Afghanistan in Literature

1.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,561 ratings
2.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,401,833 ratings
3.
The Bookseller of Kabul
The Bookseller of Kabul 3.77 avg rating — 56,002 ratings
4.
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 — 358,687 ratings
5.
And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed 4.08 avg rating — 395,436 ratings
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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
7.
Swallows of Kabul
Swallows of Kabul 3.69 avg rating — 11,923 ratings
8.
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell 4.19 avg rating — 51,209 ratings
9.
The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)
The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 30,932 ratings
10.
Caravans
Caravans 4.12 avg rating — 9,205 ratings
11.
The Places in Between
The Places in Between 3.98 avg rating — 20,031 ratings
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The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe 3.76 avg rating — 18,160 ratings
13.
Ibil
Ibil 4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan 3.85 avg rating — 17,061 ratings
15.
My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story
My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story
by: Latifa
3.83 avg rating — 3,795 ratings
16.
The Patience Stone
The Patience Stone 3.70 avg rating — 6,889 ratings
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The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky
The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky 3.99 avg rating — 2,401 ratings
18.
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 — 13,991 ratings
19.
Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom
Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom
by: Zoya
3.96 avg rating — 1,632 ratings
20.
Sikander
Sikander 3.87 avg rating — 254 ratings
21.
Bullets and Train
Bullets and Train 4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings
22.
Khost
Khost 3.71 avg rating — 113 ratings
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Born Under a Million Shadows
Born Under a Million Shadows 4.03 avg rating — 3,663 ratings
24.
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush 3.96 avg rating — 6,855 ratings
25.
A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice
A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice 3.99 avg rating — 1,477 ratings
26.
The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King 3.69 avg rating — 12,929 ratings
27.
A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan
A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan 3.86 avg rating — 856 ratings
28.
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
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Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia 4.03 avg rating — 38,918 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 — 18,330 ratings
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The Scriptwriter
The Scriptwriter 4.35 avg rating — 31 ratings
32.
A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story
A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story 4.44 avg rating — 4,321 ratings
33.
Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner, #2)
Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 9,884 ratings
34.
A Cup of Friendship
A Cup of Friendship 3.67 avg rating — 30,378 ratings
35.
Earth and Ashes
Earth and Ashes 3.63 avg rating — 2,119 ratings
36.
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan 4.05 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
37.
Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes to Weep
Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes to Weep 4.18 avg rating — 2,006 ratings
38.
The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan
The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan 3.87 avg rating — 1,335 ratings
39.
The Wasted Vigil
The Wasted Vigil 3.72 avg rating — 1,994 ratings
40.
The Afghan Campaign
The Afghan Campaign 4.01 avg rating — 4,980 ratings
41.
Lie Down with Lions
Lie Down with Lions 3.92 avg rating — 23,194 ratings
42.
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan 4.15 avg rating — 8,711 ratings
43.
Words in the Dust
Words in the Dust 4.04 avg rating — 3,091 ratings
44.
Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 15,646 ratings
45.
Mud City (The Breadwinner, #3)
Mud City (The Breadwinner, #3) 3.98 avg rating — 5,416 ratings
46.
The Photographer
The Photographer 4.31 avg rating — 3,989 ratings
47.
Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History
Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History 4.06 avg rating — 1,379 ratings
47.
Games Without Rules: The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan
Games Without Rules: The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan 4.38 avg rating — 1,592 ratings
49.
Princess Sultana's Daughters
Princess Sultana's Daughters 3.91 avg rating — 12,502 ratings
50.
Dear Zari: The Secret Lives of the Women of Afghanistan
Dear Zari: The Secret Lives of the Women of Afghanistan 4.20 avg rating — 1,307 ratings
51.
The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future
The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future 4.14 avg rating — 2,735 ratings
52.
Love in a Torn Land: Joanna of Kurdistan: The True Story of a Freedom Fighter's Escape from Iraqi Vengeance
Love in a Torn Land: Joanna of Kurdistan: The True Story of a Freedom Fighter's Escape from Iraqi Vengeance really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,806 ratings
53.
Princess Sultana's Circle
Princess Sultana's Circle really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,760 ratings
54.
The Mulberry Empire
The Mulberry Empire 3.36 avg rating — 404 ratings
55.
Shooting Kabul
Shooting Kabul 3.94 avg rating — 5,759 ratings
56.
