Modern Libyan state, independent in 1951 under the Senussi monarchy, later Gaddafi's republic.
The standard history of independent Libya through the Gaddafi era.
Post-1940 Africa including modern Libya (broad context).
Al-Koni's best-known novel, an allegorical tale of Libyan Saharan herders in a broadly contemporary post-independence setting; the setting is somewhat timeless, graded medium.