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Adults' Fiction Books

 

  • Donya haman yek lahze bud by Vida Cheraghian
  • Beh khater by Leila Darabi
  • Bi tavagho dustat daram by Leila Darabi
  • Sarzamine khial by Anthony Doerr
  • Nimeye kal by F. Safai Fard and Matin Ghayasmand
  • Eshghe mamnooe by Afshane Ghaidi
  • Sate tolu by Matin Ghiyathmand and Narges Taheri- Najmi
  • Mahman e nime shab by Heather Gudenkauf
  • Dastane Madri ke Dokhtare pesarash Shod by Gali Khiyat
  • Johar e naamrai by Patrick Modiano
  • Modara by Munir Mehrizi Moghaddam
  • Mardi ke dobar mord by Richard Osman
  • Hamkhune by Zahra Maryam Riyahi
  • Piraye dokhtari az Istandul by Canan Tan
  • Mogheye amadan naan bekhar by Shermin Yashar 

 

Adults' Non-Fiction Books

 

  • Hal tahtaj almar'at almuslimat alaa 'iinqadhi? by Lila Abu-Lughod
  • Dar ahamaite parsidan by Alexandra Carter
  • Khanae Gucci by Sara Gay Forden
  • Ashraf zadgan fakir by Reza Hayatul Ghaib
  • Yek gam jolotar by Dan Heath 

 

Children's Fiction Books

 

  • Serafina va ruhe sargadan 3 by Robert Beatty
  • Jaduyi hamishegi by Chris Colfer
  • Dar jostojuye juni Kim by Oh Ellen
  • Adaddah by Oliver Jeffers
  • Mutazadha by Oliver Jeffers
  • Mard kuchak by Erich Kaestner
  • Seh mard dar barf by Erich Kaestner
  • Lukapuk va arbabe mushha by Michael Klereberg
  • Avaye vahsh by Jack London
  • Pax by Sara Pennypacker

Explore our collection of books in Farsi.

 

 

The following books can be ordered from our catalogue.