| Translations into English |
| Midaq Alley / translated from Arabic by Trevor Le Gassick. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, cop. 1966 |
| God's World : an Anthology of Short Stories / transl. with an introd. by Akef Abadir and Roger Allen. – Minneapolis : Bibl. Islamica, 1973 |
| Mirrors : a novel / transl. from the Arabic by Roger Allen. – Minneapolis : Bibl. Islamica, 1977 |
| Miramar / edited and revised by Maged el Kommos, John Rodenbeck ; translated by Fatma Moussa Mahmoud. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 1978 |
| Children of Gebelawi / transl. by Philip Stewart. – London : Heinemann, 1981 |
| The Thief and the Dogs / translated by Trevor Le Gassick, M.M. Badawi ; revised by John Rodenbeck. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 1984 |
| Wedding Song / introduction by Mursi Saad El Din, translated from Arabic by Olive E. Kenny ; edited and revised by Mursi Saad El Din and John Rodenbeck. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 1984 |
| Autumn Quail / translated by Roger Allen ; revised by John Rodenbeck. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 1985 |
| The Beginning and the End / edited by Mason Rossiter Smith ; translated by Ramses Awad. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 1985 |
| The Beggar / translated by Kristin Walker Henry and Nariman Khales Naili al-Warraki. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 1986 |
| Respected Sir / translated by Rasheed El-Enany. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 1987 |
| The Search / edited by Magdi Wahba translated by Mohamed Islam. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, cop. 1987 |
| Fountain and Tomb / translated from the Arabic by Soad Sobhy, Essam Fattouh, James Kenneson. – Washington, D.C. : Three Continents Press, 1988 |
| The Day the Leader Was Killed : a novel / translated with an introduction by Malak Hashem. – Cairo : General Egyptian Book Organization, 1989 |
| Palace Walk / translated by William M. Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 1989 |
| Palace of Desire / translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Lorne M. Kenny, Olive E. Kenny. – London : Doubleday, 1991 |
| The Time and the Place and Other Stories / selected and translated by Denys Johnson-Davies. – New York : Doubleday, 1991 |
| The Journey of Ibn Fattouma / translated by Denys Johnson-Davies. – New York : Doubleday, 1992 |
| Sugar Street / translated by William Maynard Hutchins and Angele Botros Samaan. – New York : Doubleday, 1992 |
| Adrift on the Nile / translated by Frances Liardet. – New York : Doubleday, 1993 |
| The Harafish / translated by Catherine Cobham. – New York : Doubleday, 1994 |
| Arabian Nights and Days / translated by Denys Johnson-Davies. – London : Doubleday, 1995 |
| Children of the Alley / translated by Peter Theroux. – New York : Doubleday, 1996 |
| Echoes of an Autobiography / translated by Denys Johnson-Davies. – New York : Doubleday, 1997 |
| Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth / translated by Tagreid Abu-Hassabo. – New York : Anchor Books, 2000 |
| The Cairo Trilogy / translated by William Maynard Hutchins ... [et al.] ; with an introduction by Sabry Hafez. – New York : Knopf, 2001. – Content: Palace walk ; Palace of desire ; Sugar street |
| Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber : Reflections of a Nobel laureate, 1994-2001 : from Conversations with Mohamed Salmawy . – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press ; Chichester : Wiley, 2001 |
| Khufu's Wisdom / translated by Raymond Stock. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 2003 |
| Rhadopis of Nubia / translated by Anthony Calderbank. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 2003 |
| Thebes at War / translated by Humphrey Davies. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 2003 |
| Voices from the Other World : Ancient Egyptian Tales / translated by Raymond Stock. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press ; London : Eurospan, 2003 |
| The Dreams / translated by Raymond Stock. – Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 2004 |
| Life's Wisdom : From the Works of the Nobel Laureate / edited by Aleya Serour. – Cairo : American Univ. in Cairo Press, 2006 |
| Dreams of Departure : the Last Dreams Published in the Nobel laureate's Lifetime / translated by Raymond Stock. – Cairo : American Univ. in Cairo Press, 2007 |
| Karnak Café / translated by Roger Allen. – Cairo : American Univ. in Cairo Press, 2007 |
| Morning and Evening Talk / translated by Christina Phillips. – Cairo : American Univ. i Cairo Press, 2007 |
| Literature (a selection) |
| Peled, Mattityahu, Religion, My Own : the Literary Works of Najib Mahfuz. – New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Books, cop. 1983 |
| Critical Perspectives on Naguib Mahfouz / edited by Trevor Le Gassick. – Washington, D.C. : Three Continents Press, cop. 1991 |
| Inānī, Rašīd al-, Naguib Mahfouz : the Pursuit of Meaning. – London : Routledge, 1993 |
| Naguib Mahfouz : from Regional Fame to Global Recognition / edited by Michael Beard and Adnan Haydar. – Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1993 |
| Moosa, Matti, The Early Novels of Naguib Mahfouz : Images of Modern Egypt. – Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 1994 |
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