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ⓘ About Hisham Matar
Hisham Matar is a bestselling literary fiction author from the United States that is best known for his blockbuster novel “The Return.” The author was born to Libyan immigrants in New York and lived in Cairo and Tripoli as a child and spent much of his adult life in London. He penned “In the Country of Men” his debut work in 2006 and this work would win numerous prizes on the international stage and make the shortlist for prestigious prizes such as the First Book Award by the Guardian and the Man Booker Prize. In 2016, he published The Return his prize-winning memoir that won all manner of awards. The work won the Geschwister Scholl Prize in Germany, the Best First Biography Prize by The Slightly Foxed, the Rathbones Folio Prize, the Pulitzer in 2017.
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Who is Hisham Matar?
Hisham Matar is a bestselling literary fiction author from the United States that is best known for his blockbuster novel “The Return.” The author was born to Libyan immigrants in New York and lived in Cairo and Tripoli as a child and spent much of his adult life in London. He penned “In the Country of Men” his debut work in 2006 and this work would win numerous prizes on the international stage and make the shortlist for prestigious prizes such as the First Book Award by the Guardian and the Man Booker Prize. In 2016, he published The Return his prize-winning memoir that won all manner of awards.
Which Hisham Matar series should I start with?
Hisham Matar's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is In the Country of Men (2006).
How many books has Hisham Matar written?
Hisham Matar has 6 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2006 and 2024. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Non-Fiction and Anthologies.
In what order should Hisham Matar's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 6 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Hisham Matar's books organised into series?
This guide splits Hisham Matar's 6 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (3 books); Non-Fiction (2 books); Anthologies (1 book).