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Author

Omar El Akkad

b. 1982 · Canada

Novelist, Journalist, Writer

Titles on list

1

Total weeks

7

Peak rank

#7

Biography

Born: 1982 · Cairo
Nationality: Canada
Gender: Male
Languages: English
Education: Queen's University

Awards & Honours

2018Ken Kesey Award for Fiction
2021Giller Prize
2025National Book Award for Nonfiction

On the Bestseller Lists

1 title

ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS

Cover of ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS

ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS

#7 · 7 wks

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).

Omar El Akkad (1982) — NYT Bestseller History | The Bestseller Observatory