Belaskri is the author of four novels. His second novel, "Si tu cherches la pluie, elle vient d’en haut", is about the Algerian Civil War of the 1990s. His third novel, "Une longue nuit d’absence", is about pro-republican Spaniards who emigrated to Algeria in 1939. His fourth novel, "Les fils du jour", is based on the immediate aftermath of the French conquest of Algeria of 1830-1847.