Books Set in the -stan Countries

1.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,172 ratings
2.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,749 ratings
3.
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
4.
Jamilia
Jamilia 3.89 avg rating — 9,620 ratings
5.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,714 ratings
6.
The Bookseller of Kabul
The Bookseller of Kabul 3.77 avg rating — 56,008 ratings
7.
Kim
Kim 3.70 avg rating — 39,387 ratings
8.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist 3.73 avg rating — 82,635 ratings
9.
Ibil
Ibil 4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings
10.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating — 612,711 ratings
11.
Swallows of Kabul
Swallows of Kabul 3.69 avg rating — 11,926 ratings
12.
Apples Are from Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared
Apples Are from Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared 4.02 avg rating — 1,309 ratings
13.
Sikander
Sikander 3.87 avg rating — 254 ratings
14.
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu, #1)
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 7,285 ratings
15.
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
16.
The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan 4.11 avg rating — 13,994 ratings
17.
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan 4.05 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
18.
The Places in Between
The Places in Between 3.98 avg rating — 20,032 ratings
19.
The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)
The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 30,935 ratings
20.
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil 3.67 avg rating — 25,606 ratings
21.
The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King 3.69 avg rating — 12,930 ratings
22.
Shadow of the Silk Road
Shadow of the Silk Road 3.79 avg rating — 4,365 ratings
23.
Khost
Khost 3.71 avg rating — 113 ratings
24.
And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed 4.08 avg rating — 395,466 ratings
25.
The Mulberry Empire
The Mulberry Empire 3.36 avg rating — 404 ratings
26.
Haveli (Shabanu, #2)
Haveli (Shabanu, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 2,194 ratings
27.
Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner, #2)
Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 9,885 ratings
28.
Shooting Kabul
Shooting Kabul 3.94 avg rating — 5,760 ratings
29.
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan 4.35 avg rating — 4,901 ratings
30.
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 4.31 avg rating — 18,331 ratings
31.
Caravans
Caravans 4.12 avg rating — 9,205 ratings
32.
Train to Pakistan
Train to Pakistan 3.94 avg rating — 31,232 ratings
33.
The Lost Heart of Asia
The Lost Heart of Asia 3.88 avg rating — 1,569 ratings
34.
A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road
A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road 4.05 avg rating — 781 ratings
35.
Shame
Shame 3.87 avg rating — 12,962 ratings
36.
Wanting Mor
Wanting Mor 3.92 avg rating — 1,218 ratings
37.
The Sandalwood Box: Folk Tales from Tadzhikistan
The Sandalwood Box: Folk Tales from Tadzhikistan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
38.
The Patience Stone
The Patience Stone 3.70 avg rating — 6,889 ratings
39.
Hurramabad
Hurramabad 3.51 avg rating — 88 ratings
40.
Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History
Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History 4.06 avg rating — 1,379 ratings
41.
The Dust of Empire: The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland
The Dust of Empire: The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland 3.76 avg rating — 132 ratings
42.
A Kazakh Teacher's Story: Surviving the Silent Steppe
A Kazakh Teacher's Story: Surviving the Silent Steppe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
43.
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
44.
The Silent Steppe: The Memoir of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin
The Silent Steppe: The Memoir of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin 4.02 avg rating — 214 ratings
45.
The Scriptwriter
The Scriptwriter 4.35 avg rating — 31 ratings
46.
Performance Anomalies
Performance Anomalies 3.65 avg rating — 168 ratings
46.
Bullets and Train
Bullets and Train 4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings
48.
Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics
Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics 3.51 avg rating — 363 ratings
49.
Cracking India
Cracking India 3.85 avg rating — 5,867 ratings
49.
Life at the Edge of the Empire: Oral Histories of Soviet Kyrgyzstan
Life at the Edge of the Empire: Oral Histories of Soviet Kyrgyzstan 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings
51.
Romance Quartet
Romance Quartet 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings
52.
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
53.
The Railway
The Railway 3.25 avg rating — 236 ratings
53.
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush 3.96 avg rating — 6,855 ratings
53.
Saving Kabul Corner
Saving Kabul Corner 3.78 avg rating — 402 ratings
56.
Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle
Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle 4.07 avg rating — 4,433 ratings
56.
Ticket to India
Ticket to India 3.82 avg rating — 316 ratings
58.
The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years
The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years 4.33 avg rating — 7,899 ratings
58.
The Breadwinner Trilogy (The Breadwinner, #1-3)
The Breadwinner Trilogy (The Breadwinner, #1-3) 4.30 avg rating — 2,501 ratings
60.
A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan
A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan 3.99 avg rating — 156 ratings
60.
Words in the Dust
Words in the Dust 4.04 avg rating — 3,091 ratings
62.
