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It explores the significant advantages that reading novels offers in the context of vocabulary acquisition for EFL students. Through engaging with narratives, students are exposed to a broad spectrum of vocabulary, including everyday expressions, slang, idioms, subjects-specific lexicon and technical terms which are not commonly featured in conventional textbooks or structured language lessons.  \nMoreover, novels facilitate deeper understanding and retention of vocabulary by presenting words within context, making it easier for learners to grasp layered meanings a word, phrase, or concept may carry. Novels offer a variety of linguistic structures, cultural references, and diverse writing styles which contribute not only to vocabulary development but also to overall language proficiency. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the important issue of the gainful properties that reading novels, as an alternative learning strategy, might have on the improvement of the students vocabulary store. This study would be profitable to EFL students, teachers, researchers, educationists and the whole community as it provides a framework for prominent insights in the importance of the contribution of reading novels to rise the opportunity of vocabulary acquisition.  \nKeywords: Vocabulary; Acquisition; Novels; Reading; Store.  \nالملخص:  \nيثحث هزا اوٍمان في اوفىائذ اوتي يٍمُ أَ تجىثها لشاءج اوشواياخ وطلاب اوىغح الإِجىزضيح لىغح أنّثزح في التااباوٍفشداخ واوفشص اومثزشج اوتي تمذٌها وتعضيض تطىس اوٍفشداخ. ياتمشف اوٍمان اوٍضايا اومثزشج اوتي تمذٌها لشاءج اوشواياخفي سزاق التااب اوٍفشداخ وطلاب اوىغح الإِجىزضيح لىغح أنّثزح. ٌُ خلان اوتفاعه ٌع اواشد اومصصي، يتعشض اوطلابوٍجٍىعح واسعح ٌُ اوٍفشداخ، تٍا في روك اوتعثزشاخ اوزىٌزح، واوٍصطىحاخ اوعاٌزح، والأٌثان، واوٍفشداخ اوخاصحتاوٍجالاخ، واوٍصطىحاخ اوتمّزح اوتي لا تظهش عادج في اومتة اوذساسزح اوتمىزذيح أو دسوط اوىغح اوٍّظٍح. علاوج عىً روك،  \nتاهه اوشواياخ اوفهً الأعٍك والاحتفاظ تاوٍفشداخ عُ طشيك تمذيً اومىٍاخ في سزالاخ، ٌٍا يجعه ٌُ الأسهه عىًاوٍتعىٍزُ فهً اوٍعاِي اوٍتّىعح اوتي لذ تحٍىها لىٍح أو عثاسج أو ٌفهىي.  \nتمذي اوشواياخ ٌجٍىعح ٌُ اوهزاله اوىغىيح، والإشاساخ اوثمافزح، وأٍِاط اومتاتح اوٍتّىعح اوتي تااهً في تطىيش  \nاوٍفشداخ تالإضافح إوً تحازُ اومفاءج اوىغىيح تشمه عاي. يهذف هزا اوٍمان إوً تاىزظ اوضىء عىً اومضزح اوٍهٍح اوٍتعىمحتاوفىائذ اوتي يٍمُ أَ تحممها لشاءج اوشواياخ لاستشاتزجزح تعىً تذيىح في تحازُ ٌخضوَ اوٍفشداخ وذي اوطلاب. ستمىَ هزْاوذساسح ٌفزذج وطلاب اوىغح الإِجىزضيح لىغح أنّثزح، واوٍعىٍزُ، واوثاحثزُ، واوٍتخصصزُ في اوتعىزً، واوٍجتٍع تأسشْ،حزث تمذي إطاسً ا وشؤي تاسصج حىن أهٍزح ٌااهٍح لشاءج اوشواياخ في صيادج فشص التااب اوٍفشداخ.  \nاومىٍاخ اوٍفتاحزح: اوٍفشداخ؛ التااب؛ اوشواياخ؛ لشاءج؛ ٌخضوَ.  \nIntroduction  \nVocabulary acquisition is a central element of foreign language learning, as it shapes learners’ ability to comprehend and communicate successfully in the target language. For EFL students, limited vocabulary knowledge often represents a major constraint to academic achievement and communicative competence. An insufficient lexical repertoire hinders learners’ ability to comprehend reading materials, follow classroom instruction, and understand spoken discourse accurately. As a result, students may struggle to grasp key concepts in academic texts, participate actively in discussions, or express their thoughts clearly and confidently in both written and oral forms. 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