TREKKING THE 'STANS

1.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,148 ratings
2.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,740 ratings
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Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon 3.95 avg rating — 24,252 ratings
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Kim
Kim 3.70 avg rating — 39,387 ratings
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The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King 3.69 avg rating — 12,930 ratings
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Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,713 ratings
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 550,978 ratings
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time 3.66 avg rating — 358,691 ratings
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The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia 4.33 avg rating — 8,765 ratings
10.
Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet 4.10 avg rating — 25,968 ratings
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Shame
Shame 3.87 avg rating — 12,962 ratings
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Caravans
Caravans 4.12 avg rating — 9,205 ratings
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Sikander
Sikander 3.87 avg rating — 254 ratings
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Khost
Khost 3.71 avg rating — 113 ratings
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The Mulberry Empire
The Mulberry Empire 3.36 avg rating — 404 ratings
16.
And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed 4.08 avg rating — 395,467 ratings
17.
Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River
Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River 4.21 avg rating — 1,786 ratings
18.
A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan
A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan 3.99 avg rating — 156 ratings
19.
Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way 3.72 avg rating — 11,481 ratings
20.
Gentlemen of the Road
Gentlemen of the Road 3.46 avg rating — 14,487 ratings
21.
Durchs wilde Kurdistan (Orient Cycle, #2)
Durchs wilde Kurdistan (Orient Cycle, #2)
by: Karl May
3.93 avg rating — 553 ratings
22.
Letters from a Father to his Daughter
Letters from a Father to his Daughter 3.96 avg rating — 2,747 ratings
23.
Dshamilja
Dshamilja 3.89 avg rating — 9,620 ratings
24.
Die Sonne im Gesicht. Ein Mädchen in Afghanistan.
Die Sonne im Gesicht. Ein Mädchen in Afghanistan. 4.01 avg rating — 30,935 ratings
25.
Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History
Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History 4.02 avg rating — 123 ratings
26.
The Places in Between
The Places in Between 3.98 avg rating — 20,032 ratings
27.
To a Mountain in Tibet
To a Mountain in Tibet 3.62 avg rating — 2,382 ratings
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My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City
My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City 3.98 avg rating — 2,302 ratings
29.
King of the Khyber Rifles
King of the Khyber Rifles 3.69 avg rating — 247 ratings
30.
The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion
The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion 3.90 avg rating — 181 ratings
31.
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia 4.16 avg rating — 1,528 ratings
32.
Turn Left at Lenin’s Statue: Travels in Central Asia
Turn Left at Lenin’s Statue: Travels in Central Asia 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
33.
Does it Yurt? Travels in Central Asia Or How I Came to Love the Stans
Does it Yurt? Travels in Central Asia Or How I Came to Love the Stans 3.66 avg rating — 44 ratings
34.
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 4.19 avg rating — 8,405 ratings
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The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842
The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 94 ratings
36.
The Breadwinner Trilogy (The Breadwinner, #1-3)
The Breadwinner Trilogy (The Breadwinner, #1-3) 4.30 avg rating — 2,501 ratings
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Mahtab's Story
Mahtab's Story 3.58 avg rating — 423 ratings
38.
My Tibet
My Tibet 4.49 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia 3.98 avg rating — 4,736 ratings
39.
Earth and Ashes
Earth and Ashes 3.63 avg rating — 2,119 ratings
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High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest
High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest 4.15 avg rating — 1,539 ratings
41.
Afghan Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia
Afghan Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia 3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
43.
Der Fundamentalist, der keiner sein wollte
Der Fundamentalist, der keiner sein wollte 3.73 avg rating — 82,635 ratings
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In Exile from the Land of Snows: The Definitive Account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Conquest
In Exile from the Land of Snows: The Definitive Account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Conquest 4.18 avg rating — 270 ratings
45.
Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History
Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History 4.06 avg rating — 1,379 ratings
46.
Georgia: In the Mountains of Poetry
Georgia: In the Mountains of Poetry 4.23 avg rating — 176 ratings
47.
