Books about Iran
1. 
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by:
Marjane Satrapi
4.27 avg rating — 224,931 ratings 
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Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran
by:
Azadeh Moaveni
3.70 avg rating — 4,726 ratings 
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Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran
by:
Afschineh Latifi
4.06 avg rating — 551 ratings 16. 
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
by:
Firoozeh Dumas
3.84 avg rating — 27,112 ratings 17. 
Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran
by:
Azadeh Moaveni
3.79 avg rating — 1,927 ratings 18. 
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Nylon Road: A Graphic Memoir of Coming of Age in Iran
by:
Parsua Bashi
3.42 avg rating — 448 ratings 
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Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran
by:
Roya Hakakian
3.77 avg rating — 1,205 ratings 29. 
Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad
by:
Firoozeh Dumas
3.80 avg rating — 4,290 ratings 
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The Temporary Bride: A Memoir of Love and Food in Iran
by:
Jennifer Klinec
3.54 avg rating — 918 ratings 
30. 
Der Kern der Sache - Fabeln und Erzählungen aus dem Persischen
by:
Mehdi Azar Yazdi
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
30. 
Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
by:
Adib Khorram
4.23 avg rating — 36,261 ratings 
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Socialism's Ignored Success: Iranian Islamic Socialism
by:
Ramin Mazaheri
3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings 
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The Root of Wild Madder: Chasing the History, Mystery, and Lore of the Persian Carpet
by:
Brian Murphy
3.74 avg rating — 198 ratings 45. 
A Little Prince in the Land of the Mullahs: The True Story of a Teenager Who Stood Up to the Mullahs' Regime in Iran
by:
Summer Harman
4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings 45. 
Journey of the Magi: Travels in Search of the Birth of Jesus; New Edition 3.92 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolution 4.13 avg rating — 1,900 ratings
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Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith
by:
J.E. Esslemont
4.30 avg rating — 360 ratings 
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Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival
by:
Maziar Bahari
4.11 avg rating — 4,544 ratings 
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Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures: Ancient Persia (Gladstone Comic Album Series No. 10)
by:
Carl Barks
4.38 avg rating — 60 ratings 
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175 Years of Persecution: A History of the Babis and Baha'is of Iran
by:
Fereydun Vahman
4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings 66. 
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
by:
Tom Holland
4.17 avg rating — 11,230 ratings 
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The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life
by:
Jasmin Darznik
3.95 avg rating — 3,718 ratings 
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Two Wings of a Nightingale: Persian Soul, Islamic Heart
by:
Jill Worrall
3.30 avg rating — 71 ratings 
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Awakening: A History of the Babi and Baha'i Faiths in Nayriz
by:
Hussein Ahdieh
4.75 avg rating — 20 ratings 85. 
After Thermopylae: The Oath of Plataea and the End of the Graeco-Persian Wars
by:
Paul Cartledge
3.78 avg rating — 82 ratings 
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Release the Sun: The Story of the Bab, Prophet Herald of the Baha'i Faith, and the Extraordinary Time in Which He Lived
by:
William Sears
4.58 avg rating — 130 ratings 
91. 
Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History 3.87 avg rating — 14,311 ratings
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The Baha'i Communities Of Iran, 1851-1921: Volume 1: The North of Iran
by:
Moojan Momen
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 
95. 
Farangi Girl Growing Up in Iran: A Daughter's Story
by:
Ashley Dartnell
4.14 avg rating — 192 ratings 
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City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran
by:
Ramita Navai
3.95 avg rating — 3,120 ratings 98. 
The Knight, the Princess, and the Magic Rock: A Classic Persian Tale
by:
Sara Azizi
3.28 avg rating — 57 ratings 100. 