What to Read After Samarkand
Readers who loved Samarkand by Amin Maalouf keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Samarkand 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 Samarkand
Alamut
Gate of the sun
Arabian nights and days
The Crusades through Arab eyes
Ports of Call
Balthasar's odyssey
The gardens of light
The first century after Beatrice
Shibumi
Snow
When Nietzsche Wept
Kafamda bir tuhaflik
White Castle
The Bastard of Istanbul
Notes From Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections From the House of the Dead
New Life
Istanbul
Martin Eden
The book of Saladin
Mother
Léon l'Africain
Shadows of the pomegranate tree
Masumiyet müzesi
The day lasts more than a hundred years