# 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.

## Books

- [Midaq Alley](https://africantales.net/books/midaq-alley), Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1947
- [The Pillar of Salt](https://africantales.net/books/the-pillar-of-salt), Albert Memmi, Tunisia, 1953
- [Palace Walk](https://africantales.net/books/palace-walk), Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1956
- [Nedjma](https://africantales.net/books/nedjma), Kateb Yacine, Algeria, 1956
- [Season of Migration to the North](https://africantales.net/books/season-of-migration-to-the-north), Tayeb Salih, Sudan, 1966
- [For Bread Alone](https://africantales.net/books/for-bread-alone), Mohamed Choukri, Morocco, 1973
- [Woman at Point Zero](https://africantales.net/books/woman-at-point-zero), Nawal El Saadawi, Egypt, 1975
- [The Sand Child](https://africantales.net/books/the-sand-child), Tahar Ben Jelloun, Morocco, 1985
- [In the Country of Men](https://africantales.net/books/in-the-country-of-men), Hisham Matar, Libya, 2006
- [The Meursault Investigation](https://africantales.net/books/the-meursault-investigation), Kamel Daoud, Algeria, 2013
- [The Return](https://africantales.net/books/the-return), Hisham Matar, Libya, 2016
- [Lullaby](https://africantales.net/books/lullaby), Leïla Slimani, Morocco, 2016

## See also

- [North African classics](https://africantales.net/regions/north-africa/classic)
- [North African literary fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/north-africa/literary-fiction)

Source: https://africantales.net/regions/north-africa