The Great Game by Peter HopkirkGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack WeatherfordThe Empire of the Steppes by René GroussetThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonThe Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad
Central Asia
42nd out of 281 books — 87 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonJamilia by Chingiz AitmatovMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Books Set in the -stan Countries
100th out of 333 books — 172 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul TherouxTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckThe Trigger by Tim Butcher
Have Passport Will Travel
499th out of 710 books — 589 voters
The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul TherouxThe Pillars of Hercules by Paul TherouxDoes it Yurt? Travels in Central Asia Or How I Came to Love t... by Stephen M.  BlandArabian Sands by Wilfred ThesigerAn Area of Darkness by V.S. Naipaul
The (Conde Nast) 86 Greatest Travel Books of All Time
22nd out of 87 books — 11 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew LightfootSnapshots by Matthew Lightfootجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebSpy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneeb
Contemporary Travel Books
89th out of 138 books — 31 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenUlysses by James JoyceDracula by Bram StokerBeowulf by UnknownDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
A country's most iconic book:
96th out of 158 books — 16 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSyrian Brides by Anna HalabiThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Literature of the World
153rd out of 203 books — 78 voters
My Name Is Red by Orhan PamukThe Knight in the Panther's Skin by Shota RustaveliԽենթը by ՐաֆֆիEpic of the Persian Kings by Barbara BrendThe Madman of Freedom Square by Hassan Blasim
Livros ao Redor do Mundo - ASIA
17th out of 42 books — 1 voter

Outliers by Malcolm GladwellI Wear the Black Hat by Chuck KlostermanSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck KlostermanThe Colossus of New York by Colson WhiteheadThe Noble Hustle by Colson Whitehead
Grantland
56th out of 100 books — 5 voters