A Thousand Splendid Suns
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A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years—from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding—that puts the violence, fear, hope, and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives—the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness—are inextricable from the history playing out around them.
Propelled by the same storytelling instinct that made The... more
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Reviews and Recommendations
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Ann Miura-Ko I would encourage people to read it because it gives you a sense of Afghanistan’s incredible history and the role women have played within that history (Source)
Rankings by Category
A Thousand Splendid Suns is ranked in the following categories:
- #20 in 10th Grade
- #37 in 12th Grade
- #46 in 14-Year-Old
- #19 in 15-Year-Old
- #37 in 17-Year-Old
- #37 in 18-Year-Old
- #29 in 21st Century
- #47 in 9th Grade
- #20 in AA
- #30 in Abuse
- #61 in Adult
- #1 in Afghanistan
- #2 in Archives
- #13 in Asian
- #4 in Author
- #23 in Beautiful
- #28 in Bestseller
- #43 in Book Club
- #93 in Bucket List
- #12 in Catalog
- #64 in Collection
- #38 in Contemporary
- #5 in Copenhagen
- #15 in Culture
- #38 in Diverse
- #41 in Diversity
- #18 in Drama
- #8 in Dramatic
- #13 in Emotional
- #93 in Entertaining
- #92 in Entertainment
- #23 in Family
- #33 in Fiction
- #7 in Five
- #51 in Friendship
- #87 in Fun
- #72 in Game Changer
- #24 in Good Read
- #46 in Goodreads
- #4 in Heartbreak
- #57 in High School Reading
- #15 in Historical Fiction
- #14 in Hope
- #29 in Human Physiology
- #30 in Human Rights
- #47 in Humanity
- #40 in Important
- #36 in Insightful
- #40 in Inspiring
- #57 in Interesting
- #3 in Islam
- #96 in Library
- #48 in Life
- #29 in Life Changing
- #57 in Life Lessons
- #44 in Literary
- #77 in Literature
- #64 in Love
- #20 in Marriage
- #37 in Men
- #15 in Modern
- #67 in Modern Classic
- #16 in Modern Fiction
- #15 in Modern History
- #42 in Must-Read
- #27 in Novel
- #19 in Pakistan
- #32 in Popular
- #34 in Poverty
- #42 in Real Life
- #22 in Recent
- #37 in Recommended
- #55 in Relationships
- #11 in Roman
- #12 in Sad
- #7 in Sadness
- #60 in Social
- #6 in Strong Women
- #48 in Summer
- #37 in Summer Reading
- #50 in Survival
- #26 in Thought-Provoking
- #62 in To-Read
- #30 in Top Ten
- #10 in Trigger Warning
- #15 in War
- #14 in War Fiction
- #16 in Wars
- #7 in Women
- #9 in World
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