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 745 '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
668 Persepolis Marjane Satrapi 2000 French French
3095 Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi 2003 Iranian English
5793 Martyr! Kaveh Akbar 2024 American English
6433 Mystical Dimensions Of Islam Annemarie Schimmel 1975 Unknown English
7548 Compass Mathias Enard 2015 French French
8012 Among The Believers V. S. Naipaul 1981 British English
9173 A Sliver Of Light Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd 2014 American English
9312 Embroideries Marjane Satrapi 2003 Iranian French
9639 The Silk Road Sven Hedin 2012 Swedish Swedish
10045 Persepolis 1 & 2 — The Complete Persepolis Marjane Satrapi 2000 French French
10549 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
10962 Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody 1987 American English
11490 If You Could Be Mine Sara Farizan 2013 Iranian English
11508 Countdown To Zero Day Kim Zetter 2014 American English
11610 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
12410 Liquid Mariam Rahmani 2025 Unknown English
13327 The Adventures Of Hajji Baba Of Ispahan James Morier 1824 British English
14165 Disoriental Négar Djavadi 2016 French French
14358 1979 Christian Kracht 2001 German German
14901 Women Without Men Shahrnush Parsipur 1989 Iranian Persian
15786 Alberuni's India Al-Biruni, Edward C. Sachau 1030 Multiple Arabic
17010 Islam And The West Bernard Lewis 1993 British English
17010 From The Ruins Of Empire Pankaj Mishra 2012 Indian English
17010 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17010 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17010 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17010 Out Of Mesopotamia Salar Abdoh 2020 Iranian English
17010 Censoring An Iranian Love Story Shahriar Mandanipour 2009 Iranian Persian
17010 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
16654 دایی جان ناپلئون Iraj Pezeshkzad 1973 Iranian Persian
17010 Man Of My Time Dalia Sofer 2020 Unknown English
17010 My Part Of Her Javad Djavahery 2017 Unknown French
17010 A Door Between Us Ehsaneh Sadr 2020 Unknown English
17010 Then The Fish Swallowed Him Amir Ahmadi Arian 2020 Iranian English
17010 Aria Nazanine Hozar 2019 Unknown English
17010 The Immortals Of Tehran Ali Araghi 2020 Unknown English
17010 The Woman Who Read Too Much Bahiyyih Nakhjavani 2015 Unknown English
17010 Song Of A Captive Bird Jasmin Darznik 2018 American English
17010 The Last Days Of Cafe Leila Donia Bijan 2017 Unknown English
17010 The Gardens Of Consolation Parisa Reza 2015 Unknown French
17010 Rituals Of Restlessness Yaghoub Yadali 2016 Iranian Persian
17010 Space Between Us Zoya Pirzad 1997 Iranian Persian
17010 Children Of The Jacaranda Tree Sahar Delijani 2013 Unknown English
17010 The Luminous Heart Of Jonah S. Gina B. Nahai 2014 American English
17010 The Pomegranate Lady And Her Sons Goli Taraghi 2013 Iranian Persian
17010 The Colonel Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 2009 Iranian Persian
17010 Equal Of The Sun Anita Amirrezvani 2012 Unknown English
16748 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17010 The Genius Of Their Age S. Frederick Starr 2023 Unknown English
17010 Grand Delusion Steven Simon 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
17010 I Will Greet The Sun Again Khashayar J. Khabushani 2023 Unknown English
17010 Islam In History Bernard Lewis 1973 British English
17010 In The Deserts Of This Earth Uwe George 1983 German German
17010 Like Hidden Fire: The Plot To Bring Down The British Empire hopkirk 1994 Unknown English
17010 Fdr Jean Edward Smith 2007 American English