A Book By A North African Author

The 2022 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

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

All books added

The Last One
Fatima Daas with Lara Vergnaud (Translator)

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

The Last One

Fatima Daas with Lara Vergnaud (Translator)

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World by Leïla Slimani

Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World
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Leïla Slimani

Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World
Leïla Slimani with Sophie Lewis (Translator)

4 hours • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World
—
Leïla Slimani

Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World

Leïla Slimani with Sophie Lewis (Translator)

4 hours • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative reflective medium-paced

The Last Summer of Reason by Tahar Djaout

The Last Summer of Reason
Tahar Djaout with Marjolijn De Jager (Translator)

145 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction science fiction dark emotional reflective slow-paced

The Last Summer of Reason

Tahar Djaout with Marjolijn De Jager (Translator)

145 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction science fiction dark emotional reflective slow-paced

The Ardent Swarm
Yamen Manai with Youssif Kamal (Narrator), Lara Vergnaud (Translator)

4 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced

The Ardent Swarm

Yamen Manai with Youssif Kamal (Narrator), Lara Vergnaud (Translator)

4 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced

Elsewhere, Home
Leila Aboulela

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Elsewhere, Home

Leila Aboulela

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Adèle
Leïla Slimani with Sam Taylor (Translator)

209 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Adèle

Leïla Slimani with Sam Taylor (Translator)

209 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

The Quarter
Naguib Mahfouz with Roger Allen (Translator), Elif Shafak (Contributor)

128 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction short stories young adult challenging reflective slow-paced

The Quarter

Naguib Mahfouz with Roger Allen (Translator), Elif Shafak (Contributor)

128 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction short stories young adult challenging reflective slow-paced

Woman at Point Zero
Nawal El Saadawi with Sherif Hetata

128 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Woman at Point Zero

Nawal El Saadawi with Sherif Hetata

128 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced

The Queue
Basma Abdel Aziz with Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator), Mark Bramhall (Narrator), Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator)

8 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced

The Queue

Basma Abdel Aziz with Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator), Mark Bramhall (Narrator), Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator)

8 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced

Gold Dust
Hoopoe Fiction

Ibrahim al-Koni with Elliot Colla (Translator)

200 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction literary adventurous reflective medium-paced

Gold Dust

Hoopoe Fiction

Ibrahim al-Koni with Elliot Colla (Translator)

200 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction literary adventurous reflective medium-paced

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