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And the Mountains Echoed

Khaled Hosseini, 2013

American novelist, born 1965.

And the Mountains Echoed is a 2013 novel by Khaled Hosseini.

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In family saga

On 2 of the 14 lists it was eligible for.

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At a glance

Author
Khaled Hosseini
First published
2013
Length
496 pages (UK paperback)
Genre
Literary fiction, Family saga, Migration and identity, War and conflict

Is And the Mountains Echoed worth reading?

2 of the 14 best-of lists it could have made include it: Goodreads Choice Awards: Fiction and Historical Fiction winners and Richard & Judy Book Club picks.

ListPlaceOriginal
Goodreads Choice Awards: Fiction and Historical Fiction winners (Goodreads, 2009-)WinnerSee the list
Richard & Judy Book Club picks (Richard & Judy / WHSmith, 2004-)ListedSee the list

Best edition of And the Mountains Echoed

The edition we link to is the Bloomsbury Publishing paperback (2018), 496 pages.

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing (paperback, 2018)
Pages
496
ISBN
9781526604637

How critics, prizes and readers rate And the Mountains Echoed

Readers rate it most highly: it earned 21% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on prize lists.

Critics
0%
Prizes
0%
Readers and booksellers
21%

Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work

Books like And the Mountains Echoed

If you liked And the Mountains Echoed, try A Thousand Splendid Suns, Wolf Hall or Midnight's Children.

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