North African literature
Writers include Naguib Mahfouz, Albert Memmi, Kateb Yacine, Tayeb Salih, Mohamed Choukri and others. Set in or written from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia. First published 1947 to 2016.
- Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1947
- The Pillar of Salt by Albert Memmi, Tunisia, 1953
- Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1956
- Nedjma by Kateb Yacine, Algeria, 1956
- Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih, Sudan, 1966
- For Bread Alone by Mohamed Choukri, Morocco, 1973
- Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi, Egypt, 1975
- The Sand Child by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Morocco, 1985
- In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar, Libya, 2006
- The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud, Algeria, 2013
- The Return by Hisham Matar, Libya, 2016
- Lullaby by Leïla Slimani, Morocco, 2016