The Best Books from Afghanistan

Some of the best contemporary literary fiction and non-fiction to come out of Afghanistan, from both Afghan and international authors, and looks at how these books interpret the culture, society and history of this unsettled landscape.

 

US Soldier getting water from little Afghan girl

Modern Afghan authors have opened up their country to the world like never before, but Afghanistan has always had a treasure-trove of rich culture and heritage; it was said in ancient Pashtun texts that if you stretched your leg in Kabul you were in danger of kicking a poet.

Here is the list of popular books - 

 

1. Khaled Hosseini – The Kite Runner
2. Khaled Hosseini – A Thousand Splendid Suns
3. Andrea Busfield – Born Under a Million Shadows
4. Nadeem Aslam – The Wasted Vigil
5. Atiq Rahimi – Earth and Ashes
6. Abdul Salam Zaeef – My Life with the Taliban
7. Jason Elliot – An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan

 

Have you read any book from the above list, or you have read a different one which is not in the list? Tell us in comment, also tell something about this list.