Studies in Gaza’s History and Politics
- Baconi, Tareq. Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance. Stanford University Press, 2018.
- Caridi, Paola. Hamas: From Resistance to Regime. Seven Stories Press, 2023.
- Cobban, Helena. The Palestinian Liberation Organisation: People, Power and Politics. Cambridge University Press, 1984.
- Cobban, Helena, and Rami G. Khouri. Understanding Hamas: And Why That Matters. OR Books, 2024.
- Cook, Catherine, Adam Hanieh, and Adah Kay. Stolen Youth: The Politics of Israel’s Detention of Palestinian Children. Pluto Press, 2004.
- Dalsheim, Joyce. Unsettling Gaza: Secular Liberalism, Radical Religion, and the Israeli Settlement Project. Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Feldman, Ilana. Governing Gaza: Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917-1967. Duke University Press, 2008.
- Feldman, Ilana. Police Encounters: Security and Surveillance in Gaza under Egyptian Rule. Stanford University Press, 2015.
- Filiu, Jean-Pierre. Gaza: A History, trans. John King. Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Giacaman, George, and Dag Jørund Lønning, eds. After Oslo: New Realities, Old Problems. Pluto Press, 1998.
- Gordon, Neve. Israel’s Occupation. University of California Press, 2008.
- Lockman, Zachary, and Joel Beinin, eds. Intifada: The Palestinian Uprising Against Israeli Occupation. South End Press, 1989.
- Nassar, Jamal R., and Roger Heacock, eds. Intifada: Palestine at the Crossroads. Praeger, 1990.
- Pappe, Ilan. The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories. Oneworld Publications, 2017.
- Roy, Sara. Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza: Engaging the Islamist Social Sector. Princeton University Press, 2011.
- Roy, Sara. The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-development. Institute for Palestine Studies, 2016.
- Sayigh, Yezid. Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993. Clarendon Press, 1997.
Governance, Surveillance, and Infrastructure
- Feldman, Ilana. Police Encounters: Security and Surveillance in Gaza under Egyptian Rule. Stanford University Press, 2015.
- Molavi, Shourideh C. Environmental Warfare in Gaza: Colonial Violence and New Landscapes of Resistance. Pluto Press, 2024.
- Roy, Sara. Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza: Engaging the Islamist Social Sector. Princeton University Press, 2011.
- Roy, Sara. The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-development. Institute for Palestine Studies, 2016.
- Zurayk, Rami, and Anne Gough. Control Food, Control People: The Struggle for Food Security in Gaza. Institute for Palestine Studies, 2013.
- Zureik, Elia. Israel's Colonial Project in Palestine: Brutal Pursuit. Routledge, 2015.
Israel’s Wars on Gaza
- Alareer, Refaat, ed. Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine. Just World Books, 2014.
- Chomsky, Noam, and Ilan Pappe. Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on the U.S.-Israeli War on the Palestinians. Haymarket Books, 2010.
- Finkelstein, Norman G. ‘This Time We Went Too Far’: Truth and Consequences of the Gaza Invasion. OR Books, 2010.
- Finkelstein, Norman G. Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom. University of California Press, 2018.
- Horowitz, Adam, Lizzy Ratner, and Philip Weiss, eds. The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict. Nation Books, 2011.
- Khalidi, Rashid. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017. Metropolitan Books, 2020.
- Levy, Gideon. The Punishment of Gaza. Verso Books, 2010.
- Levy, Gideon. The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe. Verso Books, 2024.
- Loewenstein, Antony. The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World. Verso Books, 2023.
- Matar, Dina, and Helga Tawil-Souri, eds. Gaza as Metaphor. Hurst & Company, 2016.
- Molavi, Shourideh C. Environmental Warfare in Gaza: Colonial Violence and New Landscapes of Resistance. Pluto Press, 2024.
Anthologies and Edited Volumes
- Abusalim, Jehad, Jennifer Bing, and Mike Merryman-Lotze, eds. Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire. Haymarket Books, 2022.
- Alareer, Refaat, ed. Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine. Just World Books, 2014.
- Alareer, and Laila El-Haddad, eds. Gaza Unsilenced. Just World Books, 2015.
- Alnaouq, Ahmed, and Pam Bailey, eds. We Are Not Numbers: The Voices of Gaza’s Youth. Olive Branch Press, 2025.
- Al-Zaqzooq, Mohammed, and Mahmoud Alshaer, eds. Letters From Gaza: By the People, From the Year That Has Been. Penguin Random House SEA, 2025.
- Bayoumi, Moustafa. Midnight on the Mavi Marmara: The Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and How It Changed the Course of the Israel/Palestine Conflict. Haymarket Books, 2010.
- Matar, Dina, and Helga Tawil-Souri, eds. Gaza as Metaphor. Hurst & Company, 2016.
Memoirs and Personal Narratives
- Abu Sitta, Salman. Mapping my Return: A Palestinian Memoir. The American University in Cairo Press, 2025.
- Alaqad, Plestia. The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience. Little, Brown and Company, 2025.
- Barber, Brian K. No Way but Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip. Self-published by Brian K. Barber, 2025.
- Baroud, Ramzy. My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story. Pluto Press, 2009.
- El-Haddad, Laila. Gaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting, and Everything in Between. Just World Books, 2010.
- Gilbert, Mads. Night in Gaza. Skyscraper Publications, 2015.
