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
2201 Arch Of Triumph Erich Maria Remarque 1945 German German
2227 Exit West Mohsin Hamid 2017 Pakistani English
2847 What Is the What Dave Eggers 2006 American English
3953 Farewell Anatolia Dido Sotiriou 1962 Greek Greek
4553 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr 1971 German English
4828 Patterns of Childhood Christa Wolf 1976 German German
5926 Go Went Gone Jenny Erpenbeck 2015 German German
6119 The Best We Could Do Thi Bui 2017 American English
6697 Landscapes After the Battle Juan Goytisolo 1982 Spanish Spanish
7215 Hermann And Dorothea Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1797 German German
7737 No Turning Back Rania Abouzeid 2018 Unknown English
7880 Safe Area Joe Sacco 2000 American English
8379 American War Omar El Akkad 2017 Canadian English
9798 No Friend But The Mountains Behrouz Boochani 2018 Unknown Persian
10818 Salt To The Sea Ruta Sepetys 2016 American English
11641 Silence Is A Sense Layla AlAmmar 2021 Unknown English
12023 Cafe Scheherazade Arnold Zable 2001 Australian English
12072 The Afghans Asne Seierstad, Seán Kinsella 2022 Norwegian English
13150 The New Carthaginians Nick Makoha 2025 Ugandan English
13266 Burmese Looking Glass Edith Mirante 1993 American English
13599 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
14876 War In Val D'orcia Iris Origo 1947 Italian English
14983 The Great Partition Yasmin Khan 2007 British English
15583 Belgium; A Personal Narrative Brand Whitlock 1919 American English
17117 Live Bodies Maurice Gee 1998 New Zealander English
17117 Baumgartner’s Bombay Anita Desai 1988 Indian English
17117 Palestine Joe Sacco 1993 American English
17117 Europe In Winter Dave Hutchinson 2016 British English
17117 The Blood Telegram Gary J. Bass 2013 American English
17117 I Was A Stranger Sir John Winthrop Hackett 1977 Irish Unknown
17117 Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008 British English
17117 My Fourth Time, We Drowned Sally Hayden 2022 Irish English
17117 Refugee Alan Gratz 2017 American English
17080 Pied Piper Nevil Shute 1942 British English
17117 Voyage Of The Damned Frances White 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do 2010 Australian English
16812 Flotsam Erich Maria Remarque 1939 German German