Laila Lalami's Book Choices from "The Writer's Library"

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The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives (Book), 19 Books

These are Laila Lalami's book choices from the interview with him in the book "The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives" by Nancy Pearl and Jeff Schwager

This list was originally published in 2020 and was added to this site 25 days ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
11620 A Border Passage Leila Ahmed 1999 Unknown English
132 The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood 1985 Canadian English
13340 Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks 2011 Australian English
471 Waiting for the Barbarians J. M. Coetzee 1980 South African English
9830 Sea of Poppies Amitav Ghosh 2008 Indian English
13340 River Of Smoke Amitav Ghosh 2011 Indian English
13772 Flood Of Fire Amitav Ghosh 2015 Indian English
10828 The Sand Child Tahar Ben Jelloun 1985 Moroccan French
1037 The Woman Warrior Maxine Hong Kingston 1976 American English
4740 Tell Me How It Ends Valeria Luiselli 2017 Mexican English
260 Song of Solomon Toni Morrison 1977 American English
49 Beloved Toni Morrison 1987 American English
223 A House for Mr. Biswas V. S. Naipaul 1961 Trinidadian English
11502 State Of Wonder Ann Patchett 2011 American English
64 Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie 1981 Indian English
11131 Imaginary Homelands Salman Rushdie 1991 British English
1529 Orientalism Edward W. Said 1978 Palestinian English
516 Season of Migration to the North Al-Tayyib Salih 1966 Sudanese Arabic
1752 Men We Reaped Jesmyn Ward 2013 American English