Cairo Book Fair 2026 Releases

The Grapes of Wrath Author: John Steinbeck The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a novel that moved millions of readers, and also angered them. Published in 1939, Steinbeck's epic chronicles the "Dust Bowl" migration of the 1930s, telling the story of an...

Ward 7 Author's name: Mustafa Mahmoud The events take place in the hospital where the narrator is spending his treatment period for the illness that afflicted him. He describes his suffering, the details of his daily life, and his relationships with his fellow patients...

Ward No. 10 Author's name: Ayman Othman Through astonishing tales and a rare archive of memories within the world of the mental hospital in the 1940s, we read rich material that formed, along with what Dr. Ali Abdel Salam narrated in his memories of...

When the wolf returns home Author's name: Nat Cassidy On an ordinary New York night, Jess, a struggling young actress, finds a small child hidden in the bushes near her apartment. The fear in his eyes stirs something within her. But her attempt to...

The return of the mascots Author's name: Nour Abdel-Magid In this novel, Abdel-Magid takes us to the land that dominates the current scene and to which all eyes are turned—a land in need of a talisman of hope, a land that was once, and...

The Phoenix's Return Author: Maha Jaradi   When life surprises you with a narrative unlike what you dreamed of, your certainties falter, your direction fades, and you feel yourself dissolving under the weight of shocks that no one sees. Shocks accumulate with changing circumstances,...

duck eye Author's name: Houria Al-Jamal "Letters that begin with happiness… and end with questions about it." In a strange city unlike any other, Saeed writes letters to his cousin Aziza. Joy flows from the surface, but deep within lie mysterious secrets, as if...

cloud Author's name: Hugh Howie In a ruined and hostile world, in a future where only a few unfortunate souls survived, and in a society confined within a vast underground silo, men and women were prisoners of lives governed by laws and restrictions. But...

The Ghoul of the Eighth Tale Author: Mohsen Younes In "The Ghoul of the Eighth Tale," Mohsen Younes transports us to a mysterious world where reality intertwines with imagination. After midnight, the narrator discovers that recorded tales begin to move and intertwine with unseen...

What changed me? Author's name: Dr. Ayman Abu Omar Have you read the Quran a lot, but are still looking for a verse that will change you? This book does not measure your relationship with the Quran by the number of times you have...

Nubian field Author's name: Muhammad Fawzi Abdul Rahim In the Azbakeya district, at the end of the nineteenth century, This is one of the strangest incidents that Egypt has ever witnessed. History remembers it as: The Day of Spectacle, Then he erased its trace...

Knight of Andalusia Author's name: Mahmoud Maher The novel "The Knight of Andalusia" is an epic historical work that evokes the grandeur of Andalusia and the splendor of its history, where reality meets literary narrative to depict the journey of an exceptional figure who...

An inspiring novel about a woman who believed in medicine before the world did... and about a courage that pierced through the darkness of tradition, to write her own history with her own hands. Nora loses her family to a deadly pandemic and is...

Idlwyld Girls Author's name: Simon St. James In the quiet Vermont countryside, Idlewild Hall stands tall and somber, a boarding school that was once a haven for outcast girls: the rebellious, the unwanted, those whose intelligence exceeded societal norms. The year is 1950, and...

The dawn of the Arabic novel Author's name: Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Abd al-Tawwab What if our history of Arabic fiction is deeper and older than we imagine? Western modernity and the French campaign are always credited with the emergence of the novel. This work...

Umm Kulthum's Band Author Name: Mohamed Shawky     It is the first documentary book to cover the life and journey of the musicians who stood behind Lady Umm Kulthum, from her first musical ensemble to her last concert. The book sheds light on...

Farida Author's name: Irene Rozdobudko Through the story of Farida, a young Tatar girl destined to save several children from certain death during the Nazi occupation of Crimea, author Irene Rozdobudko introduces the reader to the lives of the Crimean Tatars and the tragedy...

Frederica   When aristocratic selfishness reaches its peak, can a single spontaneous spark melt the icy heart of someone accustomed to living only for themselves? In early 19th-century London, the handsome and wealthy Marquis of Alverstoke lives in a fortress of indifference and boredom,...

Red Dress with a Round Collar Author: Samir Darwish   What happens when memory fades and only time remains a witness? This novel takes us on a journey between New York and Egypt, where the protagonist sways between a present with a fragmented memory...

Physiology of shock Author's name: Babette Rothschild Often, trauma survivors are expected to relive their most painful memories in the name of healing, a process that may be as destabilizing as the trauma itself. But Babette Rothschild boldly challenges this conventional model, offering a...