Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a profoundly affecting tale about friendship, betrayal, and the quest for redemption. Set against the changing backdrop of Afghanistan from the 1970s to the early 2000s, the novel tells the story of Amir, a young boy from a wealthy family, and Hassan, the son of Amir's father’s servant. Their friendship is one forged...

THE RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ‘A suspenseful epic’ Daily Telegraph ‘A triumph’ Financial Times ‘Heartbreaking’ Mail on Sunday ‘Deeply moving’ Sunday Times A Thousand Splendid Suns tells the compelling story of Mariam, who is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager,...

THE RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ‘Magnificent’ Mail on Sunday ‘Gripping’ New York Times ‘A master storyteller’ The Times ‘Epic’ Sunday Telegraph Ten-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister. In a life of poverty and struggle, with no mother to care for them, Pari is the only person who brings Abdullah happiness. For her, he will trade...

THE SPECIAL 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ‘Devastating’ Daily Telegraph ‘Heartbreaking’ The Times ‘Unforgettable’ Isabel Allende ‘Haunting’ Independent The Kite Runner is set in Afghanistan, 1975. Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament, and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. However, neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan...

Dyslexia-Friendly Edition using sans serif font printed with blue ink on cream paper. ‘Devastating’ Daily Telegraph ‘Heartbreaking’ The Times ‘Unforgettable’ Isabel Allende ‘Haunting’ Independent Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an...

I became what I am today at the age of twelve. I remember the precise moment, crouching behind a mud wall on a frigid winter day in 1975... looking into a deserted alley. It’s wrong what they say about the past, about how you can bury it, because the past claws its way out. I realise I’ve been looking into...

A Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller A deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated short story for people of all ages from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner, brought to life by Dan Williams's beautiful illustrations. 'The book may be brief, but it is beautiful, poetic – a distillation of his strengths' Sunday Times On a moonlit beach, a...

An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. In this tale revolving around...

Dyslexia-Friendly Edition using sans serif font printed with blue ink on cream paper. A Thousand Splendid Suns tells the poignant story of Mariam, who is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship blossoms between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, a bond as strong as the ties between mother and...

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini is a captivating and emotional story set against the backdrop of a turbulent Afghanistan. The novel paints a vivid portrait of a country's political and social upheaval through the intertwined lives of two women, Mariam and Laila. Mariam, an illegitimate child, grows up isolated from society, only to be sent to Kabul at...