Libya Book List

al-Koni, Ibrahim. The bleeding of the stone (2002)

al-Koni, Ibrahim. The seven veils of Seth: a modern Arabic novel from Libya (2008)

al-Gaddafi, Muammar. The green book (1975)

Chorin, Ethan. Translating Libya: the modern Libyan short story (2008)

DeMille, Nelson. The Lion’s Game (2000)

Di Vita, Antonio, et al. Libya: the lost cities of the Roman Empire (1999)

Fagih, Ahmed, editor. Libyan stories: twelve short stories from Libya (2000)

First, Ruth. Libya: the elusive revolution (1974)

Herodotus. The histories (c. 430 BCE) (in part)

Holmboe, Knud.  Desert encounter (1937)

Kohl, Ines. Beautiful modern nomads: bordercrossing Tuareg between Niger, Algeria and Libya (2009)

Martinez, Luis. The Libyan paradox (2007)

Matar, Hisham. In the country of men (2007)

Mattawa, Khaled. Ismailia eclipse: poems (1995)

Ronen, Yehudit. Qaddafi’s Libya in world politics (2008)

St. John, Ronald Bruce. Historical dictionary of Libya (1998)

St. John, Ronald Bruce. Libya: from colony to independence (2008)

St. John, Ronald Bruce. Libya and the United States: two centuries of strife (2002)

Vandewalle, Dirk. A history of modern Libya (2006)

Ward, Phillip.  Touring Libya: the Eastern provinces (1969)

Ward, Phillip.  Touring Libya: the Western provinces (1967)

Ward, Phillip.  Tripoli: portrait of a city (1965)