Refugees & asylum seekers in fiction

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My Friends

Hisham Matar

An intensely moving novel about three friends living in political exile and the emotional homeland that deep friendships can provide - from the Booker-shortlisted, Pulitzer prize-winning author

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Hyper

Agri Ismail

The captivating and immersive story of a Kurdish family torn apart by migration set against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis

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On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

Brilliant, heartbreaking and highly original, Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling.  

$22.99

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Foreign Soil

Maxine Beneba Clarke

In this collection of award-winning stories, Melbourne writer Maxine Beneba Clarke has given a voice to the disenfranchised, the lost, the downtrodden and the mistreated.

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Zenobia

Morten Dürr,Lars Horneman

When the Syrian war reaches Amina’s village she’s forced to escape, and during her perilous journey she thinks of the brave warrior Zenobia to remind her to stay strong.

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Exit West

Mohsin Hamid

Traditonal Chinese version of Exit West, a novel about migration and mutation, full of wormholes and rips in reality, begins as it mostly doesn’t go on.

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What Strange Paradise

Omar El Akkad

For fans of Exit West and The Underground Railroad and from the widely acclaimed author of American War comes a profoundly moving novel examining the global refugee crisis through a…

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Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

A victorian epic transplanted to Japan, following a Korean family of immigrants through eight decades and four generations.     

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Stalingrad

Vasily Grossman

It is tender, epic, and a testament to the power of the human spirit.‘You will not only discover that you love his characters and want to stay with them -…

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Between Us

Clare Atkins

Winner of the CBCA Book of the Year Award for Older Readers 2019. Ana’s in a detention centre and Jono’s life is spiralling out of control. Can their growing romance…

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The Refugees

Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Refugees is a collection of perfectly formed stories written over a period of twenty years, exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family.

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On The Java Ridge

Jock Serong

A literary novel about politics and seeking asylum, with the pace and tension of a political thriller. Plus some of the most compelling writing about the sea since Patrick O'Brian.

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Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Madeleine Thien

Written with exquisite intimacy, wit and moral complexity, Do Not Say We Have Nothing magnificently brings to life one of the most significant political regimes of the 20th century and…

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The World That We Knew

Alice Hoffman

In Berlin in 1941 during humanity’s darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers…

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