That is to say, books set or partially set in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan. Fiction or nonfiction is okay.
1

by
4.35 avg rating — 3,432,430 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
4.45 avg rating — 1,701,168 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
3.66 avg rating — 358,352 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
3.90 avg rating — 9,803 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
3.98 avg rating — 131,501 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
3.77 avg rating — 56,404 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
3.70 avg rating — 39,609 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
3.73 avg rating — 83,223 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
4.16 avg rating — 615,709 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
3.69 avg rating — 12,196 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
4.03 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.87 avg rating — 254 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
3.77 avg rating — 7,290 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.33 avg rating — 8,883 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
4.11 avg rating — 14,108 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
4.05 avg rating — 1,816 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
3.98 avg rating — 20,306 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
4.01 avg rating — 31,199 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
3.67 avg rating — 25,673 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.08 avg rating — 398,688 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
3.69 avg rating — 13,001 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
3.79 avg rating — 4,396 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
3.72 avg rating — 114 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
3.37 avg rating — 404 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
3.95 avg rating — 2,195 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
4.13 avg rating — 9,954 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
3.94 avg rating — 5,777 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
4.35 avg rating — 4,957 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
4.31 avg rating — 18,509 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
4.12 avg rating — 9,280 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
3.94 avg rating — 31,512 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
3.88 avg rating — 1,590 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
4.05 avg rating — 796 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
35

by
3.87 avg rating — 13,015 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
3.92 avg rating — 1,226 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.70 avg rating — 6,973 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
3.51 avg rating — 89 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
4.06 avg rating — 1,387 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
3.76 avg rating — 132 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
4.02 avg rating — 221 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
4.35 avg rating — 31 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
3.65 avg rating — 169 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
3.51 avg rating — 364 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
49

by
3.85 avg rating — 5,906 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
49

by
4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
3.66 avg rating — 44 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
3.24 avg rating — 238 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
3.96 avg rating — 6,925 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
3.77 avg rating — 403 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
4.06 avg rating — 4,506 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
3.82 avg rating — 318 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
4.33 avg rating — 8,049 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
4.30 avg rating — 2,512 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
3.99 avg rating — 156 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
4.04 avg rating — 3,093 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
3.34 avg rating — 207 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
63

by
3.90 avg rating — 115 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
3.67 avg rating — 61 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
65

by
3.90 avg rating — 184 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
66

by
3.59 avg rating — 115 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
3.71 avg rating — 503 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
3.81 avg rating — 83 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
4.21 avg rating — 3,380 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
3.69 avg rating — 67 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
71

by
3.33 avg rating — 660 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
4.15 avg rating — 39 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
3.94 avg rating — 89 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
75

by
3.93 avg rating — 560 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
75

by
3.82 avg rating — 1,053 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
77

by
3.82 avg rating — 1,452 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
3.87 avg rating — 4,100 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
3.40 avg rating — 40 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
80

by
4.05 avg rating — 465 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
4.15 avg rating — 52 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
4.09 avg rating — 80 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
3.36 avg rating — 200 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
4.40 avg rating — 4,085 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
4.17 avg rating — 18,649 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
3.98 avg rating — 2,708 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
88

by
4.27 avg rating — 8,012 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
3.87 avg rating — 706 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
3.64 avg rating — 1,433 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
91

by
4.19 avg rating — 51,952 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
92

by
4.12 avg rating — 16,810 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
93

by
4.53 avg rating — 186 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
94

by
4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
95

by
3.67 avg rating — 30,792 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
95

by
4.22 avg rating — 9,034 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
97

by
3.79 avg rating — 9,272 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
97

by
4.10 avg rating — 61 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
99

by
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
100

by
3.86 avg rating — 717 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
330 books · 172 voters · list created June 16th, 2010 by Meaghan (votes) .
76 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Meaghan 4609 books
355 friends
Thom 6022 books
294 friends
Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) 546 books
365 friends
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 3384 books
853 friends
ღ Carol jinx~☆~☔ʚϊɞ 4145 books
463 friends
Cathrine 461 books
146 friends
Tarum 1229 books
510 friends
Karen 4355 books
37 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-14 of 14 (14 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship The Blood of Flowers and Rooftops of Tehran are both set in Iran, not any of the "-stan" countries. Presumably, Cracking India is set in India.


message 2: by Melinda (new)

Melinda @Emma,
Cracking India seems to be about the partition of India, which certainly involves Pakistan, so I'll leave it, but I'll delete The Blood of Flowers and Rooftops of Tehran.


message 3: by Meaghan (new)

Meaghan A list of books set in countries ending with just "an" would be longer, needing to include Bhutan, Azerbaijan, Japan, Sudan and South Sudan. To say nothing of countries that just have "an" somewhere in their names! Andorra, Germany, Dominican Republic, anything with "land" in it...


message 4: by Gardenia (new)

Gardenia Plant Midnight's Children is set in India.


message 5: by Jalilah (new)

Jalilah I tried adding this book The Tale of Aypi from Turkmenistan to this list but was unable to


message 6: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Jan 19, 2021 01:12PM) (new)

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads What happened when you tried to add it?

I had no difficulty adding it.


message 7: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Is Kurdistan ok to put on the list? Technically I think it's a region, not a country.


and our prophecy has come true I stan this.


message 9: by Danial (new)

Danial Tanvir in the country of men by hisham matar should be on the list.
he is a great libyan novelist!.


message 10: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 21, 2022 08:19AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Danial wrote: "in the country of men by hisham matar should be on the list.
he is a great libyan novelist!."


As it says in the desciption, and as far as I can tell, it is not set in one of the -stan countries?


message 11: by Danial (new)

Danial Tanvir oh okay , it is actually set in libya!.


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Danial wrote: "oh okay , it is actually set in libya!."

I thought so


message 13: by Danial (new)

Danial Tanvir oh okay , so what do you like to read?.


message 14: by Danial (new)

Danial Tanvir oh okay , so what do you like to read?.


back to top