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1000 Books to Read Before You Die

• A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush di Eric Newby

200 best non-fiction books according to Afisha Magazine

• Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia di Ahmed Rashid

501 Must-Read Books (Emma Beare, 2006)

• The Road to Oxiana di Robert Byron (Travel Writing)
• A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush di Eric Newby (Travel Writing)

AbeBooks: 50 Essential Travel Books

• The Places In Between di Rory Stewart
• A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush di Eric Newby

Amazon.com Best Books

• Charlie Wilson's War di George Crile (2003)

Arthur Ross Book Award

• Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Paki di Ahmed Rashid (Silver Medal – Silver Medal – 2009)
• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 di Steve Coll (Gold Medal – Gold Medal – 2005)
• In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan di Seth G. Jones (Silver Medal – Silver Medal – 2010)

Audie Award

• Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Paki di Ahmed Rashid (Finalista – Judges' Award: Politics – 2009)
• Charlie Wilson's War di George Crile (Vincitore – Non-Fiction, Unabridged – 2004)

Bernard Schwartz Book Award

• Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Paki di Ahmed Rashid (Lista breve – 2009)

Best Fiction for Young Adults

• Come back to Afghanistan; a California teenager's story. di Said Hyder and Susan Burton Akbar (Selection – 2006)

Bokhandlerprisen

• The Bookseller of Kabul di Asne Seierstad (2002)

Booklist Editor's Choice: Adult Books

• West of Kabul, east of New York : an Afghan American story di Mir Tamim Ansary (Storia – 2002)

Camino del Cid

• The Places In Between di Rory Stewart (2009)

Connecticut Book Award

• Opium Season: A Year on the Afghan Frontier di Joel Hafvenstein (Finalista – Georgiana Goodwin, Design – 2008)

Cornelius Ryan Award

• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 di Steve Coll (2004)

CounterPunch's Top 100 [and a few more] Non-fiction Works of the 20th Century

• The Road to Oxiana di Robert Byron

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• The Road to Oxiana di Robert Byron (076)
• A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush di Eric Newby (016)

Green Mountain Book Award

• Come back to Afghanistan; a California teenager's story. di Said Hyder and Susan Burton Akbar (Candidato – 2008)

Guardian Essential Library

• The Road to Oxiana di Robert Byron (Travel)

Guardian First Book Award

• The Places In Between di Rory Stewart (Lista breve – 2004)

The Guardian's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All-Time

• The Road to Oxiana di Robert Byron (40)

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

• The Places In Between di Rory Stewart (Lista breve – 2004)

King County Library System Best Books

• The Kabul Beauty School: The Art of Friendship and Freedom di Deborah Rodriguez (Nonfiction Books – 2007)

Lionel Gelber Prize

• Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Paki di Ahmed Rashid (Lista breve – 2009)
• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 di Steve Coll (Vincitore – 2004)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century di Steve Coll (Finalista – Biografia – 2008)

The New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Places In Between di Rory Stewart (2006)

New York Times bestseller

• The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century di Steve Coll (Saggistica – 2008)
• Charlie Wilson's War di George Crile (Saggistica – 2003)
• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 di Steve Coll (Saggistica – 2004)
• The hunt for Bin Laden : Task Force Dagger di Robin Moore (Saggistica – 2003)
• The Kabul Beauty School: The Art of Friendship and Freedom di Deborah Rodriguez (Saggistica – 2007)
• Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 di Marcus Luttrell (Saggistica – 2007)

The New York Times Notable Books of the Year

• The Places In Between di Rory Stewart (Saggistica – 2006)

Notable Books List

• The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century di Steve Coll (Saggistica – 2009)
• An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan di Jason Elliot (2002)

NPR's Best Political and Current Affairs Books

• The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century di Steve Coll (2008)

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century di Steve Coll (2008)

Ondaatje Prize

• The Places In Between di Rory Stewart (Vincitore – 2005)

Orwell Prize

• Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Paki di Ahmed Rashid (Lista breve – 2009)

PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction

• The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century di Steve Coll (Vincitore – 2009)

Premio Pulitzer

• The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century di Steve Coll (Finalista – Biography or Autobiography – 2009)
• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 di Steve Coll (Vincitore – Saggistica generale – 2005)

Prix des Lecteurs du Livre de Poche

• The Bookseller of Kabul di Asne Seierstad (Le Choix des Libraires – 2004)

Prix RFI-Témoin du monde

• The Places In Between di Rory Stewart (2009)

Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year

• Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Paki di Ahmed Rashid (Saggistica – 2008)

Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18

• Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Battle for Freedom di Zoya (Selection – Grades 9-12 – 2003)

San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year

• Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Paki di Ahmed Rashid (Saggistica – 2008)
• Charlie Wilson's War di George Crile (2003)
• Come back to Afghanistan; a California teenager's story. di Said Hyder and Susan Burton Akbar (Saggistica – 2005)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

• West of Kabul, east of New York : an Afghan American story di Mir Tamim Ansary (2002)

Sunday Times Literary Award

• The Road to Oxiana di Robert Byron (1937)

Tayshas High School Reading List

• West of Kabul, east of New York : an Afghan American story di Mir Tamim Ansary (2004)

Thomas Cook Travel Book Award

• An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan di Jason Elliot (Vincitore – 2000)

LA Times Book Prize

• The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century di Steve Coll (Finalista – Current Interest – 2008)

Ultimate Travel Library: Around the World in 80+ Books

• An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan di Jason Elliot

Virginia Readers' Choice

• Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Battle for Freedom di Zoya (Candidato – High School – 2006)

William E. Colby Award

• Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 di Marcus Luttrell (2009)