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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorArabian Nights and Days
Naguib Mahfouz, njyb mHfwZ · 227 pages
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
A.S. Byatt · 277 pages
A collection of fairy tales for adults. The title novella is on a middle-aged Englishwoman attending a writers' conference in Turkey. She picks up an antique bottle and as she is washing it a djinn appears, offering to grant her three wishes. She asks for a younger body, then requests he make love to her.
The Ashfire King
Chelsea Abdullah · 544 pages
Fables, Vol. 7: Arabian Nights [and Days]
Bill Willingham · 144 pages
**Culture Clash** With the identity of the Adversary finally revealed to the citizens of Fabletown, it's time to begin making preparations in earnest for the defense of their stronghold in the mundane world - and that means forging new alliances with whoever remains unconquered by the Adversary's legions. But the arrival in Fabletown of a delegation from the Arabian Homelands shows just how tri
The Fire Wish
Amber Lough · 310 pages
"When a princess captures a jinn and makes a wish, she is transported to the fiery world of the jinn, while the jinn must take her place in the royal court of Baghdad"--
The Kingdom of Copper
S. A. Chakraborty · 684 pages
S. A. Chakraborty continues the sweeping adventure begun in The City of Brass—"the best adult fantasy I’ve read since The Name of the Wind" (#1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir)—conjuring a world where djinn summon flames with the snap of a finger and waters run deep with old magic; where blood can be dangerous as any spell, and a clever con artist from Cairo will alter the fate of a
The Kingdom of Copper: A Novel (The Daevabad Trilogy)
Shannon A. Chakraborty · 640 pages
The Rose & the Dagger
Renee Ahdieh · 432 pages
In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad has been torn from the love of her husband Khalid, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once believed him a monster, but his secrets revealed a man tormented by guilt and a powerful curse—one that might keep them apart forever. Reunited with her family, who have taken refuge with enemies of Khalid, and Tariq, her childhood sweetheart, she should be happy. But Tariq n
As You Wish
Jackson Pearce
Ever since Viola's boyfriend broke up with her, she has spent her days silently wishing—to have someone love her again and, more importantly, to belong again—until one day she inadvertently summons a young genie out of his world and into her own. He will remain until she makes three wishes.Jinn is anxious to return home, but Viola is terrified of wishing, afraid she will not wish for the right thi
Alif the Unseen
G. Willow Wilson · 448 pages
In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young Arab-Indian hacker shields his clients, dissidents, outlaws, Islamists, and other watched groups, from surveillance and tries to stay out of trouble. He goes by Alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and a convenient handle to hide behind. The aristocratic woman Alif loves has jilted him for a prince chosen by her parents, and his comput
The Forbidden Wish
Jessica Khoury · 340 pages
"Forced to hid her true identity, Zahra, a teenage genie, finds her chance for freedom challenged by her love for her master,"--NoveList.
Declare
Tim Powers · 528 pages
As a young double agent infiltrating the Soviet spy network in Nazi-occupied Paris, Andrew Hale finds himself caught up in a secret, even more ruthless war. Two decades later, in 1963, he will be forced to confront again the nightmarethat has haunted his adult life: a lethal unfinished operation code-named Declare. From the corridors of Whitehall to the Arabian desert, from post-war Berlin to the
The Paladin of the Night
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman · 375 pages
Khardan y Zohra, acompañados por Mathew, son conducidos al castillo de Zhakrin, plaza fuerte gobernada por la hechicera negra y por su esposo, el Señor de los Caballeros, servidores ambos del perverso dios de la noche y el mal. Mientras tanto, en la ciudad de Kich, el imán feisal intenta convertir a los nómadas capturados y encarcelados por las tropas del emir, para luego emprender una cruel guerr
Arabian Nights: The Marvels and Wonders of The Thousand and One Nights
Anonymous · 595 pages
The Last Illusion
Porochista Khakpour · 336 pages
"In a tiny village in rural Iran, Zal's demented mother--horrified by his pale skin and hair, the opposite of her own--becomes convinced her baby is evil. She puts him in a wire birdcage on her veranda with the rest of her caged flock, and there he stays for the next ten years: eating birdseed and insects, defecating on the newspaper he squats upon, squawking and shrieking like the other birds.He
Traitor to the Throne
Alwyn Hamilton · 518 pages
Mere months ago, gunslinger Amani al'Hiza fled her dead-end hometown on the back of a mythical horse with the mysterious foreigner Jin, seeking only her own freedom. Now she's fighting to liberate the entire desert nation of Miraji from a bloodthirsty sultan who slew his own father to capture the throne.
Exquisite Captive
Heather Demetrios · 480 pages
"Nalia, a gorgeous, fierce eighteen-year-old jinni, is pitted against two magnetic adversaries, both of whom want her--and need her--to make a their wishes come true"--
Throne of the Crescent Moon
Saladin Ahmed · 336 pages
The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, home to djenn and ghuls, holy warriors and heretics, are at the boiling point of a power struggle between the iron-fisted Khalif and the mysterious master thief known as the Falcon Prince. In the midst of this brewing rebellion a series of brutal supernatural murders strikes at the heart of the Kingdoms. It is up to a handful of heroes to learn the truth behind these ki
Jinn and Juice
Nicole Peeler · 374 pages
"Born in ancient Persia, Leila turned to her house Jinni, Kouros, for help escaping an arranged marriage. Kouros did make it impossible for her to marry--by cursing Leila to live a thousand years as a Jinni herself. Unfortunately, becoming Bound may risk more than just her chance to be human once more: it could risk her very soul"--
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Vol. 15
Shinobu Ohtaka · 189 pages
"Alibaba arrives in the Learn Empire and begins training under the renowned warrior Shambal Ramal. Learning to perfect his Djinn Equip means mastering two mismatched types of magoi within him, and the training won't be easy. Elsewhere, Morgiana continues her long journey home, and in the far-off Kou Empire, a succession crisis is brewing that could have dire consequences for everyone!-- cover
The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales
Kate Douglas Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith · 339 pages
Ten stories from the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights, including the well-known ones of Aladdin and the lamp, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, and Sinbad the sailor.