Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Scar of David / Mornings in Jenin | 2006 | Susan Abulhawa | Buy |
| 2 | The Blue Between Sky and Water | 2015 | Susan Abulhawa | Buy |
| 3 | Against the Loveless World | 2020 | Susan Abulhawa | Buy |
Susan Abulhawa’s three standalone novels form a body of work focused on the Palestinian experience. Mornings in Jenin (2006) spans four generations of a family displaced by the 1948 war. The Blue Between Sky and Water (2015) follows women in a family living between Gaza and exile. Against the Loveless World (2020) centers on a Palestinian-Kuwaiti woman imprisoned by Israel.
Each novel stands alone, but together they create a panoramic portrait of Palestinian life across different times, places, and circumstances. Abulhawa writes with the intimacy of family stories while keeping the larger political context in full view. Her work has been compared to Khaled Hosseini’s for its ability to make history personal and immediate.