Best Books about Palestine (fiction and nonfiction)

1.
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine 4.54 avg rating โ€” 9,712 ratings
2.
Mornings in Jenin
Mornings in Jenin 4.51 avg rating โ€” 48,777 ratings
3.
Palestinian Dissident
Palestinian Dissident 4.23 avg rating โ€” 35 ratings
4.
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid 3.92 avg rating โ€” 4,958 ratings
5.
Men in the Sun
Men in the Sun 4.21 avg rating โ€” 23,833 ratings
6.
Palestine
Palestine
by: Joe Sacco
4.25 avg rating โ€” 20,960 ratings
7.
I Saw Ramallah
I Saw Ramallah 4.20 avg rating โ€” 18,624 ratings
8.
The Hundred Yearsโ€™ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917โ€“2017
The Hundred Yearsโ€™ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917โ€“2017 4.49 avg rating โ€” 29,950 ratings
9.
Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems
Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems 4.38 avg rating โ€” 1,020 ratings
10.
Orientalism
Orientalism 4.13 avg rating โ€” 28,514 ratings
11.
Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question
Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question 4.11 avg rating โ€” 313 ratings
12.
The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine
The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine 4.31 avg rating โ€” 971 ratings
13.
The Question of Palestine
The Question of Palestine 4.37 avg rating โ€” 2,812 ratings
14.
Fast Times in Palestine
Fast Times in Palestine 4.13 avg rating โ€” 843 ratings
15.
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom 4.67 avg rating โ€” 4,693 ratings
16.
Gate of the Sun
Gate of the Sun 3.90 avg rating โ€” 2,523 ratings
17.
Gaza Writes Back
Gaza Writes Back 4.58 avg rating โ€” 1,140 ratings
18.
Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians
Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians 4.14 avg rating โ€” 2,071 ratings
19.
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights 4.15 avg rating โ€” 400 ratings
20.
Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire
Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire 4.68 avg rating โ€” 2,011 ratings
21.
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East 4.12 avg rating โ€” 18,017 ratings
22.
Footnotes in Gaza
Footnotes in Gaza
by: Joe Sacco
4.35 avg rating โ€” 6,825 ratings
23.
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza 4.74 avg rating โ€” 3,412 ratings
24.
Ladies of the Dance
Ladies of the Dance 4.17 avg rating โ€” 6 ratings
25.
Sitti's Secrets
Sitti's Secrets 4.16 avg rating โ€” 470 ratings
26.
The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress
The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress 3.84 avg rating โ€” 14,583 ratings
27.
Reporting from Ramallah: An Israeli Journalist in an Occupied Land
Reporting from Ramallah: An Israeli Journalist in an Occupied Land 4.08 avg rating โ€” 77 ratings
28.
Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege
Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege 4.09 avg rating โ€” 385 ratings
29.
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics 4.20 avg rating โ€” 4,165 ratings
30.
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories 4.36 avg rating โ€” 1,291 ratings
31.
Salt Houses
Salt Houses 4.01 avg rating โ€” 19,231 ratings
32.
Jerusalem: The Biography
Jerusalem: The Biography 4.09 avg rating โ€” 12,986 ratings
33.
The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace
The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace 4.42 avg rating โ€” 690 ratings
34.
The Almond Tree
The Almond Tree 4.18 avg rating โ€” 8,064 ratings
35.
Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East 4.17 avg rating โ€” 6,034 ratings
35.
Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories
Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories 4.35 avg rating โ€” 3,450 ratings
37.
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom 4.67 avg rating โ€” 4,693 ratings
38.
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity 4.32 avg rating โ€” 7,402 ratings
39.
Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict 4.31 avg rating โ€” 670 ratings
39.
Blood Brothers: The Dramatic Story of a Palestinian Christian Working for Peace in Israel
Blood Brothers: The Dramatic Story of a Palestinian Christian Working for Peace in Israel 4.37 avg rating โ€” 3,319 ratings
41.
Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present
Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ€” 1,969 ratings
42.
Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour
Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour 3.80 avg rating โ€” 1,275 ratings
42.
Rifqa
Rifqa 4.65 avg rating โ€” 4,031 ratings
44.
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement 4.44 avg rating โ€” 33,949 ratings
45.
I Was Born There, I Was Born Here
I Was Born There, I Was Born Here 4.10 avg rating โ€” 4,924 ratings
45.
The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood 3.96 avg rating โ€” 748 ratings
45.
My Life
My Life 4.04 avg rating โ€” 1,882 ratings
45.
Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine
Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine 4.58 avg rating โ€” 1,140 ratings
49.
Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians
Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians 4.21 avg rating โ€” 1,154 ratings
50.
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History 4.03 avg rating โ€” 1,100 ratings
51.
In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story
In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story 4.17 avg rating โ€” 1,211 ratings
52.
Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation
Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation 4.25 avg rating โ€” 270 ratings
53.
A History of the Jews
A History of the Jews 4.17 avg rating โ€” 2,629 ratings
54.
ุงู„ูˆู‚ุงุฆุน ุงู„ุบุฑูŠุจุฉ ููŠ ุงุฎุชูุงุก ุณุนูŠุฏ ุฃุจูŠ ุงู„ู†ุญุณ ุงู„ู…ุชุดุงุฆู„
ุงู„ูˆู‚ุงุฆุน ุงู„ุบุฑูŠุจุฉ ููŠ ุงุฎุชูุงุก ุณุนูŠุฏ ุฃุจูŠ ุงู„ู†ุญุณ ุงู„ู…ุชุดุงุฆู„ 3.84 avg rating โ€” 2,738 ratings
55.
