Palestine reading list
I am in no way an expert on this topic but me and my reading circle has been meaning to incorporate more Palestine Genocide relevant books in our readings.
created by Mofteratu
last updated October, 2025
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This is a great list and resource as someone who has also been trying to read more about Palestine.
I just picked up "We Are Not Numbers" which is an essay collection written by young Palestinian authors between 2014 and 2024 which also shines a light on events prior to Oct 2023 that many people aren't aware of. One of the authors included is actually Mosar Abe Toha who wrote "Things You May Find Hidden in my Ear" that you have on the list already. On my shelf I also have "Against the Loveless World" by Susan Abulhawa which is a historical & literary fiction novel about a Palestinian refugee.
I'm not sure if you're including books that are not authored by Palestinians as well, but if you are I have a few recs: "The Message" by Ta-Nehesi Coats, "One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" by Omar El Akkad, "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza" by Peter Beinart, "Freedom is a Constant Struggle" by Angela Y. Davis, and "Except for Palestine" by Mac Lamont Hill. (Personally I have only read the first two and the others are TBR for me as of now) but they largely focus on intersectionality and the ways the west perceives the genocide in Gaza for better and for worse.
hey, thank you so much for all of these recommendations, I will be sure to add these when I get the chance. I am honestly just adding anything and everything I can find because given how things stand, Palestine as well as its culture and history is actively being erased.
My goal was to contribute to their preservation in whatever limited capacity I am able to
I completely agree, I've been trying to buy physical copies of as many as I can afford to and find. I feel like I need to, to make sure their stories are heard, remembered, and saved.
I would recommend Gaza Writes Back!! It’s a collection of short stories by Palestinian authors
Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique is also good! It delves into the issue of pinkwashing quite a bit! For fiction, I'd also recommend checking out Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa and Salt Houses by Hala Alyan!
seconding all of these :)
One Day Everyone Will have always been against this was so good, on my TBR are The Hundred Years War on Palestine and The World After Gaza
i personally haven't read it yet, but I've seen a lot of people recommending The Eyes of Gaza: a Diary of Resilience by Plestia Alaqad!
Recommending The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem!
Came here to recommend this. It’s a really great choice for those who primarily read fiction
books i can recommend by palestinian authors: forest of noise by mosab abu toha, [...]: Poems by fady joudah, against the loveless world by susan abulhawa, minor detail by adania shibli
added!
looks good
thank you for these. i had a personal collection too, but i feel like learning more now. thank u
Thank you for this list, I also recommend anything written by Ghassan Kanafani. I don't know if all his writings are translated though since I read them in arabic.
Appreciate the list ✌🏼 As a Palestinian it's refreshing seeing lists dedicated to Palestinian books and more people learning about our cause. Hopefully we'll see a free and liberated Palestine in our lifetime 🇵🇸
Thanks for the list!!
Thanks for sharing
Genocide Bad by Sim Kern was published by a Palestinian-American publisher. It goes into the history and debunks myths :D
Hey, I would also recommend Genocide Bad.
You should also add Minor detail!! great book
Thank you so much for this!
Voices of Resistence is a recently published one that is a collection of four women's diary entries from October 2023 through to I believe January 2025. Harrowing but very important
Please don’t add One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad. He “vigorously condemns” Palestinian resistance—even “despises” it (and all other “governing entities in the Middle East”) for its “violent ethos.”
A better book, imo, for discussing journalism and the genocide in Gaza from the perspective of a Western journalist is A Genocide Foretold by Chris Hedges. He doesn’t condemn Palestinian resistance (understanding and uplifting Palestinian resistance is a big part of the book) and he discusses Palestinians in a much more humanizing way than El Akkad (who only discusses Palestinians as dead bodies)—probably because Chris Hedges has been reporting from within the Palestinian Occupied Territories for decade (whereas El Akkad has never been there) ❤️
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