What to Read After Istanbul
Readers who loved Istanbul by John Freely sketched keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Istanbul is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Istanbul
Atatürk
Lords of the Horizons
Constantinople
Sailing from Byzantium
Danubia
The tragedy of liberation
The fall of Constantinople, 1453-
Eagle Unbowed
Osman's dream
Istanbul
Association of Small Bombs
D-Day, June 6, 1944
The Looming Tower
The essential Rumi
Laskar Pelangi
Band of Brothers
Disgrace
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Bumi Manusia
Infinite Jest
The happiness project
Norwegian Wood
Murder on the Orient Express
For Whom the Bell Tolls