Discover GEEO’s recommended books to read before you travel to Israel and Palestine. Our book club is a way for travelers to learn through literature about the places they’ll be visiting.
These are some of our favorites about Israel and Palestine, so if you’re heading there, take a look (the GEEO book club is not a required element of our programs, just a bit of added fun)! We hope you will enjoy the books we have selected and they will enhance your experience.
You should be able to find most of our selections through the links below and in your local library system as well. Do you have any feedback on our selections or suggestions for additions? Contact us and let us know!
Recommended books to read before traveling to Israel and Palestine:
Fiction:
- To the End of the Land by David Grossman (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- Strangers with the Same Dream by Alison Pick (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- All the Rivers by Dorit Rabinyan (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
Non-Fiction:
- In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story by Ghada Karmi (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East by Abdel Monem Said Aly, Shai Feldman, and Khalil Shikaki (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
For those looking for more suggestions, here are some other books you may want to consider:
- Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael B. Oren (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- Ally by Michael B. Oren (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- Out of Place by Edward W. Said (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
GEEO utilizes Bookshop.org and Amazon Associates links for the above-suggested books. If you purchase a book through one of the links above, you’re supporting us as a nonprofit and helping more teachers travel through GEEO!