Recommended Reading for King Tut
Looking to read up on King Tut before you visit the exhibition? Listed below are some recommended books on the subjects of Tutankhamun and ancient Egypt for both children and adults. The publications listed here should all be available at bookstores and your local library. (Titles available for purchase online at the de Young Museum Store are linked.)
Beginning Readers (age 5–8)
Non-Fiction
- The Shipwrecked Sailor: an Egyptian Tale with Hieroglyphs, Tamara Bower.
- An Egyptian Cinderella, Shirley Climo.
- Tut's Mummy Lost—and Found, Judy Donnelly.
- In an Egyptian City, Khaled Eldash and Dalia Khattab.
- Ancient Egypt, George Hart.
- Inside the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Jacqueline Morely.
- Into the Mummy’s Tomb, Nicholas Reeves.
Fiction
- I am the Mummy Heb-Nefert, Eve Bunting.
- Temple Cat, Andrew Clements.
- Clever Ali, Nancy Farmer.
- Muti's Necklace: the Oldest Story in the World, Louise Hawes.
- The 5,000-Year-Old Puzzle: Solving a Mystery of Ancient Egypt, Claudia Logan.
- Tutankhamen's Gift, Robert Sabuda.
- Zekmet, the Stone Carver: a Tale of Ancient Egypt, Mary Stolz.
Intermediate Readers (age 9–12)
Non-Fiction
- Mummy, Peter Chrisp
- Cry of the Benu Bird: an Egyptian Creation Story, C. Shana Greger
- Secrets of the Sphinx, James Cross Giblin
- Curse of the Pharaohs: My Adventures with Mummies, Zahi Hawass
- Tutankhamun: the Mystery of the Boy King, Zahi Hawass
- An Egyptian Tomb: the Tomb of Nebamun, Meredith Hooper
- Ancient Egypt, John Malam
- Tutankhamun: the Life and Death of a Pharaoh, DK Publishing, Inc.
- Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure: Secrets of Ancient Egypt, Lila Perl Yakow
- Ancient Egypt: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of Egypt's Past, Jill Rubalcaba
- Egypt, Joyce A. Tyldesley
- The Tomb of King Tutankhamen, Michael Woods
Fiction
- His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut, Dorothy Sharp Carter
- Never Trust a Cat who Wears Earrings, Dan Greenburg
- Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile, Kristina Gregory
- The Akhenaten Adventure, P.B. Kerr
- The Ugly Goddess, Elsa Marston
- Casting the Gods Adrift: a Tale of Ancient Egypt, Geraldine McCaughrean
- Mara, Daughter of the Nile, Eloise Jarvis McGraw
- A Place in the Sun, Jill Rubalcaba
- Tut, Tut, Jon Scieszka
- The Reluctant God, Pamela F. Service
- The Egypt Game, Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- Maïa of Thebes: 1463 B.C., Ann Turner
Advanced Readers (age 12–adult)
Non-Fiction
- Tutankhamun’s Tomb—Thrill of Discovery, Susan J. Allen
- The Egyptian Book of the Dead, Eva Von Dassow
- Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt, Rosalie David
- The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Aidan Dodson
- The Tomb in Ancient Egypt, Aidan Dodson
- Symbolic World of Egyptian Amulets, Philippe Germond
- Egyptian Art (Basic), Rose-Marie Hagen
- Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs: Official Companion Book to the Exhibition, Zahi Hawass
- King Tutankhamun The Treasures of the Tomb, Zahi Hawass
- Realm of the Pharaohs (Treasures of Ancient Egypt), Zahi Hawass
- The Royal Tombs of Egypt: The Art of Thebes Revealed, Zahi Hawass
- Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, Zahi Hawass
- Tutakhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs: Souvenir Book, Zahi Hawass
- Gifts for the Gods: Images from Egyptian Temples, Marsha Hill
- Akhenaten and the Religion of Light, Erik Hornung
- The Royal Mummies: Immortality in Egypt, Francis Janot
- Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, Barbara Mertz
- In the Valley of the Kings: Howard Carter and the Mystery of King Tutankhamun’s Tomb, Daniel Meyerson
- Akhenaten: Egypt’s False Prophet, Nicholas Reeves
- The Complete Valley of the Kings, Nicholas Reeves
- Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh, Joyce A. Tyldesley
- Nefertiti: Unlocking the Mysteries Surrounding Egypt’s Most Famous and Beautiful Queen, Joyce A. Tyldesley
- The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, Robert H. Wilkinson