My Life with the Taliban
My Life with the Taliban 3.86 avg rating — 510 ratings
57.
Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan: The Martyr Who Founded RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan: The Martyr Who Founded RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan 4.15 avg rating — 356 ratings
58.
The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban
The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban 3.92 avg rating — 746 ratings
59.
The Wandering Falcon
The Wandering Falcon 3.53 avg rating — 3,164 ratings
60.
Under the Persimmon Tree
Under the Persimmon Tree 3.64 avg rating — 1,429 ratings
61.
For the Love of a Son: One Afghan Woman's Quest for Her Stolen Child
For the Love of a Son: One Afghan Woman's Quest for Her Stolen Child 3.98 avg rating — 2,169 ratings
62.
The Afghan
The Afghan 3.76 avg rating — 14,827 ratings
63.
Khyber Run
Khyber Run 3.74 avg rating — 70 ratings
64.
A Journey through Afghanistan
A Journey through Afghanistan 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings
65.
Prisoners of Hope: The Story of Our Captivity and Freedom in Afghanistan
Prisoners of Hope: The Story of Our Captivity and Freedom in Afghanistan 3.99 avg rating — 1,579 ratings
66.
Sutherland's Rules
Sutherland's Rules 4.15 avg rating — 33 ratings
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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
68.
The Minaret of Djam: An Excursion in Afghanistan
The Minaret of Djam: An Excursion in Afghanistan 3.48 avg rating — 48 ratings
69.
Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban
Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban 3.91 avg rating — 1,245 ratings
70.
The Kite Runner: Graphic Novel
The Kite Runner: Graphic Novel 4.45 avg rating — 23,305 ratings
71.
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
72.
In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan
In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan 3.86 avg rating — 1,342 ratings
73.
Thunder Over Kandahar
Thunder Over Kandahar 3.86 avg rating — 711 ratings
74.
A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear
A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear 3.31 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
75.
Three Women of Herat: A Memoir of Life, Love and Friendship in Afghanistan
Three Women of Herat: A Memoir of Life, Love and Friendship in Afghanistan 4.07 avg rating — 89 ratings
76.
The Forever War
The Forever War 4.13 avg rating — 11,315 ratings
76.
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
78.
The Lost Valley of Iskander
The Lost Valley of Iskander 3.91 avg rating — 184 ratings
78.
Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan
Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan 4.19 avg rating — 1,058 ratings
80.
Samira and Samir
Samira and Samir 3.55 avg rating — 963 ratings
81.
Farishta
Farishta 3.68 avg rating — 505 ratings
82.
War
War 4.25 avg rating — 23,756 ratings
83.
Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story
Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story 3.86 avg rating — 351 ratings
84.
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia 3.98 avg rating — 4,735 ratings
85.
The Last Kestrel
The Last Kestrel 3.73 avg rating — 261 ratings
85.
An American Bride in Kabul
An American Bride in Kabul 3.36 avg rating — 1,713 ratings
87.
Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan
Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan
by: Ann Jones
3.85 avg rating — 413 ratings
88.
The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan
The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan 3.95 avg rating — 742 ratings
89.
The Book of Spies (Judd Ryder & Eva Blake, #1)
The Book of Spies (Judd Ryder & Eva Blake, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 2,004 ratings
90.
Son of the White Wolf
Son of the White Wolf 3.74 avg rating — 109 ratings
91.
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
91.
Freshta
Freshta 4.15 avg rating — 275 ratings
91.
Silent Trees: A Novel of Afghanistan
Silent Trees: A Novel of Afghanistan 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
91.
Crossfire (Nick Stone #10)
Crossfire (Nick Stone #10) 4.03 avg rating — 1,951 ratings
91.
The Journalist: Attack on the Central Intelligence Agency
The Journalist: Attack on the Central Intelligence Agency 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings
91.
A House Without Windows
A House Without Windows really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14,976 ratings
91.
Mahtab's Story
Mahtab's Story 3.58 avg rating — 423 ratings
91.
The Honey Thief
The Honey Thief 3.90 avg rating — 403 ratings
91.
Silent Hearts
Silent Hearts 3.93 avg rating — 936 ratings
91.
This Shall Be a House of Peace
This Shall Be a House of Peace 4.09 avg rating — 80 ratings
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