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  • Bibliography:
    5 Books
  • First Book:
    May 2017
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Book List in Order: 5 titles



  • On the eve of her daughter Alia’s wedding, Salma reads the girl’s future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children; she also sees travel, and luck. While she chooses to keep her predictions to herself that day...



  • In Tal, a group of friends spends a night by the river. Love and lust and friendship blurs as their all-too-real home lives remain ever-present.“I love these stories for their tight and complex architectures, for their dark corners, and for their w...



  • Wild, lyrical poems that examine the connections between physical and interior migration, from award-winning Palestinian American poet, novelist, and clinical psychologist Hala Alyan, author of Salt Houses.For Hala Alyan, twenty-nine is a year of tra...



  • A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rendering of how we hold on to the people and places we call home The Nasr family is spread across the globe-Beirut, Brooklyn, Austin, the California de...



  • In poem after poem, there is raw emotion, straightforward storytelling, and unapologetic truth.” (NPR) There exists, within [Alyan's] poems, the cacophony that pervades our most intimate of relationships, a glistering sheen covering even the mo...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Hala Alyan has published 5 books.

Hala Alyan does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, You're Not a Girl in a Movie, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Hala Alyan, Salt Houses, was published in May 2017.

No. Hala Alyan does not write books in series.