The Naked Mountain
The Naked Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 815 ratings
48.
Mein Leben am Limit
Mein Leben am Limit 3.80 avg rating — 868 ratings
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Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story
Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story 3.89 avg rating — 114 ratings
50.
Shadow of the Silk Road
Shadow of the Silk Road 3.79 avg rating — 4,365 ratings
51.
Absurdistan
Absurdistan 3.32 avg rating — 13,867 ratings
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Empire of the Eagle
Empire of the Eagle 3.25 avg rating — 111 ratings
51.
Making Friends Among the Taliban: A Peacemaker's Journey in Afghanistan
Making Friends Among the Taliban: A Peacemaker's Journey in Afghanistan 3.80 avg rating — 82 ratings
51.
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan 4.05 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
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The Disobedient Wife
The Disobedient Wife 4.28 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Ode to Odin
Ode to Odin 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
57.
Imperial Lady: A Fantasy of Han China
Imperial Lady: A Fantasy of Han China 4.07 avg rating — 467 ratings
57.
Shooting Kabul
Shooting Kabul 3.94 avg rating — 5,760 ratings
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Sulha
Sulha 3.81 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Words in the Dust
Words in the Dust 4.04 avg rating — 3,091 ratings
61.
The Kite Runner: Graphic Novel
The Kite Runner: Graphic Novel 4.45 avg rating — 23,308 ratings
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The Patience Stone
The Patience Stone 3.70 avg rating — 6,889 ratings
63.
Joe and Azat
Joe and Azat 3.51 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Walking in the Caucasus - Georgia
Walking in the Caucasus - Georgia 3.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Georgia: A Rebel in the Caucasus
Georgia: A Rebel in the Caucasus 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Stories I Stole
Stories I Stole 3.82 avg rating — 306 ratings
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The Lost Heart of Asia
The Lost Heart of Asia 3.88 avg rating — 1,569 ratings
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Opstandland: De strijd om Afghanistan, Pakistan en Kasjmir
Opstandland: De strijd om Afghanistan, Pakistan en Kasjmir
by: Gie Goris
3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings
69.
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama 4.17 avg rating — 6,624 ratings
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Nach Afghanistan Kommt Gott Nur Noch Zum Weinen - Die Geschichte Der Shirin Gol
Nach Afghanistan Kommt Gott Nur Noch Zum Weinen - Die Geschichte Der Shirin Gol 4.18 avg rating — 2,006 ratings
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On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire
On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire 4.26 avg rating — 783 ratings
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Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence
Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence 3.68 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Out of This World
Out of This World 4.16 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Descent into Chaos: The United States & the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan & Central Asia
Descent into Chaos: The United States & the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan & Central Asia 3.95 avg rating — 2,624 ratings
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Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present
Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present 3.59 avg rating — 781 ratings
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Everest : Expedition to the Ultimate
Everest : Expedition to the Ultimate 3.94 avg rating — 537 ratings
77.
The Crystal Horizon: Everest-The First Solo Ascent
The Crystal Horizon: Everest-The First Solo Ascent 4.02 avg rating — 989 ratings
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Solo: Nanga Parbat
Solo: Nanga Parbat 4.11 avg rating — 323 ratings
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The Minaret of Djam: An Excursion in Afghanistan
The Minaret of Djam: An Excursion in Afghanistan 3.48 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics
Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics 3.51 avg rating — 363 ratings
81.
Afghanistan and Central Asia
Afghanistan and Central Asia 2.32 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Religions of the Silk Road: Overland Trade and Cultural Exchange from Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century
Religions of the Silk Road: Overland Trade and Cultural Exchange from Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century 3.81 avg rating — 191 ratings
82.
Britain and Russia in Central Asia, 1880-1907
Britain and Russia in Central Asia, 1880-1907 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Life Along the Silk Road
Life Along the Silk Road 3.71 avg rating — 499 ratings
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Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World
Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World 3.67 avg rating — 61 ratings