Further Reading on Afghanistan

(Click on titles to see library holding information, read reviews, and see first chapter excerpts)

Fiction

• The Black Tulip by Milton Bearden (1998)
• The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye (1978)
• Refugees by Catherine Stine (2005)
• The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra (2004)
• Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne F. Staples (2005)
• The Warlord's Son by Dan Fesperman (2004)
   

Biography

• Come Back to Afghanistan by Said Hyder Akbar (2005)
• My Forbidden Face by Latifa (2002)
• West of Kabul, East of New York by Mir T. Ansary (2002)
• Zoya's Story by Zoya (2002)
   

Nonfiction

• Afghanistan by Laurel Corona (2002)
• Afghanistan: a short history of its people and politics by Sir Martin Ewans (2002)
• The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad (2003)
• The Lion's Grave by Jon Anderson (2002)
• Love and War in Afghanistan by Alexander Klaits (2005)
• Veiled Courage by Cheryl Benard (2002)
   

Audiobooks

• A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby (1992)
• The Minaret of Djam by Freya Stark (1991)
   

Films

• Afghanistan (1980)
• Kandahar (2003)
• Lie Down with Lions (1996)
• Osama (2004)