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Looking for the Enemy: Mullah Omar and the Unknown Taliban by Bette Dam

Looking for the Enemy: Mullah Omar and the Unknown Taliban

Bette Dam

338 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional informative tense slow-paced
The Opium Prince by Jasmine Aimaq

The Opium Prince

Jasmine Aimaq

370 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical mystery thriller emotional mysterious fast-paced
My Pen is the Wing of a Bird by Lucy Hannah

My Pen is the Wing of a Bird

Lucy Hannah

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

12 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
In the Sea There are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari by Fabio Geda

In the Sea There are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari

Fabio Geda

215 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional sad fast-paced
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

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

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

258 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional slow-paced
The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi

The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky

Farah Ahmedi

4 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography memoir emotional hopeful fast-paced
The Sweetness of Tears by Nafisa Haji

The Sweetness of Tears

Nafisa Haji

400 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Raising my Voice: The extraordinary story of the Afghan woman who dares to speak out by Malalai Joya

Raising my Voice: The extraordinary story of the Afghan woman who dares to speak out

Malalai Joya

288 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir politics emotional slow-paced
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez

The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul #1

Deborah Rodriguez

375 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional reflective slow-paced