The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Tehran

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
670 Persepolis Marjane Satrapi 2000 French French
3102 Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi 2003 Iranian English
5805 Martyr! Kaveh Akbar 2024 American English
6444 Mystical Dimensions Of Islam Annemarie Schimmel 1975 Unknown English
7563 Compass Mathias Enard 2015 French French
8027 Among The Believers V. S. Naipaul 1981 British English
9191 A Sliver Of Light Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd 2014 American English
9331 Embroideries Marjane Satrapi 2003 Iranian French
9658 The Silk Road Sven Hedin 2012 Swedish Swedish
10064 Persepolis 1 & 2 — The Complete Persepolis Marjane Satrapi 2000 French French
10577 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
10993 Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody 1987 American English
11516 If You Could Be Mine Sara Farizan 2013 Iranian English
11534 Countdown To Zero Day Kim Zetter 2014 American English
11636 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
12441 Liquid Mariam Rahmani 2025 Unknown English
13362 The Adventures Of Hajji Baba Of Ispahan James Morier 1824 British English
14232 Disoriental Négar Djavadi 2016 French French
14429 1979 Christian Kracht 2001 German German
14985 Women Without Men Shahrnush Parsipur 1989 Iranian Persian
15914 Alberuni's India Al-Biruni, Edward C. Sachau 1030 Multiple Arabic
17158 Islam And The West Bernard Lewis 1993 British English
17158 From The Ruins Of Empire Pankaj Mishra 2012 Indian English
17158 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17158 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17158 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17158 Out Of Mesopotamia Salar Abdoh 2020 Iranian English
17158 Censoring An Iranian Love Story Shahriar Mandanipour 2009 Iranian Persian
17158 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
16805 دایی جان ناپلئون Iraj Pezeshkzad 1973 Iranian Persian
17158 Man Of My Time Dalia Sofer 2020 Unknown English
17158 My Part Of Her Javad Djavahery 2017 Unknown French
17158 A Door Between Us Ehsaneh Sadr 2020 Unknown English
17158 Then The Fish Swallowed Him Amir Ahmadi Arian 2020 Iranian English
17158 Aria Nazanine Hozar 2019 Unknown English
17158 The Immortals Of Tehran Ali Araghi 2020 Unknown English
17158 The Woman Who Read Too Much Bahiyyih Nakhjavani 2015 Unknown English
17158 Song Of A Captive Bird Jasmin Darznik 2018 American English
17158 The Last Days Of Cafe Leila Donia Bijan 2017 Unknown English
17158 The Gardens Of Consolation Parisa Reza 2015 Unknown French
17158 Rituals Of Restlessness Yaghoub Yadali 2016 Iranian Persian
17158 Space Between Us Zoya Pirzad 1997 Iranian Persian
17158 Children Of The Jacaranda Tree Sahar Delijani 2013 Unknown English
17158 The Luminous Heart Of Jonah S. Gina B. Nahai 2014 American English
17158 The Pomegranate Lady And Her Sons Goli Taraghi 2013 Iranian Persian
17158 The Colonel Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 2009 Iranian Persian
17158 Equal Of The Sun Anita Amirrezvani 2012 Unknown English
16915 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17158 The Genius Of Their Age S. Frederick Starr 2023 Unknown English
17158 Grand Delusion Steven Simon 2023 Unknown English
17158 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
17158 I Will Greet The Sun Again Khashayar J. Khabushani 2023 Unknown English
17158 Islam In History Bernard Lewis 1973 British English
17158 In The Deserts Of This Earth Uwe George 1983 German German
17158 Like Hidden Fire: The Plot To Bring Down The British Empire hopkirk 1994 Unknown English
17158 Fdr Jean Edward Smith 2007 American English