Peter Mansfield offers an excellent insight into the Arab psyche in The Arabs, which includes a chapter on Tunisia.Crossroads by David Pryce-Jones is a good introduction to the modern Islamic world in general.If you're interested in Roman history, Susan Raven's Rome in Africa provides a solid account of Rome's tussle with Carthage and subsequent conquest of North Africa.Editions Alif has an excellent series of children's pop-up books about life in Tunisia. The only title published in English (and German and French) is A Walk Though an Arab City: The Tunis Medina.Paul Theroux visited Tunisia during his grand tour of the Mediterranean in the early 1990s, which resulted in the book The Pillars of Hercules.Abu el-Kacem el-Chabbi is Tunisia's celebrated national poet, and his poem Will to Live is known by every schoolchild in the country.One Tunisian writer whose works have been translated into English is Mustapha Tlili. His novel Lion Mountain tells the story of the ravages of tourism on remote mountain villages.Tunisian-born Albert Memmi lives in Paris and writes in French about the lives of North African Jews. His widely translated works include Pillar of Salt and Jews and Arabs.Ali Duaji's Sleepless Nights is a collection of short stories and sketches about life in and around Tunis during the first half of the 20th century.