Nadia Hashimi Books in Order

Rahima gains access to school and public life through the Afghan custom of dressing a girl as a boy. Her story intertwines with that of her ancestor Shekiba, who pursued a similar escape from restrictions a century earlier.

Fereiba flees Taliban-controlled Afghanistan with her three children, hoping to reach relatives in London. Their journey through undocumented refugee networks grows more dangerous when her teenage son Saleem becomes separated from the family in Athens.

Accused of murdering her husband, Zeba awaits trial in an Afghan prison alongside women jailed for transgressing social rules. As friendships develop behind bars, her American-raised lawyer Yusuf tries to understand the truth beneath the accusations.

Obayda's aunt proposes dressing her as a boy to bring luck to their struggling Afghan family. Finding friendship with another bacha posh helps Obayda navigate the unfamiliar role, but their new freedoms come with an approaching limit.

Believing his undocumented Afghan mother has been taken away by authorities, Jason travels to New York to find his aunt. An accident lands him in hospital, where fellow patient Max joins his plans to escape and seek help.

After surviving the coup that killed her family in Kabul, Sitara builds a new life as American surgeon Aryana Shepherd. The unexpected appearance of the soldier who rescued her sends her searching for answers about that night.

Yalda's brother responds to anti-Muslim jokes during a concert with a controversial prank that goes viral. Hostility threatens their Afghan American family's restaurant, and his subsequent injury forces Yalda to seek her voice in an increasingly unsafe hometown.

As the Taliban retake Kabul, women who built careers and independent lives face a dangerous new reality. Soldiers, a journalist and a mother protecting her daughter weigh escape against resistance as their hard-won freedoms come under threat.