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    Refugee Booklist

Explore our Refugee Booklist.

 

This is a collection of books which are written by authors with refugee experience or have content about refugee experiences.

 

All of the following books are available to order on our catalogue.

 

Adults' Refugee Books

 

 

Fiction Books & Non-Fiction Books

 

 

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar 

The Mediterranean Wall by Louise-Philippe Dalembert 

Scary Monsters by Michelle De Kretser 

What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad 

The Snow Hare by Paula Lichtarowicz 

Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu 

Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin

The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla 

We are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai 

Nomad Century by Gaia Vince 

 

Young Adults’ Refugee Books

 

Seven Million Sunflowers by Malcom Duffy 

The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss 

 

 

 

Children's Refugee Books

 

Picture Books 

 

 

Word Trouble by Vyara Boyadjieve 

Saving the Butterfly by Helen Cooper 

My name is not Refugee by Kate Milner 

 

Fiction & Non-Fiction

 

 

Mud City by Deborah Ellis 

When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson 

The Power of Welcome by Marie Bamyani 

What Is A Refugee? by Elise Gravel 

You Dont Know What War is by Yeva Skalietska