The Greatest Autobiography and Nonfiction Books of All Time Set in Iran

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
425 Persepolis Marjane Satrapi 2000 Iranian French
3568 Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi 2003 Iranian English
4575 Persepolis Two Marjane Satrapi 2004 Iranian French
5172 Funny in Farsi Firoozeh Dumas 2003 Iranian English
6782 Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody 1987 American English
8421 Daughter Of Persia Sattareh Farman-Farmaian 1992 Iranian English
11162 Eastern Approaches Fitzroy Maclean 1949 British English