Afghanistan: Essential Reading
Here at Books & Books, we are watching the events unfolding in Afghanistan with concern. We see the power of books in supplying community, understanding and a place to turn. From head book buyer Gaël, recommended reads about Afghanistan.
NON-FICTION:
WEST OF KABUL, EAST OF NEW YORK
by Tamim Ansary (Picador, $19)
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DIRECTORATE S
by Steve Coll (Penguin Books, $19)
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GHOST WARS
by Steve Coll (Penguin Books, $22)
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THE FOREVER WAR
by Dexter Filkins (Vintage, $16.95)
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THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS
by Samuel Huntington (Simon & Schuster, $18.99)
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THE AMERICAN WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
by Carter Malkasian (Oxford University Press, $34.95)
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THE UNDERGROUND GIRLS OF KABUL
by Jenny Nordberg (Crown, $18)
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DANCING IN THE MOSQUE
by Homeira Qaderi (Harper Perennial, $17.99)
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THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL
by Åsne Seierstad (Back Bay Books, $17.99)
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ON ALL FRONTS
by Clarissa Ward (Penguin Books, $18)
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AFGHANISTAN PAPERS
by Craig Whitlock (Simon & Schuster, $30)
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FICTION:
GREEN ON BLUE
by Eliot Ackerman (Scribner, $18)
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THE WASTED VIGIL
by Nadeem Aslam (Vintage, $16)
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THE KITE RUNNER
by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Books, $17)
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A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Books, $17)
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