Rabih Alameddine's six favorite novels

Lebanese-American writer Rabih Alameddine is the author of The Hakawati (The Storyteller), a 2008 international best-seller. His new novel is An Unnecessary Woman.

One of Alameddine's six favorite novels, as shared at The Week magazine:Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar

The ultimate magic act, this novel is so impeccably rendered that one can't believe it's fiction. A historical record,