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Khaled Hosseini's Reading List

The author of “And the Mountains Echoed” keeps a handy copy of “I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski: Life, ‘The Big Lebowski,’ and What Have You” on his bookshelf.

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By the Book: Khaled Hosseini (2013)

NYT By the Book column (2013-06-06).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Cover of Poems of Hafez
Hafez · Buy on Amazon
"The collected “Poems of Hafez,” also called “Divan-e-Hafez.” Revered in the Persian-speaking world, Hafez is, for me, the supreme Persian poet. His verses of philosophy, mystical love and bold anti-establishment statements are filled with luxuriant images and magical rhythms that always enchant me."
Tamim Ansary · Buy on Amazon
"“West of Kabul, East of New York,” by Tamim Ansary; “Opium Nation,” by Fariba Nawa; “The Punishment of Virtue,” by Sarah Chayes; “The Sewing Circles of Herat,” by Christina Lamb; “The Patience Stone,” by Atiq Rahimi; “The Places in Between,” by Rory Stewart; “An Unexpected Light,” by Jason Elliot."
Fariba Nawa · Buy on Amazon
"“Opium Nation,” by Fariba Nawa"
Cover of The Punishment of Virtue
Sarah Chayes · Buy on Amazon
"“The Punishment of Virtue,” by Sarah Chayes"
Christina Lamb · Buy on Amazon
"“The Sewing Circles of Herat,” by Christina Lamb"
Atiq Rahimi · Buy on Amazon
"“The Patience Stone,” by Atiq Rahimi"
Rory Stewart · Buy on Amazon
"“The Places in Between,” by Rory Stewart"
Jason Elliot · Buy on Amazon
"“An Unexpected Light,” by Jason Elliot."
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"“I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski: Life, ‘The Big Lebowski,’ and What Have You.” This last book comes, needless to say, with a recipe for a White Russian and is indispensable for fans of the cult classic. But that’s just like my opinion, man."
Cover of The Call of the Wild
Jack London · Buy on Amazon
"My father gave me a Farsi translation of “White Fang” when I was a boy in Kabul circa mid-1970s."
Jack London · Buy on Amazon
"My father gave me a Farsi translation of “White Fang” when I was a boy in Kabul circa mid-1970s."
Cover of The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck · 1939 · Buy on Amazon
"It has been years since I last read it, but the first time I did, in high school, “The Grapes of Wrath” really registered with me. Something about the struggles of the desperate migrant workers reminded me of the struggling people in my homeland of Afghanistan."
Cover of Shahnameh
Ferdowsi · Buy on Amazon
"The tragic Sohrab, the great warrior from Ferdowsi’s 11th-century “Shahnameh” (“The Book of Kings”), one of the crown jewels of classic Persian poetry."
Cover of Watchmen
Alan Moore · Buy on Amazon
"Dr. Manhattan from “Watchmen.”"

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