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Library of Arabic Literature Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Library of Arabic Literature books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Library of Arabic Literature series? Start with "Mission to the Volga (By: Ahmad ibn Fadlān) (921)" (1122) and follow publication order through all 45 books.
The complete Library of Arabic Literature reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Mission to the Volga (By: Ahmad ibn Fadlān) (921)
1122
Mission to the Volga (By: Ahmad ibn Fadlān)
0
Maqāmāt Abī Zayd al-Sarūjī (By: Al-Hariri ,Michael Cooperson)
0
Leg Over Leg: Volume One (By: Humphrey Davies,Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq,أحمد فارس الشدياق)
0
Classical Arabic Literature (By: Geert Jan Van Gelder)
2012
The Epistle on Legal Theory (By: Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i)
2013
Leg Over Leg: Volume Three (By: Humphrey Davies,Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq,أحمد فارس الشدياق)
2013
Leg over Leg: Volume Two (By: Humphrey Davies,Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq)
2013
Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal: Volume One (By: Ibn al-Jawzi)
2013
The Principles of Sufism (By: ʿĀʾishah al-Bāʿūniyyah,Th. Emil Homerin)
2014
Leg over Leg: Volume Four (By: Humphrey Davies,Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq)
2014
Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal: Volume Two (By: Ibn al-Jawzi)
2015
Consorts of the Caliphs (By: Marina Warner,Ibn al-Sai,Shawkat M. Toorawa,Julia Bray)
2015
The Sword of Ambition (By: ʿUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nābulusī)
2016
Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded (By: Yusuf Al-Shirbini)
2016
Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded: Volume One (By: Yusuf Al-Shirbini)
2016
A Treasury of Virtues (By: Rowan Williams)
2016
Risible Rhymes (By: Humphrey Davies,Muhammad Ibn Mahfuz Al-Sanhuri)
2016
The Life of Ibn Hanbal (By: Ibn al-Jawzi,Garth Fowden,Michael Cooperson)
2016
Accounts of China and India (By: Tim Mackintosh-Smith)
2017
Disagreements of the Jurists (By: Devin Stewart,John Sexton,al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān)
2017
Arabian Satire: Poetry from 18th-Century Najd (By: Hmedan Al-Shwe'ir,Marcel Kurpershoek)
2017
What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us: Or, A Period of Time (By: Roger Allen,Muhammad al-Muwaylihi)
2018
In Darfur: An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume One (By: Humphrey Davies,Muhammad al-Tunisi)
2018
In Darfur: An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume Two (By: Humphrey Davies,Muhammad al-Tunisi)
2018
Diwan 'Antarah ibn Shaddad (By: James E. Montgomery)
2018
Arabian Romantic (By: Abd Allaah Ibn Subayyil)
2018
War Songs (By: Peter Cole,Richard Sieburth,James E. Montgomery,Antarah Ibn Shaddad)
2018
The Life and Times of Abū Tammām (By: Terence Cave,Abu Bakr Al-Suli)
2018
Stories of Piety and Prayer (By: Julia Bray,al-Muḥassin ibn ʿAlī al-Tanūkhī)
2019
The Excellence of the Arabs (By: Jack Weatherford,Ibn Qutaybah,Sarah Bowen Savant,Peter Webb)
2019
Tajrid sayf al-himmah li-stikhraj ma fi dhimmat al-dhimmah (By: Luke Yarbrough)
2019
The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volume One (By: James E. Montgomery,Abu Hayyan Al-Tawhidi)
2019
The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volume Two (By: James E. Montgomery,Abu Hayyan Al-Tawhidi)
2019
Light in the Heavens (By: Al-Qadi al-Qudaʿi,Tahera Qutbuddin,Paul Hinder)
2019
Scents and Flavors: A Syrian Cookbook (By: Claudia Roden)
2020
Impostures (By: Abdelfattah Kilito,Al-Hariri)
2020
The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali (By: Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni,Mario Kozah)
2020
The Book of Charlatans (With: Humphrey Davies,Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī,Manuela Dengler)
2020
The Book of Travels: Volume One (By: Ḥannā Diyāb,Yasmine Seale,Johannes Stephan,Elias Muhanna)
2021
The Book of Travels: Two-Volume Set (By: Ḥannā Diyāb,Yasmine Seale,Paulo Lemos Horta,Johannes Stephan,Elias Muhanna)
2021
The Discourses: Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature—Volume One (By: al-Ḥasan al-Yūsī)
2021
The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism (By: ʿAyn al-Quḍāt)
2022
Love, Death, Fame: Poetry and Lore from the Emirati Oral Tradition (By: al-Māyidī ibn Ẓāhir)
2022
Kal?lah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice (By: Ibn Al-Muqaffaʿ)
2023
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