Hisham Matar

Born 1970

From New York City, New York, United States · Nationality: United States, Libya · Writes fiction and nonfiction

Books by Hisham Matar in order

Books by Hisham Matar in the order they were published, from In the Country of Men (2006) to Goya's the Forge (2025).

The Emigrants
W. G. Sebald
about 4 hours to read
Four linked portraits of exiles, told in a meditative, elegiac voice that circles around memory and loss. If you love the reflective pace of Books by Hisham Matar, this is a natural next step.
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Burnt Shadows
Kamila Shamsie
about 6 hours to read
Spanning decades and continents, this novel traces how political upheaval scatters families across Japan, India, Pakistan and America. Its sweeping sense of history and loss will appeal to readers of Books by Hisham Matar.
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Men in the Sun
Ghassan Kanafani
You'll feel at home in this short, spare novel of Palestinian refugees crossing the desert. Like Books by Hisham Matar, it turns displacement and political violence into a quietly devastating human story.
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The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
about 6 hours to read
A story of a father and son, guilt, and a homeland torn by war, told with emotional directness. It shares the bond between family and history at the heart of Books by Hisham Matar.
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