What to Read After Jihad
Readers who loved Jihad by Ahmed Rashid keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Jihad is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Jihad
The Great Game
Holy War, Inc
Taliban
Pakistan on the Brink
The African dream
Congo Diary
The interrogator
The coming anarchy
Descent Into Chaos
Among the believers
Covering Islam
What went wrong?
Ghost Wars
Destiny disrupted
A Distant Mirror
Orientalism
A history of God
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Childhood’s End
Three cups of tea
Candide
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Heart of Darkness