Libya

Books in this genre are set in or about Libya.

The Return
My Friends
In the Country of Men
The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984
نزيف الحجر
التبر
13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
Gaddafi's Harem: The Story of a Young Woman and the Abuses of Power in Libya
Under the Tripoli Sky
The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya
الكتاب الأخضر
Anatomy of a Disappearance
The Shadows of Ghadames
A Month in Siena
Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution
The Plague by Albert CamusKing of the Wind by Marguerite HenryIn the Country of Men by Hisham MatarThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeHideous Kinky by Esther Freud
North Africa
148 books — 34 voters
Song of the Butterflies by R.M. LeslieNot Just Yet. Egypt 2011 by Mohamed Abdel-MaksoudLife and Death in Nyamata by Omar NdizeyeMinna, Saturday by Chizzy Ndukwe N.Life in Woke America by Joel Rakow
Best Debut Short Stories From Africa!
12 books — 19 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
560 books — 282 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,877 books — 1,759 voters

Mr. Impossible by Loretta ChaseAs You Desire by Connie BrockwayThe Other Guy's Bride by Connie BrockwayA Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna RaybournMr. Impossible by Loretta Chase
Historical Romance Set in Africa
54 books — 21 voters
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforWho Fears Death by Nnedi OkoraforThe City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyAlif the Unseen by G. Willow WilsonA Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
SF & F Atlas - Africa
57 books — 17 voters


Prince Laurent of Belgium
I may not always be taken seriously. I often come off as rather humorous: not serious, not academic enough. But that is simply not my style. I regret that I often get comments about that. That people think I have no sense of reality. But people don't know me. Sometimes I find it really disturbing, the criticism I've been getting since I was young. I'm 55 now: if I had really done something wrong, it would have been known by now. ...more
Prince Laurent of Belgium

One of my biggest worries is that youth grow in discomfort and insecurity, which stops them from truly dreaming freely. society, religion, and family should be the source of support, not the horror.
Mohammed Zaid

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