Ancient Egypt Fiction
Explore the best Ancient Egypt fiction books with our curated list of timeless tales. Dive into pharaohs, pyramids, and myths in these captivating historical novels.

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The Egyptian
by Mika Waltari
Set in Egypt, more than a thousand years before Christ, it encompasses all of the then-known world. It is told by Sinhue, physician to the …


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The Seventh Scroll
by Wilbur Smith
The discovery of the Seventh Scroll, an ancient Egyptian papyrus containing the secret to a pharaoh's hidden tomb and its wealth, unleashes a deadly race …

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A God Against the Gods
by Allen Drury
Set in the Egyptian past, a royal family is divided, and bloody power ploys and religious wars convulse in this mighty kingdom.



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Reflections in the Nile
by J. Suzanne Frank
While visiting her archaeologist sister in Egypt, Dallas artist Chloe Kingsley steps into a forbidden chamber and is whisked back in time to the biblical …

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Mirage
by Pauline Gedge
In a tale of ancient Egypt, Prince Khwaemwaset, son of Ramses the Second, falls in love with the mysterious Tbubui, a woman with a terrible …


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Lady of the Reeds
by Pauline Gedge
In ancient Egypt, a peasant girl becomes an apprentice to the court physician and it's not long before she is treating Ramses III himself. So …

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House of Illusions
by Pauline Gedge
In ancient Egypt, a banished royal concubine seeks revenge on the people who framed her. She is Thu, said to have plotted to kill the …

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The Twelfth Transforming
by Pauline Gedge
Part of a popular line of historical thrillers set in Egypt, this second volume in Gedge's bestselling series reconstructs the court of Akhenaten, one of …

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The Hippopotamus Marsh
by Pauline Gedge
The first in a trilogy about the descendants of the last true king of Egypt who revolt against foreign rule.


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Nefer the Silent
by Christian Jacq
On back cover: Christian Jacq brings the people and the passions of ancient Egypt to life in an entralling epic novel in four volumes.

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The Right Hand of Amon
by Lauren Haney
When Kings Walked As Living Gods It is the eighteenth dynasty of Queen Maatkare Hatshepsut, divine ruler of a sun-seared realm. And blood flows as …


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The Eye of Horus
by Carol Thurston
Hired by the Egyptology department of a Denver museum to create displays for an exhibit, medical illustrator Kate McKinnon encounters an intriguing enigma: the mummy …


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Her-Bak
by Isha Schwaller de Lubicz
In these fictional accounts, the wisdom of Ancient Egypt is revealed through the eyes of a young Her-Bak, a candidate for initiation into the Inner …





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So Moses Was Born
by Joan Grant
Nebunefer, brother to Ramoses, who is Pharaoh, seeks refuge with his wife in the land of the Living Waters to escape the schemes of Pharaoh's …