The Greatest Books of All Time on Refugees

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
1023 Transit Anna Seghers 1944 German German
2202 Arch Of Triumph Erich Maria Remarque 1945 German German
2228 Exit West Mohsin Hamid 2017 Pakistani English
2850 What Is the What Dave Eggers 2006 American English
3954 Farewell Anatolia Dido Sotiriou 1962 Greek Greek
4555 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr 1971 German English
4830 Patterns of Childhood Christa Wolf 1976 German German
5929 Go Went Gone Jenny Erpenbeck 2015 German German
6122 The Best We Could Do Thi Bui 2017 American English
6698 Landscapes After the Battle Juan Goytisolo 1982 Spanish Spanish
7216 Hermann And Dorothea Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1797 German German
7739 No Turning Back Rania Abouzeid 2018 Unknown English
7881 Safe Area Joe Sacco 2000 American English
8382 American War Omar El Akkad 2017 Canadian English
9801 No Friend But The Mountains Behrouz Boochani 2018 Unknown Persian
10825 Salt To The Sea Ruta Sepetys 2016 American English
11643 Silence Is A Sense Layla AlAmmar 2021 Unknown English
12024 Cafe Scheherazade Arnold Zable 2001 Australian English
12073 The Afghans Asne Seierstad, Seán Kinsella 2022 Norwegian English
13153 The New Carthaginians Nick Makoha 2025 Ugandan English
13269 Burmese Looking Glass Edith Mirante 1993 American English
13600 Faux Passeports Charles Plisnier 1937 Belgian French
13971 What We Owe Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde 2017 Swedish English
14138 On Fragile Waves E. Lily Yu 2021 American English
14879 War In Val D'orcia Iris Origo 1947 Italian English
14985 The Great Partition Yasmin Khan 2007 British English
15591 Belgium; A Personal Narrative Brand Whitlock 1919 American English
16621 Flotsam Erich Maria Remarque 1939 German German
17161 Live Bodies Maurice Gee 1998 New Zealander English
17161 Baumgartner’s Bombay Anita Desai 1988 Indian English
17161 Palestine Joe Sacco 1993 American English
17161 Europe In Winter Dave Hutchinson 2016 British English
17161 The Blood Telegram Gary J. Bass 2013 American English
17161 I Was A Stranger Sir John Winthrop Hackett 1977 Irish Unknown
17161 Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008 British English
17161 My Fourth Time, We Drowned Sally Hayden 2022 Irish English
17161 Refugee Alan Gratz 2017 American English
17158 Pied Piper Nevil Shute 1942 British English
17161 Voyage Of The Damned Frances White 2024 Unknown English
17161 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do 2010 Australian English