A Book By A North African Author

The 2023 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

North Africa consists of six countries - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, and Tunisia.
Authors in the diaspora are also valid entries.

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The Other Americans
Laila Lalami with Mozhan Marnò (Narrator), Adenrele Ojo (Narrator), Ozzie Rodriguez (Narrator), Susan Nezami (Narrator), Ali Nasser (Narrator), Mark Bramhall (Narrator), Max Adler (Narrator), Meera Simhan (Narrator), P.J. Ochlan (Narrator)

10 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

The Other Americans

Laila Lalami with Mozhan Marnò (Narrator), Adenrele Ojo (Narrator), Ozzie Rodriguez (Narrator), Susan Nezami (Narrator), Ali Nasser (Narrator), Mark Bramhall (Narrator), Max Adler (Narrator), Meera Simhan (Narrator), P.J. Ochlan (Narrator)

10 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Sandpiper
Ahdaf Soueif

150 pages • first pub 1996 (editions) user-added

fiction short stories

Sandpiper

Ahdaf Soueif

150 pages • first pub 1996 (editions) user-added

fiction short stories

Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renée Thomas, Zelda Knight, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction
Sheree Renée Thomas, Zelda Knight, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki with Amin El Gamal (Narrator), Kim Staunton (Narrator), Délé Ogundiran (Narrator), Jamie Lincoln Smith (Narrator)

17 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror science fiction short stories speculative fiction adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction

Sheree Renée Thomas, Zelda Knight, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki with Amin El Gamal (Narrator), Kim Staunton (Narrator), Délé Ogundiran (Narrator), Jamie Lincoln Smith (Narrator)

17 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror science fiction short stories speculative fiction adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

Midaq Alley
Naguib Mahfouz

304 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics literary reflective fast-paced

Midaq Alley

Naguib Mahfouz

304 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics literary reflective fast-paced

The Republic of False Truths by Alaa Al Aswany

The Republic of False Truths
Alaa Al Aswany with S.R. Fellowes (Translator), Peter Ganim (Narrator)

15 hours, 38 minutes • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

The Republic of False Truths

Alaa Al Aswany with S.R. Fellowes (Translator), Peter Ganim (Narrator)

15 hours, 38 minutes • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Een zachte hand
Leïla Slimani with Gertrud Maes

192 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Een zachte hand

Leïla Slimani with Gertrud Maes

192 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Sous le jasmin la nuit
Maïssa Bey

177 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction short stories medium-paced

Sous le jasmin la nuit

Maïssa Bey

177 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction short stories medium-paced

Palace Walk
The Cairo Trilogy #1

Naguib Mahfouz with Neil Shah (Narrator)

21 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced

Palace Walk

The Cairo Trilogy #1

Naguib Mahfouz with Neil Shah (Narrator)

21 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced

Sardines and Oranges: Short Stories from North Africa by Peter Clark

Sardines and Oranges: Short Stories from North Africa
Peter Clark with Latifa Baqa (Contributor), Ahmed Bouzfour (Contributor), Rachida el-Charni (Contributor), Mohamed Choukri (Contributor), Mohammed Dib (Contributor), Tarek Eltayeb (Contributor), Mansoura Ez-Eldin (Contributor), Gamal al-Ghitani (Contributor), Said al-Kafrawi (Contributor), Idriss el-Khouri (Contributor), Ahmed el-Madini (Contributor), Ali Mosbah (Contributor), Hassouna Mosbahi (Contributor), Sabri Moussa (Contributor), Muhammad Mustagab (Contributor), Hassan Nasr (Contributor), Rabia Raihane (Contributor), Tayeb Salih (Contributor), Habib Selmi (Contributor), Izz al-Din Tazi (Contributor), Mohammed Zefzaf (Contributor)

203 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction literary short stories medium-paced

Sardines and Oranges: Short Stories from North Africa

Peter Clark with Latifa Baqa (Contributor), Ahmed Bouzfour (Contributor), Rachida el-Charni (Contributor), Mohamed Choukri (Contributor), Mohammed Dib (Contributor), Tarek Eltayeb (Contributor), Mansoura Ez-Eldin (Contributor), Gamal al-Ghitani (Contributor), Said al-Kafrawi (Contributor), Idriss el-Khouri (Contributor), Ahmed el-Madini (Contributor), Ali Mosbah (Contributor), Hassouna Mosbahi (Contributor), Sabri Moussa (Contributor), Muhammad Mustagab (Contributor), Hassan Nasr (Contributor), Rabia Raihane (Contributor), Tayeb Salih (Contributor), Habib Selmi (Contributor), Izz al-Din Tazi (Contributor), Mohammed Zefzaf (Contributor)

203 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction literary short stories medium-paced

The Beginning and the End by Naguib Mahfouz

The Beginning and the End
Naguib Mahfouz

416 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction historical reflective sad tense slow-paced

The Beginning and the End

Naguib Mahfouz

416 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction historical reflective sad tense slow-paced

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