The Butterfly's Burden
The Butterfly's Burden 4.43 avg rating โ€” 715 ratings
56.
Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy
Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy
by: Ben White
4.30 avg rating โ€” 60 ratings
56.
Culture and Imperialism
Culture and Imperialism 4.18 avg rating โ€” 5,661 ratings
58.
From Beirut to Jerusalem
From Beirut to Jerusalem 4.15 avg rating โ€” 12,908 ratings
59.
Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales
Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales 4.14 avg rating โ€” 97 ratings
60.
Peace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine in the Middle East Peace Process
Peace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine in the Middle East Peace Process 4.21 avg rating โ€” 317 ratings
61.
Twenty Two Years to Life
Twenty Two Years to Life 4.49 avg rating โ€” 77 ratings
61.
Anno 2020
Anno 2020 4.47 avg rating โ€” 32 ratings
61.
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 4.49 avg rating โ€” 29,950 ratings
64.
The Bronze Bow
The Bronze Bow 4.02 avg rating โ€” 27,375 ratings
65.
What Is Past Is Dead
What Is Past Is Dead 4.40 avg rating โ€” 43 ratings
66.
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life 4.22 avg rating โ€” 672 ratings
67.
Minor Detail
Minor Detail 4.18 avg rating โ€” 36,392 ratings
67.
The Words of My Father
The Words of My Father 4.38 avg rating โ€” 658 ratings
69.
The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker
The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker 4.30 avg rating โ€” 165 ratings
69.
A Little Piece of Ground
A Little Piece of Ground 3.90 avg rating โ€” 1,095 ratings
71.
Where the Line Is Drawn: A Tale of Crossings, Friendships, and Fifty Years of Occupation in Israel-Palestine
Where the Line Is Drawn: A Tale of Crossings, Friendships, and Fifty Years of Occupation in Israel-Palestine 4.16 avg rating โ€” 383 ratings
72.
Post Zionists: Judith Butler, Hillel Kook, Gideon Levy, Shlomo Sand, Tanya Reinhart, Amira Hass, Tom Segev
Post Zionists: Judith Butler, Hillel Kook, Gideon Levy, Shlomo Sand, Tanya Reinhart, Amira Hass, Tom Segev
by: Books LLC
3.67 avg rating โ€” 3 ratings
72.
Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer
Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer 3.90 avg rating โ€” 210 ratings
74.
A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons of Naji al-Ali
A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons of Naji al-Ali 4.40 avg rating โ€” 396 ratings
75.
Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine
Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine 4.57 avg rating โ€” 891 ratings
76.
O Jerusalem!
O Jerusalem! 4.31 avg rating โ€” 4,503 ratings
76.
Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance
Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance 4.31 avg rating โ€” 408 ratings
76.
In This Place Together: A Palestinian's Journey to Collective Liberation
In This Place Together: A Palestinian's Journey to Collective Liberation 4.41 avg rating โ€” 112 ratings
79.
Wall of Dust
Wall of Dust really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ€” 16 ratings
80.
The Palestinian People: A History
The Palestinian People: A History 3.80 avg rating โ€” 94 ratings
80.
Her Olives
Her Olives 4.14 avg rating โ€” 7 ratings
82.
The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story
The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story 4.60 avg rating โ€” 165 ratings
83.
Palestine on a Plate: Memories From My Mother's Kitchen
Palestine on a Plate: Memories From My Mother's Kitchen 4.55 avg rating โ€” 280 ratings
83.
The Book of Disappearance
The Book of Disappearance 4.12 avg rating โ€” 1,892 ratings
85.
Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land
Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land 4.20 avg rating โ€” 304 ratings
85.
The Drone Eats with Me: A Gaza Diary
The Drone Eats with Me: A Gaza Diary 4.38 avg rating โ€” 425 ratings
87.
Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape
Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape 4.26 avg rating โ€” 2,185 ratings
88.
Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982
Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 4.12 avg rating โ€” 3,257 ratings
89.
A Map of Absence: An Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba
A Map of Absence: An Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba 4.43 avg rating โ€” 106 ratings
90.
The Two-State Delusion: Israel and Palestine--A Tale of Two Narratives
The Two-State Delusion: Israel and Palestine--A Tale of Two Narratives 3.89 avg rating โ€” 189 ratings
91.
The Multiple Child
The Multiple Child 3.70 avg rating โ€” 307 ratings
91.
One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse
One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse 4.25 avg rating โ€” 320 ratings
91.
A Vision of Angels
A Vision of Angels 4.13 avg rating โ€” 55 ratings
91.
Tsunami Connection
Tsunami Connection 4.26 avg rating โ€” 141 ratings
91.
Recollections of Jerusalem
Recollections of Jerusalem 3.83 avg rating โ€” 12 ratings
91.
Palestine's Children: Returning to Haifa & Other Stories
Palestine's Children: Returning to Haifa & Other Stories 4.43 avg rating โ€” 1,003 ratings
91.
Freedom Sailors: The Maiden Voyage of the Free Gaza movement and how we succeeded in spite of ourselves
Freedom Sailors: The Maiden Voyage of the Free Gaza movement and how we succeeded in spite of ourselves 3.77 avg rating โ€” 44 ratings
91.
Louisa
Louisa 3.30 avg rating โ€” 64 ratings
91.
L'ombre de l'olivier
L'ombre de l'olivier 4.05 avg rating โ€” 63 ratings
91.
My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness
My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness 4.53 avg rating โ€” 90 ratings
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