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You may want to read more about Afghanistan or kite fighting. This book list has been adapted from Eastern Connecticut's One Book One Region program for the Iowa City Public Library.

ADULT FICTION

Title	Author	Year
Earth and Ashes	Atiq Rahimi	2002
Kabul: A Novel	M. E. Hirsh	1985
Lie Down with Lions	Ken Follett	1986
The Mulberry Empire: or The Two Virtuous Journeys of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan	Philip Hensher	2002
The Swallows of Kabul: A Novel	Yasmina Khadra	2004
The Warlord's Son	Dan Fesperman	2004
Winter in Kandahar	Steven E. Wilson	2003

ADULT NON-FICTION

Title	Author	Year
Afghanistan	Laurel Corona	2002
Afghanistan	Miriam Greenblatt	2003
Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics	Martin Ewans	2002
The Bookseller of Kabul	Asne Seierstad	2003
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History	George Crile	2003
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001	Steve Coll	2004
The Hunt for Bin Laden: Task Force Dagger	Robin Moore	2003
The Lion's Grave: Dispatches from Afghanistan	Jon Lee Anderson	2002
My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story	Latifa	2001
Prisoners of Hope: The Story of Our Captivity and Freedom in Afghanistan	Dayna Curry	2002
Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan	Michael Griffin	2001
The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage through Afghanistan	Christina Lamb	2002
Storyteller's Daughter	Saira Shah	2003
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan	Jason Elliot	2001
Veiled Courage: Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance	Cheryl Benard	2002
West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story	Tamim Ansary	2002
Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom	Zoya	2002

CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT FICTION

Title	Author	Year
The Breadwinner	Deborah Ellis	2000
The Kite Fighters	Linda Sue Park	2000
Mud City	Deborah Ellis	2003
Parvana's Journey	Deborah Ellis	2002

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