Books like The collaborator by Mirza Waheed

Charles Dickens’ classic bildungsroman follows an orphan named Pip as he grows from humble beginnings in Kent to London society, encountering wealth, poverty, love, and moral triumph.

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

The Kite Runner follows an unlikely friendship between a privileged boy and the son of his father’s servant amid Afghanistan’s turbulent history, exploring betrayal, redemption, and the father‑son bond.

Two lovers flee a war-torn city through mysterious doors, carrying hopes and memories into a world of uncertainty.

Twelve-year‑old Nao in Tokyo wrestles with loneliness and bullying and, before she ends it all, writes a diary about her great‑grandmother, a Buddhist nun who has lived a century. Across the Pacific a novelist on a remote island discovers objects from Nao’s life and is drawn into her mystery.

Adela Quested, her companion Mrs. Moore, and the respected Dr. Aziz navigate the Indian town of Chandrapore and the Marabar caves, where a mysterious incident ignites scandal and exposes the volatile racial and political tensions of the British Raj.

A coming‑of‑age narrative set in 19th‑century England, following young David Copperfield as he navigates orphanhood, hardship and society’s social hierarchies.

The Orphan Master's Son follows a man's journey through propaganda, identity, and state power in North Korea.

A 19th‑century French novel by Stendhal that situates a young Italian aristocrat amid the social, political, and romantic upheavals of Napoleonic Europe.

In the years leading to the Opium Wars, the slave ship Ibis carries a diverse crew of sailors, stowaways, convicts, and passengers—including a bankrupt raja, a widowed village woman, a mulatto American, and an evangelical opium trader—who bond as ship-brothers on a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean.

An Englishman finds himself in the most unlikely of places: the sun-baked countryside of India. With no job, no prospects, and no sense of belonging, he must rely on his wits and humor to survive.

Two girls from India form an unbreakable bond that takes them from a broken village to the streets of Seattle, as they confront poverty, family expectations, and violence while chasing each other across continents.

A mother grieves her missing son and confronts the town’s haunting after strange sightings, crumpled journal pages, and a tangled folk tale unraveling a deeper mystery.

In *The Kindly Ones*, a former Nazi officer turned French factory owner recounts his participation in WWII and the Holocaust, providing a chilling, first‑person view of atrocities committed in Poland, Ukraine, and Auschwitz.

Kashmir is one of the most protracted and bloody occupations in the world -- and one of the most ignored. Under an Indian military rule that, at half a million strong, exceeds the total number of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, freedom of speech is non-existent, and human-rights abuses and atrocities are routinely visited on its Muslim-majority population. In the last two decades alone, over seventy thousand people have died. Ignored by its own corrupt politicians, abandoned by Pakistan and the West, which refuses to bring pressure to bear on its regional ally, India, the Kashmiri peopleʹs ongoing quest for justice and self-determination continues to be brutally suppressed. Exploring the causes and consequences of the occupation, Kashmir: The Case for Freedom is a passionate call for the end of occupation, and for the right of self- determination for the Kashmiri people. -- Publisher description.