Khaled Hosseini's debut novel The Kite Runner has sold over 10 million copies since its publication in 2003. What made it achieve such a stratospheric level of popularity? Is the story just that good? Or is there something else at play?

Review by Harvey Thompson https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/03/kite-m25.html

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"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781594631931

"Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780679734505

"The Sympathizer" by Viet Than Nguyen https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780802124944

"Charlie Wilson's War" by George Crile III https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780802141248

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