The reading list
The Library
Built slowly and shelved by kind: foundational histories, memoirs of return, novels of exile, and the poetry that carried a people. Twelve titles are marked essential — start there.
32 titles · 7 shelves · 12 essential
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History
7- All That RemainsAll That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, 1992 — essential
- The Ethnic Cleansing of PalestineThe Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, 2006 — essential
- The Hundred Years' War on PalestineThe Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017, 2020 — essential
- The Iron CageThe Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood, 2006 — essential
- A History of Modern PalestineA History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples, 2004
- The ArabsThe Arabs: A History, 2009
- The Biggest Prison on EarthThe Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories, 2017
Politics
7- Justice for SomeJustice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine, 2019 — essential
- The Question of PalestineThe Question of Palestine, 1979 — essential
- After the Last SkyAfter the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives, 1986
- Gaza in CrisisGaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians, 2010
- PalestinePalestine: A Socialist Introduction, 2020
- Ten Myths About IsraelTen Myths About Israel, 2017
- The Battle for Justice in PalestineThe Battle for Justice in Palestine: The Case for a Single Democratic State in Palestine, 2014
Memoir
3Fiction
7Poetry
2Journalism
4- Kingdom of Olives and AshKingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation, 2017
- Letters to PalestineLetters to Palestine: Writers Respond to War and Occupation, 2015
- The Gun and the Olive BranchThe Gun and the Olive Branch: The Roots of Violence in the Middle East, 1977
- The Lemon TreeThe Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, 2006