Palace of Desire (novel)

{{Short description|1957 novel by Naguib Mahfouz}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Palace of Desire

| title_orig = قصر الشوق

| translator = William M. Hutchins, Olive E. Kenny, Lorne Kenny

| english_release_date = 1991

| image = Palace of Desire (novel).jpg

| caption =

| author = Naguib Mahfouz

| illustrator =

| cover_artist =

| country = Egypt

| language =Modern Standard Arabic

| series = Cairo Trilogy

| genre = Novel, family saga, historical fiction

| publisher = Maktabat Misr

| release_date = 1957

|set_in=Cairo, 1924–27

| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)

| pages =

| isbn =

|dewey=892.736

|oclc=732293340

|congress= PJ7846.A46 Q313

| preceded_by = Palace Walk

| followed_by = Sugar Street

|}}File:Naguib Mahfouz in 1960s.jpg in the 1960s]]

Palace of Desire ({{langx|ar|قصر الشوق|Qaṣr ash-Shūq}}) is a novel by Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, and the second installment of Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/dec/12/naguib-mahfouz-centenary|title=Naguib Mahfouz: A centenary tribute|first=Jay|last=Parini|date=12 December 2011|website=The Guardian}} It was originally published in Arabic in 1957.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}