Reading the World: Afghanistan

Enjoy my newest lit series ‘Reading the World’, in an attempt to diversify your own reading and broaden horizons I have included a mix of genres. Sensitive topics often lie ahead as history, social and political issues are usually the centre of this writing. Enjoy!

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created by brunel

last updated December, 2025

19 books

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Sparks Like Stars

Nadia Hashimi

Caravans

James A. Michener

The Patience Stone

Atiq Rahimi

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

Ahmed Rashid

The Places in Between

Rory Stewart

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

Steve Coll

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

Greg Mortenson

A House Without Windows

Nadia Hashimi

When the Moon is Low

Nadia Hashimi

The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

Deborah Ellis

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

Nadia Hashimi

And the Mountains Echoed

Khaled Hosseini

The Swallows of Kabul

Yasmina Khadra

The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

Deborah Rodriguez

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

The Bookseller of Kabul

Åsne Seierstad

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan

Jenny Nordberg

Comments

Jihyeon

Hi! I would like to recommend Sparks like Stars by Nadia Hashimi (in hope to not be mistaken in the title or author's name)

brunelOP

That's a great addition! Thank you! Have you read it?

Jihyeon

Yesss as I tried to do a world challenge this was the book for Afghanistan. It was good

brunelOP

Oh amazing! Please, if you have any other for other lists, I'd love to hear them! How did the challenge go?

Jihyeon

Ofc! With pleasure 😊 Well it didn't went that far cause it was during a period where I wasn't and couldn't read much. But your lists made me want to do it again and go the furthest I can.

brunelOP

I’m delighted you found our community helpful! I can’t wait to hear what else you read!!

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