CITY · ALGERIABooks set in Algiers
36.754, 3.059
6 books · 5 authors · 1942–2025
6 books here
Most-set authors
Assia Djebar (2) · Nydia Hetherington (1) · Abdelouahab Aissaoui (1) · Albert Camus (1) · Claire Messud (1)
Genres
literary fiction (3) · fantasy (1)
Books set here
Set in Algiers (6)
So Vast the Prison
Assia Djebar
post-colonial capital setting
Sycorax
Nydia Hetherington
Sycorax born here, then banished
The Algerian White
Assia Djebar
civil war mourning memoir
The Spartan Court
Abdelouahab Aissaoui
Algiers 1815–1833; five characters across Ottoman and French colonial powers in this IPAF 2020 winner
The Stranger
Albert Camus
main setting
This Strange Eventful History
Claire Messud
Cassar family origins
