Big Books of 2026
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Maghreb

The Maghreb is a region of north-western Africa comprised of Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. It is inhabited primarily by people of Arab and Berber (Amazigh) origin. ...more

Maghreb Books

In the Country of Others
The Stranger
Ce que le jour doit à la nuit
Wolf Dreams
الخبز الحافي
The Sand Child
The Plague
The Attack
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
Swallows of Kabul
Le Passé Simple
The Moor's Account
The Meursault Investigation
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves
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Dreams of Trespass by Fatima MernissiThe Sand Child by Tahar Ben JellounLove With a Few Hairs by Mohammed MrabetIn the Country of Others by Leïla SlimaniThe Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani
Books by Moroccan Writers Translated into English
35 books — 7 voters
The Ardent Swarm by Yamen ManaiThe Tremor of Forgery by Patricia HighsmithCarthage Must Be Destroyed by Richard MilesThe Biggest Tongue in Tunisia by B. KlibanHope Has Two Daughters by Monia Mazigh
Tunisia
62 books — 5 voters

Return to Dar al-Basha by Hassan NasrThe Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina KhadraIn the Country of Men by Hisham MatarMinaret by Leila AboulelaBarzakh by Moussa Ould Ebnou
Ramadan 2013 Reading Challenge list
7 books — 2 voters
A Street in Marrakech by Elizabeth Warnock FerneaHope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila LalamiThe Sheltering Sky by Paul BowlesLeaving Tangier by Tahar Ben JellounHideous Kinky by Esther Freud
Before You Visit Morocco
18 books — 13 voters

Men and Popular Music in Algeria by Marc Schade-PoulsenL'aventure du raï by Bouziane DaoudiBig Mahboula, Crazy About Rai, Algeria, Algerians, North Afri... by Kathleen WoolrichLa chanson Raï by Marie VirolleLe Raï by Bouziane Daoudi
Books on Raï
6 books — 1 voter
الدرة الخريدة شرح الياقوتة الفريدة by مَحمد بن عبد الواحد النظيفيقواعد التصوف و شواهد التعرف by Ahmad Zarruqالفكر الصوفي و الزوايا في مراكش - النقطة الأزلية في سر الذات ... by عبد الله الغزوانيدلائل الخيرات by محمد بن سليمان الجزوليالرسائل الكبرى by ابن عباد الرندي
التصوف المغاربي
76 books — 20 voters

Groups Tagged "Maghreb"

Littérature Maghrébine Francophone French Maghreb Literature
5 members, last active one year ago
For Maghreb (and, more broadly, North African) enthusiasts.
8 members, last active 14 years ago
Littératures écrites et orales des pays d'Afrique du Nord (ou maghrébins). Algérie, Maroc, Tunis…more
64 members, last active 13 years ago