CITY · AFGHANISTANBooks set in Kabul
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8 books · 6 authors · 1978–2019
8 books here
Most-set authors
Khaled Hosseini (3) · Zia Haider Rahman (1) · Taran Khan (1) · M.M. Kaye (1) · Nadia Hashimi (1) · Yasmina Khadra (1)
Genres
literary fiction (6) · historical fiction (1)
Books set here
Set in Kabul (7)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Primary Taliban-era setting
And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini
Central Kabul narrative hub
In the Light of What We Know
Zia Haider Rahman
Afghanistan war scenes
Shadow City
Taran Khan
Every walk of Khan's seven-year exploration, 2006–2013, post-Taliban
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Primary setting: 1970s Kabul and Soviet-era Afghanistan
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
Nadia Hashimi
dual-era Kabul setting
The Swallows of Kabul
Yasmina Khadra
Taliban-ruled Kabul setting
Also featuring Kabul (1)
Notable locations in Kabul
Chicken Street (Kocheh-Morgha)1Deh-Mazang1Ghazi Stadium, Kabul1Karteh-Seh1Wazir Akbar Khan1
