Best Persian Novels Ever

1.       The Blind Owl, Sadegh Hedayat (1937)

2.       Kelidar, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (1984)

3.       My Uncle Napoleon, Iraj Pezeshkzad, (1973)

4.       Savušun, Simin Daneshvar, (1969)

5.       Prince Ehtejab, Houshang Golshiri (1969)

6.       Tangsir, Sādeq Chubak (1963)

7.       Lady Ahou’s Husband, Ali Mohammad Afghani  (1961)

8.       The Winds Announce a Change of Season, Jamal Mirsadeghi  (1984)

9.       Yakolya and Her Loneliness, Taghi Modarresi  (1956)

10.   The Colonel,  Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (2009)

11.   Symphony of the Dead, Abbas Maroufi  (1989)

12.   Heavenly Kingdom, Bahram Sadeghi (1961)

13.   The Patient Stone, Sādeq Chubak (1966)

14.   Censoring an Iranian Love Story, Shahriar Mandanipour (2009)

15.   Touba and the Meaning of Night, Shahrnush Parsipur  (1989)

16.  Chashm'hā'yash (Her Eyes), Bozorg Alavi (1952)

17.   King of the Benighted, Houshang Golshiri, (1990)

18.   Women Without Men, Shahrnush Parsipur (1990)

19.   The Courage of Love, Shahriar Mandanipour (1998)

20.   Things We Left Unsaid, Zoya Pirzad (2002)