Laila Lalami

12 books

A Stranger Among Us: Stories of Cross Cultural Collision and Connection by Mary Yukari Waters, Etgar Keret, Petina Gappah, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Stacy Bierlein, Ana Menéndez, Shauna Singh Baldwin, Wanda Coleman, Dika Lam, Aimee Liu, Carolyn Alessio, Shabnam Nadiya, Roy Kesey, Laila Lalami, Josip Novakovich, Samrat Upadhyay

A Stranger Among Us: Stories of Cross Cultural Collision and Connection

Mary Yukari Waters, Etgar Keret, Petina Gappah, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Stacy Bierlein, Ana Menéndez, Shauna Singh Baldwin, Wanda Coleman, Dika Lam, Aimee Liu, Carolyn Alessio, Shabnam Nadiya, Roy Kesey, Laila Lalami, Josip Novakovich, Samrat Upadhyay

fiction short stories challenging informative reflective medium-paced

416 pages | first published 2008

Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America by Laila Lalami

Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America

Laila Lalami

nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

208 pages | first published 2020

Dismantle: An Anthology of Writing from the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop by Mat Johnson, Marco Fernando Navarro, Adriana Ramirez, Minal Hajratwala, Andrea Walls, Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela, Camille Acker, Justin Torres, Ching-In Chen, Cristina García, Nikky Finney, Laila Lalami, Chris Abani, Kimberly Alidio, Junot Díaz, Mitchell Jackson, Maaza Mengiste

Dismantle: An Anthology of Writing from the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop

Mat Johnson, Marco Fernando Navarro, Adriana Ramirez, Minal Hajratwala, Andrea Walls, Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela, Camille Acker, Justin Torres, Ching-In Chen, Cristina García, Nikky Finney, Laila Lalami, Chris Abani, Kimberly Alidio, Junot Díaz, Mitchell Jackson, Maaza Mengiste

fiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

275 pages | first published 2014

Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing by Yvonne Vera, Fatou Diome, Ivan Vladislavić, Mia Couto, Doreen Baingana, Leila Aboulela, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Nawal El Saadawi, Ondjaki, Abdourahman A. Waberi, Aziz Chouaki, J.M. Coetzee, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mohamed Magani, Marlene van Niekerk, Patrice Nganang, Helon Habila, Mohammed Naseehu Ali, Boubacar Boris Diop, Nuruddin Farah, Alain Mabanckou, Nadine Gordimer, Niq Mhlongo, Zakes Mda, Chinua Achebe, José Eduardo Agualusa, Rob Spillman, E.C. Osondu, Binyavanga Wainaina, Laila Lalami, Chris Abani

Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing

Yvonne Vera, Fatou Diome, Ivan Vladislavić, Mia Couto, Doreen Baingana, Leila Aboulela, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Nawal El Saadawi, Ondjaki, Abdourahman A. Waberi, Aziz Chouaki, J.M. Coetzee, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mohamed Magani, Marlene van Niekerk, Patrice Nganang, Helon Habila, Mohammed Naseehu Ali, Boubacar Boris Diop, Nuruddin Farah, Alain Mabanckou, Nadine Gordimer, Niq Mhlongo, Zakes Mda, Chinua Achebe, José Eduardo Agualusa, Rob Spillman, E.C. Osondu, Binyavanga Wainaina, Laila Lalami, Chris Abani

fiction short stories reflective sad medium-paced

344 pages | first published 2009

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits

Laila Lalami

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

197 pages | first published 2005

Secret Son by Laila Lalami

Secret Son

Laila Lalami

fiction contemporary challenging reflective fast-paced

291 pages | first published 2009

The Curious Case of Dassoukine's Trousers by Fouad Laroui, Laila Lalami, Emma Ramadan

The Curious Case of Dassoukine's Trousers

Fouad Laroui, Laila Lalami, Emma Ramadan

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced

144 pages | first published 2012

The Granta Book of the African Short Story by Camara Laye, Yvonne Vera, George Makana Clark, Olufemi Terry, Fatou Diome, Ivan Vladislavić, Doreen Baingana, Leila Aboulela, Alaa Al Aswany, Dambudzo Marechera, Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, Rachida el-Charni, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Milly Jafta, Aminatta Forna, Patrice Nganang, Helon Habila, Alex La Guma, Brian Chikwava, Alain Mabanckou, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Mansoura Ez-Eldin, E.C. Osondu, Manuel Rui, Uwem Akpan, Binyavanga Wainaina, Laila Lalami, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Zoë Wicomb, Maaza Mengiste

The Granta Book of the African Short Story

Camara Laye, Yvonne Vera, George Makana Clark, Olufemi Terry, Fatou Diome, Ivan Vladislavić, Doreen Baingana, Leila Aboulela, Alaa Al Aswany, Dambudzo Marechera, Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, Rachida el-Charni, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Milly Jafta, Aminatta Forna, Patrice Nganang, Helon Habila, Alex La Guma, Brian Chikwava, Alain Mabanckou, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Mansoura Ez-Eldin, E.C. Osondu, Manuel Rui, Uwem Akpan, Binyavanga Wainaina, Laila Lalami, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Zoë Wicomb, Maaza Mengiste

fiction short stories adventurous reflective slow-paced

344 pages | first published 2011

The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

The Moor's Account

Laila Lalami

fiction historical adventurous reflective medium-paced

321 pages | first published 2014

The Other Americans by Laila Lalami

The Other Americans

Laila Lalami

fiction contemporary mystery emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

320 pages | first published 2019