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A region that shaped world history, produced some of its most luminous poetry, and somehow stayed off most reading lists. A reading list for anyone who realized they knew almost nothing about/from Central Asia and wanted to fix that. Central Asia includes Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and most of Kazakhstan. Sometimes Afghanistan is also considered a part of it.

Here I will be collecting fiction books written by Central Asian (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan) authors that were published in English—either originally written or translated into English.

I’m on a personal journey of discovering more stories written in or about my homeland (which often intersects with most Turkic cultures especially that are now Central Asia) and would love if others share the joy of reading outside the comfort zone. ✨

a comprehensive list of books from each country in asia including books I want to read and have read! some countries have multiple books listed, but for starters each will have at least 1.

Books from every country for reading around the world challenge (no particular order, I might have missed some, will be updating) Feel free to suggest!

I wanna read more diverse books from all around the world. These are mostly books that play in the same country the author is from. This list is here to help you, if you have the same goal. 🥰

Recommendations are more than welcome. 🙂‍↕️

Books Written by authors from countries outside the US. In a personal quest to read books from authors from around the world, so I thought I would start this list to help others!

Always adding more! Please leave suggestions!