Refugee collection
Refugee Week is marked in June in the UK. Find out more on the Refugee Week website.
To borrow a book please search the library catalogue, reserve or request a copy online, or contact your local library to reserve or request books by phone, email or in person.
Refugee collection (Books for Adults)
Fiction
- Spring by Ali Smith
- Travellers: A Novel by Helen Habila
- The End of Time by Gavin Extence
- From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan
- The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
Non-fiction
- We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai
- The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clementine Wamirya
- The Lightness Sky: My Journey to Safety as a Refugee Child by Gulwali Passarlay
- The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri
Refugee collection (Books for Children)
Fiction
- Refugee by Anne Booth
- The Day War Came by Nicola Davies
- Wisp: A Story of Hope by Zana Frallion
- Red Leaves by Sita Brahmachari
- The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf
- Home Ground by Alan Gibbons
- The Suitcase by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
- No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton
- Me and My Fear by Francesca Sanna
Further reading
- Refugee Week: book recommendations for 2023
- Books about refugees and asylum seekers (younger children) | BookTrust
- Books about refugees and asylum seekers (older children) | BookTrust
- Books about refugees and asylum seekers (teens) | BookTrust
- War and conflict | BookTrust
- Refugee Week book recommendations, Waterstones
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