Interest and curiosity in the different; the desire to see, be heard, feel and perceive everything that is different, are the components of exotism. Although exotism is a topic on which we have been talking for a long time, the first person who theoretically treats exotism is Victor Segalen, a French thinker, who dedicated his life to discovering distant worlds. Segalen, in his theoretical book ‘Test on Exotism’, in which he delimits the powers of exotism, points out that discoveries of distant worlds, which are triggered with interest in different and diverse worlds, can lead to colonialism for nationalist and racist reasons. In this article, Maalouf’s exotism in Léon l’Africain, The First Siècle after Béatrice and Les Échelles du Levant will be analysed in the context of Segalen’s theoretical book on exotism and thus the exotic elements in these three novels will be developed in concrete terms. Amin Maalouf, now dedicated to writing, tells in his work the unknown stories of the distant worlds, their lives, customs and traditions. His interest in the difference and his tolerant attitude to diversity approach Maalouf to exotism, which reflects his anti-colonialist and anti-racist attitude as well as his humanism in his work. ‘The journey, the desire to look at a variety, the dream of the distant worlds, curiosity and imagination, eyes to others, wisdom, tolerance and truth after knowledge of the different worlds’, all of which are revealed in the author’s novels are the essential components of exotism.