?)
#49
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