CITY · LEBANONBooks set in Beirut
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10 books · 7 authors · 1980–2025
10 books here
Most-set authors
Rabih Alameddine (3) · Hanan al-Shaykh (2) · Rawi Hage (1) · Rabee Jaber (1) · Hoda Barakat (1) · Ece Temelkuran (1)
Genres
literary fiction (4)
Books set here
Set in Beirut (6)
Beirut Blues
Hanan al-Shaykh
War-torn West Beirut
The Hakawati
Rabih Alameddine
2003 Beirut, dying patriarch and generations of storytelling
The Story of Zahra
Hanan al-Shaykh
Civil War Beirut
The True Story of Raja the Gullible and His Mother
Rabih Alameddine
Beirut 1960–2023, civil wars, port explosion, gay philosophy teacher
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible
Rabih Alameddine
Raja and his mother's life
Gate of the Sun
Elias Khoury
makeshift hospital, primary narration
Also featuring Beirut (4)
Stray Dogs
Rawi Hage
Beirut civil war — one of the primary settings in global migration stories
The Druze of Belgrade
Rabee Jaber
Beirut 1860; Christian egg vendor Hanna Yacoub is abducted from the port after the Mount Lebanon civil war
The Night Mail
Hoda Barakat
Homeland left behind by the exiled letter-writers whose night letters crisscross the Arab diaspora
Women Who Blow on Knots
Ece Temelkuran
Lebanon showdown finale
Notable locations in Beirut
Port of Beirut1Shatila refugee camp1
Nearby books
The Hakawati
Rabih Alameddine
0 km · Beirut
The Night Mail
Hoda Barakat
0 km · Beirut
The Lovers
Yumna Kassab
1 km · Lebanon
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible
Rabih Alameddine
2 km · Port of Beirut
Gate of the Sun
Elias Khoury
3 km · Shatila refugee camp
The Druze of Belgrade
Rabee Jaber
31 km · Mount Lebanon
Guapa
Saleem Haddad
34 km · Arab World