Novels under 50 dirhams

The Miracle of Breathing Author: Dimitris Sotakis A citizen suffers harsh living conditions: unemployed, his mother is ill, and he has no money. When he is offered a strange opportunity to invest his apartment with a company that uses it as a temporary furniture...

Moroccan Letters Author: José Cadalso Seven years after José Cadalso's passing, one of his publisher friends discovered a draft of this work among his papers. Recognizing its cultural and literary importance, he decided to publish it. The letters were subsequently published in the newspaper...

What I'd Rather Not Think About Author: Jente Posthuma Literature often alludes to tragedy and loss, and the immediate sorrow they leave behind, but it often stops at that moment and does not describe what comes next. How do people continue their lives after...

The Dancer Author: Patrick Modiano        

Autumn Author: Ali Smith The novel "Autumn" by Scottish novelist Ali Smith, whose Arabic translation was published by Safsafa Publishing and Distribution, delves into the meaning of time, identity, and friendship, and is the first part of the "Seasonal Quartet." The novel revolves around...

Wicked Deeds of the Ravens Author: Marlon James Marlon James's novel "Wicked Deeds of the Ravens," translated by Asmaa Yaseen, is a dense and dark literary work that delves into worlds where myth intersects with history and power intertwines with violence and memory, all...

Ghaimari: I Almost Became an Imam   Author: George Mansour   This book is not to be read as a traditional autobiography that reorders life according to a reassuring timeline, nor as political memoirs seeking to justify stances or retrospectively polish affiliations. It is...

The Man Who Lived Underground   Author: Richard Wright   In this harsh novel, forgotten for decades,Richard Wright presents a shocking text about isolation, injustice, and the collapse of the self under the weight of an oppressive police authority. The Man Who Lived Underground...

The Catcher in the Rye   Author: J.D. Salinger   "The Catcher in the Rye" is a dreamy, rosy title for a novel that is angry and rebellious against all the falsehood and deception that humans create, live by, and breathe. Time magazine ranked...

The Present as a Remnant of the Past Author: Hamdan Jamal Al-Shmeili   Many times... we search for people who are exact replicas of ourselves... to share the burdens of this life... Indeed... a time comes when you exclaim in pain: My forty doppelgängers......

Talisman's Curse Author: Raneem Abdulaziz     The story of a girl who loves life, but unknowingly falls into the trap of a mysterious friendship that gradually leads her to worlds unseen by the eyes. Step by step, her friend convinces her to try...

Sa'da Author: Abdullah Mansour     Some houses don't keep memories... they imprison them. When Hala, the adventurous thrill-seeker, suggests spending their vacation at their old friend's secluded grandmother's house, it seems like a perfect opportunity to escape the city's hustle and bustle. For...

The Gypsy and Yusuf El-Makhzanji Author: Edwar Al-Kharrat Yusuf El-Makhzanji meets the Gypsy, a mythical woman who redefines the meaning of love and existence, leading him with a mysterious caravan towards the catacombs of memory and metaphysics. This is a fantastical adventure where myth...

Fight Club (Part Three) Author: Chuck Palahniuk A narrator suffering from insomnia and existential alienation in a suffocating capitalist world, his meaningless life is turned upside down after meeting a charismatic character named Tyler Durden, with whom he establishes "Fight Club"; a secret space...

Fight Club (Part Two) Author: Chuck Palahniuk Ten years after the start of Project Mayhem, the unnamed narrator, now known as Sebastian, lives an ordinary life. He has a wife and child, an office job, and takes large doses of psychotropic drugs to suppress...

The Immigrant Seen (From Diaspora to Demise) Author: Sherif El Asfoury Our protagonist, an immigrant from Port Said, finally achieves his cinematic dream in America after turning fifty. However, his life becomes complicated and twisted. We encounter numerous surprises in the immigrant's drama, not...

Asset Department Author: Ezzat Amer Stories that do not escape reality by hiding it behind artistic pronouncements, but rather strip away its worn-out masks that conceal its ugliness against peaceful humans. The stories rely on the flow of both conscious and unconscious streams; to...

Divine Thing Author: Mohamed Abdelnabi In the late last century, a strange rumor spread in Cairo about the disappearance of a “pregnant man.” The story was then forgotten amid the celebration of the new millennium, despite eyewitnesses confirming its truth, even if it defied...

Al-Homsani Author: Mujahid Al-Azab Is history only what we read in official books? Or is it those hidden threads that weave the lives of the marginalized and the perpetually tense Egyptian temperament? A fascinating narrative journey where four threads intertwine: from the clamor of...

The Penultimate Peril Author: Lemony Snicket If this is the first book you have stumbled upon while looking for a book to read, the first thing you should know is that this penultimate book is the first thing you should avoid. Unfortunately, this book...