Books Set In Morocco That Will Have You Dreaming Of Deserts And Souks

This is the story of Tahir’s move with his family from London to Casablanca inspired by Moroccan vacations from his childhood. With all of their savings, they bought Dar Khalifa, a crumbling seaside mansion that once belonged to the city’s caliph.

Everything about the home fulfills his fantasy from childhood but he also realizes he’s further from home than ever. In Morocco, an empty house is said to attract jinns, invisible spirits unique to the Islamic world. Now they must cope with a new culture and all that comes with it.

We follow four Moroccans as they cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain. As the story progresses, we learn what drives these men and women to risk their lives for the chance at a better future.

When Isabelle’s estranged archaeologist father dies and leaves her with a puzzle–a box with papers and a mysterious African amulet whose connection remains a mystery.

It starts to become clear when she visits Morocco and learns how he got the amulet. When it’s damaged and she almost dies, she worries her curiosity got the better of her, but her rescuer Taib offers to help uncover its history.

It’s 1677 and Nus Nus, the chieftain’s captive son and lowly scribe, has been framed for murder. While he evades punishment for the crime, he ends up caught in a vicious plot between three of the most powerful men in the court.

Meanwhile, Alys Swann, a young Englishwoman, is taken prisoner and brought to the court where she must either renounce her faith and join the Sultan’s harem or die.

Alys and Nus Nus fight to survive and find themselves forming an unlikely alliance.

As Tahir travels through Morocco he collects traditional stories recounted by a vivid cast of characters. Along the way, he describes the colors and passions of Morocco, telling us why it’s such an enchanting land. This sounds like the perfect Morocco travel book.

Nell’s mother died and her marriage is on the rocks but she travels to Morocco hoping the cuisine will help her fulfill her dream of opening a restaurant.

While there she meets Amy, a photographer trying to unravel her family’s role in the Vietnam War. They develop a friendship and uncover a surprising connection from their own pasts.

Ramadan is beginning and it’s the hottest in memory. Only a few foreigners are left in the city. Karim works at the local commissariat with two jobs to help pay for his sister’s wedding. One day and English girl comes to him for help after her bag is stolen, but it’s the same day a Moroccan girl is found dead. Karim investigates and finds predators and secrets behind the high walls of the Medina.

Lucy Landish has a successful company, Holiday Adventure Club, and is taking another group off to Morocco for their annual rose festival. Her group includes a rockstar looking for a break from the limelight, a dying man who wants to make peace with his grown children, and surprisingly, her ex-husband who wants to make peace with her.

This sounds like a really fun and cute book set in Morocco if you want something a little lighter.

Cast out and divorced, a fictional Muslim woman has found herself in a strange new world as she tries to find her way in life while actively participating in the struggle for Moroccan independence from France.

The Draa River Valley is a 450-mile valley in the Moroccan Sahara and Jeffrey Tayler is following it on foot and camel where he stays in Casbah homes, attends weddings, visits mosques, and spends evenings in hashish dens. He faces extreme weather and lethal locals along the way.

This is the perfect choice for anyone that likes books about human-powered journeys.

In the same vein as Under the Tuscan Sun, Cinnamon City is the tale of Miranda’s purchase and renovation of a dilapidated property in Marrakech.

This is a good choice if you want a book about moving to Morocco.

Malika was born in 1953 to the King of Morocco’s closest aide, General Oufkir. At five she was adopted by the king and spent most of her life in the seclusion of the court harem.

If you want a nonfiction book set in Morocco, this one sounds very interesting!

Annie wants to track down a small oasis town in the Sahara whose inhabitants came to her rescue on a dark day in her youth so she sets off from the olive groves of Italy along the coast of the Mediterranean.

She plunges south through Morocco and Algeria where she finds her old friend and discovers that life in a date-farming oasis isn’t as simple as she thought.

Nazneen and her husband Cesar spent their honeymoon in Marrakech and while they were there, she developed a spiritual connection to the city. Everything seemed great until her husband disappeared and she learned he was a manic depressive who suffered a breakdown.

Everything fell apart and once her independence was restored, she returned to Marrakech to write. Much remained the same, including Khadim, the tour guide from her honeymoon. They fall in love and get married before finding out that, like Cesar, he has a hidden dark side.

In search of a better life and possible love, Julia takes her daughters to Morocco in 1972. We follow Bea and her sister, the narrator, as they search for a life in Morocco with their hippie mother. Julie dives headfirst into Sufism while her daughters rebel.

In this tale, fiction is inspired by real-life as horrific stories of desert concentration camps are revealed. King Hassan II of Morocco held political enemies underground with no light and barely enough food and water to get by. Tahar worked closely with a survivor to bring to light the limitlessness of inhumanity and the endurance of human will.

In the early 1990s, young Moroccans gather in a seafront cafe, dreaming of a better future on the Spanish coast they admire in the distance. Their current country has failed them but the tales of fates of would-be immigrants are just as frightening.

But Azel is set on leaving one way or another and when a wealthy Spanish gallery owner offers to take him to Barcelona if he becomes his lover, he agrees, finding himself in another hopeless situation.

Robin knew Paul wasn’t perfect but believed they were lucky to find each other. She reluctantly agrees when he suggests going to Morocco for a month.

Once in the city on the beautiful coast, she finds herself enjoying her surroundings while Paul is everything she wants him to be. Until he disappears and she finds herself as the number one suspect. As the truth unravels, she finds herself in the Sahara in a terrifying spiral with no easy escape.