50+ FREE Fiction Books About Egypt

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This is the second book list post focusing on a specific subject: Egypt!

The first post listed only nonfiction books; this one focuses on fiction. Books include both those set in Egypt, either modern or ancient, as well as books that make use of the Egyptomania angle with mysterious artifacts causing supernatural trouble, etc. Genres include horror, mystery, supernatural, historical fiction, and of course some romance!

All the books here are available for free on Project Gutenberg and were found through manual searching by me (no AI). For more free book lists, be sure to check out the book list page here on Old Fashioned Finds. Enjoy!

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Book List

  1. The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Bolesław Prus (1902)
  2. Akhnaton, King of Egypt by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1927)
  3. An Egyptian Princess — Complete by Georg Ebers
  4. Hatsu: a story of Egypt by Laura Dayton Fessenden (1904)
  5. Mohammed Ali and His House by L. Mühlbach
  6. The Bride of the Nile — Complete by Georg Ebers
  7. Bedouin Love by Arthur E. P. Brome Weigall (1922)
  8. Tales of Secret Egypt by Sax Rohmer (1919)
  9. There was a King in Egypt by Norma Lorimer (1918)
  10. She who sleeps: A romance of New York and the Nile by Sax Rohmer (1928)
  11. The Hawk of Egypt by Joan Conquest (1922)
  12. Burning Sands by Arthur E. P. Brome Weigall (1921)
  13. The Scarab Murder Case: A Philo Vance story by S. S. Van Dine (1930)
  14. The Boy Fortune Hunters in Egypt by L. Frank Baum (1908)
  15. The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt by Théophile Gautier (1901)
  16. The Beetle: A Mystery by Richard Marsh
  17. The Living Mummy by Ambrose Pratt (1910)
  18. The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
  19. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris: A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension by George Griffith (1976 reprint)
  20. Under the Rebel’s Reign by Charles Neufeld (1900)
  21. The Egyptian Cat Mystery: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story by Harold L. Goodwin (1961)
  22. The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of the Nile Expedition by G. A. Henty
  23. At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon’s Invasion of Egypt by G. A. Henty
  24. The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt by G. A. Henty
  25. It Happened in Egypt by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson (1914)
150+ FREE Nonfiction Books About Egypt
  1. Pharos and Pharillon by E. M. Forster (1923)
  2. Uarda: a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Complete by Georg Ebers
  3. Hanit the Enchantress by Garrett Chatfield Pier (1921)
  4. Morning Star by H. Rider Haggard (1910)
  5. Thais by Anatole France (1890)
  6. The White Prophet, Volume 1 (of 2) by Sir Hall Caine (1909)
  7. The White Prophet, Volume 2 (of 2) by Sir Hall Caine
  8. Queen of the Dawn: A Love Tale of Old Egypt by H. Rider Haggard (1925)
  9. The Palace of Darkened Windows by Mary Hastings Bradley (1914)
  10. The Fortieth Door by Mary Hastings Bradley (1920)
  11. An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids by Anthony Trollope (1864)
  12. Veiled Women by Marmaduke William Pickthall (1913)
  13. Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete by Gilbert Parker
  14. The Tour: A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus (1920)
  15. Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul by Marie Corelli (1897)
  16. Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1607)
  17. Caesar and Cleopatra by Bernard Shaw (1898)
  18. Ancient Manners; Also Known As Aphrodite by Pierre Louÿs (1896)
  19. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Charles Kingsley (1853)
  20. Aleph, the Chaldean; or, the Messiah as Seen from Alexandria by E. F. Burr (1891)
  21. A Thorny Path — Complete by Georg Ebers
  22. Serapis — Complete by Georg Ebers
  23. The Sisters — Complete by Georg Ebers
  24. Hassan; or, The Child of the Pyramid: An Egyptian Tale by Hon. Charles A. Murray (1902)
  25. Nabul, Our Little Egyptian Cousin by Blanche McManus (1908)
  26. The Tragedy of the Korosko by Arthur Conan Doyle (1898)
  27. Don Sturdy in the Tombs of Gold, or The Old Egyptian’s Great Secret by Victor Appleton (1925)

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