The most popular refugees books of 2020

Books about refugees tell the stories of people forced to flee. War, persecution or disaster drives them from home, and the story follows the dangerous journey and the uncertain welcome. Novels, memoirs and reporting here give names and faces to people too often seen as numbers. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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Fugitive Days
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Fugitive Days

Veronica Post

Published 2020

240 pages

Direct Provision
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Direct Provision

Jacqui O'Riordan, Mike FitzGibbon

Published 2020

960 pages

(Dis)placement
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(Dis)placement

Esteban Rodriguez

Published 2020

65 pages

Mixed Relations
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Mixed Relations

James N. M. B Rugiireheh-Runaku

Published 2020

227 pages

Dog Island
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Dog Island

Philippe Claudel, Euan Cameron

2020 · 2021 edition

288 pages