The Bookseller of Kabul
By
Åsne Seierstad
Åsne Seierstad,
Ingrid Christopherson
Ingrid Christopherson(Translator)
2002 • 334 pages

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Religion

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God
The Hare with Amber Eyes
Mornings in Jenin
The God Delusion
Mortality
Letter to a Christian Nation
The Holy Family: A Novel

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Historical

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Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
The Hare with Amber Eyes
Someone Knows My Name
In Memoriam
Hver tiende mann måtte dø - fra konvoifarten under siste verdenskrig
The Complete Maus
The Communist Manifesto

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Afghanistan

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The Bookseller of Kabul
The Afghans: Three lives through war, love and revolt

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38 books

Afghan Lit

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Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
My Life: From Brigand to King : Autobiography of Amir Habibullah
And the Mountains Echoed
Earth and Ashes
The Kite Runner

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Two Under the Indian Sun
Sailing with Mohammed
Beowulf
Slowly Down the Ganges
One Lonely Night
Killer Mine
The Snake

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Travel

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City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
Red Dust: A Path Through China
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
Travelling: An Entertainment
The Wrong Way Home
On The Road To Damascus

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Bio Memoir

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Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work
Legs On Everest : The Full Story Of His Most Remarkable Adventure Yet
Red Dust: A Path Through China
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
My Life
Autobiography of a geisha

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Non Fiction

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Days and Nights in Calcutta
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Infiltrators: Guns Drugs Deception And Murder Duty Calls
Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work

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85 books

Central Asia

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The Sleeping Buddha
THE SEWING CIRCLES OF HERAT. My Afghan Years.
Afghanistan: A Companion and Guide
Taliban
Four Kiwis and a Falcon
Samarkand and Beyond: A History Of Desert Caravans
The Underground Girls Of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys

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20 books

Norwegian Author

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The Ra Expeditions
Early Man and the Ocean: The Beginning of Navigation and Seaborne Civilizations
The Maldive Mystery
Kon-Tiki
The Bookseller of Kabul
A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal
Kon-Tiki and I

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The Shining
Mexican Gothic
Toehold: A Novel
A Prayer For Owen Meany
In a Dry Season
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Best American Travel Writing 2005

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My Library

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Grapes of Wrath
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
Looking for Alaska
Shadow Country
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2026 Priority List

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2015 Reading Challenge

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Memoir Autobiography

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You'll Grow Out of It
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Nonfiction

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A Fair Country
The Happiness Project
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
In Search of Grace

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Owned

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