Thinner Than Skin
Thinner Than Skin 3.34 avg rating — 206 ratings
63.
Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story
Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story 3.89 avg rating — 114 ratings
64.
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
65.
The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion
The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion 3.90 avg rating — 181 ratings
66.
The Bargain from the Bazaar: A Family's Day of Reckoning in Lahore
The Bargain from the Bazaar: A Family's Day of Reckoning in Lahore 3.60 avg rating — 114 ratings
67.
Life Along the Silk Road
Life Along the Silk Road 3.71 avg rating — 499 ratings
68.
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
69.
My Name Is Parvana (The Breadwinner, #4)
My Name Is Parvana (The Breadwinner, #4) 4.21 avg rating — 3,350 ratings
70.
The Last Secrets of the Silk Road
The Last Secrets of the Silk Road 3.69 avg rating — 67 ratings
71.
In the City by the Sea
In the City by the Sea 3.33 avg rating — 654 ratings
72.
Tea with the Taliban: Travels in Afghanistan
Tea with the Taliban: Travels in Afghanistan 3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings
73.
Jeegareh Ma
Jeegareh Ma 4.15 avg rating — 39 ratings
74.
Daily Life in Turkmenbashy's Golden Age: A Methodologically Unsound Study of Interactions Between the Tribal Peoples of America and Turkmenistan
Daily Life in Turkmenbashy's Golden Age: A Methodologically Unsound Study of Interactions Between the Tribal Peoples of America and Turkmenistan 3.93 avg rating — 88 ratings
75.
Durchs wilde Kurdistan (Orient Cycle, #2)
Durchs wilde Kurdistan (Orient Cycle, #2)
by: Karl May
3.93 avg rating — 553 ratings
75.
How It Happened
How It Happened 3.82 avg rating — 1,045 ratings
77.
The Storyteller's Daughter: One Woman's Return to Her Lost Homeland
The Storyteller's Daughter: One Woman's Return to Her Lost Homeland 3.82 avg rating — 1,447 ratings
78.
The Taliban Cricket Club
The Taliban Cricket Club 3.87 avg rating — 4,081 ratings
79.
Sacred Horses: Memoirs of a Turkmen Cowboy
Sacred Horses: Memoirs of a Turkmen Cowboy 3.40 avg rating — 40 ratings
80.
The Carpet Wars
The Carpet Wars 4.05 avg rating — 463 ratings
81.
The Corridor of Uncertainty: How Cricket Mended a Torn Nation
The Corridor of Uncertainty: How Cricket Mended a Torn Nation 4.15 avg rating — 52 ratings
81.
This Shall Be a House of Peace
This Shall Be a House of Peace 4.09 avg rating — 80 ratings
83.
Shards of War: Fleeing to & from Uzbekistan
Shards of War: Fleeing to & from Uzbekistan 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
83.
The Tale of Aypi
The Tale of Aypi 3.38 avg rating — 192 ratings
83.
The Border: A Journey Around Russia Through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway and the Northeast Passage
The Border: A Journey Around Russia Through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway and the Northeast Passage 4.40 avg rating — 3,944 ratings
86.
Amal Unbound
Amal Unbound 4.17 avg rating — 18,562 ratings
87.
Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan 4.28 avg rating — 7,722 ratings
88.
Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game & the Race for Empire in Central Asia
Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game & the Race for Empire in Central Asia 3.87 avg rating — 705 ratings
88.
Under the Persimmon Tree
Under the Persimmon Tree 3.64 avg rating — 1,429 ratings
90.
Open Skies: My Life as Afghanistan's First Female Pilot
Open Skies: My Life as Afghanistan's First Female Pilot 4.55 avg rating — 181 ratings
91.
From That Flame: A Novelized Account of the Life, Death, and Legacy of Ahmed Shah Massoud
From That Flame: A Novelized Account of the Life, Death, and Legacy of Ahmed Shah Massoud 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings
92.
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul 3.67 avg rating — 30,380 ratings
92.
Shadow
Shadow 4.22 avg rating — 8,956 ratings
94.
Extra Credit
Extra Credit 3.79 avg rating — 9,248 ratings
94.
Tales Told in Tents: Stories from Central Asia
Tales Told in Tents: Stories from Central Asia 4.10 avg rating — 61 ratings
96.
Troubled Pilgrimage: Passage to Pakistan
Troubled Pilgrimage: Passage to Pakistan 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
97.
Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia 3.86 avg rating — 710 ratings
97.
Opium Season: A Year On The Afghan Frontier
Opium Season: A Year On The Afghan Frontier 3.91 avg rating — 108 ratings
99.
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
99.
Silent Trees: A Novel of Afghanistan
Silent Trees: A Novel of Afghanistan 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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