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
3101 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
9194 A Sliver Of Light Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd 2014 American English
9333 Embroideries Marjane Satrapi 2003 Iranian French
9661 The Silk Road Sven Hedin 2012 Swedish Swedish
10066 Persepolis 1 & 2 — The Complete Persepolis Marjane Satrapi 2000 French French
10578 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
10995 Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody 1987 American English
11517 If You Could Be Mine Sara Farizan 2013 Iranian English
11535 Countdown To Zero Day Kim Zetter 2014 American English
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
12442 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
14986 Women Without Men Shahrnush Parsipur 1989 Iranian Persian
15921 Alberuni's India Al-Biruni, Edward C. Sachau 1030 Multiple Arabic
17173 Islam And The West Bernard Lewis 1993 British English
17173 From The Ruins Of Empire Pankaj Mishra 2012 Indian English
17173 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17173 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17173 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17173 Out Of Mesopotamia Salar Abdoh 2020 Iranian English
17173 Censoring An Iranian Love Story Shahriar Mandanipour 2009 Iranian Persian
17173 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
16814 دایی جان ناپلئون Iraj Pezeshkzad 1973 Iranian Persian
17173 Man Of My Time Dalia Sofer 2020 Unknown English
17173 My Part Of Her Javad Djavahery 2017 Unknown French
17173 A Door Between Us Ehsaneh Sadr 2020 Unknown English
17173 Then The Fish Swallowed Him Amir Ahmadi Arian 2020 Iranian English
17173 Aria Nazanine Hozar 2019 Unknown English
17173 The Immortals Of Tehran Ali Araghi 2020 Unknown English
17173 The Woman Who Read Too Much Bahiyyih Nakhjavani 2015 Unknown English
17173 Song Of A Captive Bird Jasmin Darznik 2018 American English
17173 The Last Days Of Cafe Leila Donia Bijan 2017 Unknown English
17173 The Gardens Of Consolation Parisa Reza 2015 Unknown French
17173 Rituals Of Restlessness Yaghoub Yadali 2016 Iranian Persian
17173 Space Between Us Zoya Pirzad 1997 Iranian Persian
17173 Children Of The Jacaranda Tree Sahar Delijani 2013 Unknown English
17173 The Luminous Heart Of Jonah S. Gina B. Nahai 2014 American English
17173 The Pomegranate Lady And Her Sons Goli Taraghi 2013 Iranian Persian
17173 The Colonel Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 2009 Iranian Persian
17173 Equal Of The Sun Anita Amirrezvani 2012 Unknown English
16917 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17173 The Genius Of Their Age S. Frederick Starr 2023 Unknown English
17173 Grand Delusion Steven Simon 2023 Unknown English
17173 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
17173 I Will Greet The Sun Again Khashayar J. Khabushani 2023 Unknown English
17173 Islam In History Bernard Lewis 1973 British English
17173 In The Deserts Of This Earth Uwe George 1983 German German
17173 Like Hidden Fire: The Plot To Bring Down The British Empire hopkirk 1994 Unknown English
17173 Fdr Jean Edward Smith 2007 American English