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Books set in Uzbekistan: 
The Railway by Hamid Ismailov 
The Dancer from Khiva: One Muslim Woman's Quest for Freedom by Bibish
Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Moon Over Samarqand by Mohamed Al-mansi Qandil
The Language of the Birds by Alisher Nava'i
Murder in Samarkand by Craig Murray
The Opportunists: a Novel about Uzbekistan by Yohann de Silva
Chasing the Sea by Tom Bissell
Uzbekistan: Heirs to the Silk Road by Johannes Kalter
Mission to Tashkent by F.M. Bailey
Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World by Justin Marozzi
A Ride to Khiva by Frederick Burnaby
Taxi to Tashkent: Two Years with the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan by Tom Fleming
Tamerlane's Children: Dispatches from Contemporary Uzbekistan by Robert Rand
Uzbekistan: The Golden Road to Samarakand (Seventh Edition) by Calum Macleod
The New Woman in Uzbekistan by Marianne Kamp
Veiled Empire: Gender and Power in Stalinist Central Asia by Douglas Northrop
Uzbekistan and the United States by Shahram Akbarzadeh
The Skull of Shirzad Mir: The Adventures of Abdul Dost by Harold Lamb
Dirty Diplomacy by Craig Murray
Private Wars by Greg Rucka
Islam in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan: The Morality of Experience by Johan Rasanayagam
Uzbekistan on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century by Islam Karimov
Land Beyond the River: The Untold Story of Central Asia by Monica Whitlock
Tamburlaine by Christopher Marlowe
The Devil and the Disappearing Sea by Rob Ferguson
Avicenna by Lenn E. Goodman
Uzbekistan a Short Road Traveled by William C. Duncan
Nationalism in Uzbekistan: A Soviet Republic's Road to Sovereignty by James Critchlow
Uzbekistan: Transition to Authoritarianism on the Silk Road by Neil J. Melvin
The Fires by Alan Cheuse
Silence of the Sufi: And I Do Call to Witness the Self-Reproaching Spirit by Sabit Madaliev
Karimov's War by Archana Pyati
A Russian Prince in the Soviet State by Vladimir Sergeevich Trubetskoi
Getting Here by Ruth L. Hohberg
The Letters of Khwajah 'Ubayd Allah Ahrar by Ubayd Allah Ibn Mahmud Ahrar
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The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them 
Jor & Ka by Niklas Krog
A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road by Christopher Aslan Alexander
Crisis in Uzbekistan by Charles Myers
Raiders from the North by Alex Rutherford
The Mercenaries: Thunderkill by P.W. Storm
Black Shark Valley by Saif Rizvi
Shards of War: Fleeing to & from Uzbekistan by Michael G. Kesler
The Life of Alimqul: A Native Chronicle of Nineteenth Century Central Asia 
Journey to Khiva: A Writer's Search for Central Asia by Philip Glazebrook
Women's Lives and Livelihoods in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan: Ceremonies of Empowerment and Peacebuilding by Zulfiya Tursunova
More books set in Uzbekistan:
Alpamysh: Central Asian Identity under Russian Rule by Hasan Bülent Paksoy
Americanski Girl by Vanessa Lutz Stoffel
The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor 
A Bloody Storm by Richard Castle (3rd book in Derrick Storm series)
Goodnight, Mr. Lenin: A Journey Through the End of the Soviet Empire 
A Collection of Uzbek Short Stories by Mahmuda Saydumarova
Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #3)
Ferghana Valley: The Heart of Central Asia by S. Frederick Starr
Firdaws Al-Iqb L: History of Khorezm by Mirab Munis
Flames of Heaven by Ralph Peters
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk
The Hundred Thousand Fools of God: Musical Travels in Central Asia 
Hunted Through Central Asia: On the Run from Lenin's Secret Police 
Journey Beyond Samarkand by Yasushi Inoue
Journey to Khiva: A Writer's Search for Central Asia by Philip Glazebrook
The Last Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko (4th book in Watch series)
The Modern Uzbeks: From the 14th Century to the Present : A Cultural History
My Golden Road From Samarkand by Jascha Golowanjuk
More books set in Uzbekistan:
Nine Layers of Sky by Liz Williams
A Person from England and Other Travellers by Fitzroy MacLean
Pilgrims on the Silk Road: A Muslim-Christian Encounter in Khiva 
A Poet and Bin-Laden by Hamid Ismailov
Restless Valley: Revolution, Murder, and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia 
Samarkand by Colin Thubron
The Sands of Oxus: Boyhood Reminiscences of Sadriddin Aini by Sadriddin Ayni
Soul by Andrei Platonov
Sound Of Turquoise by Gill Gregory
The Spectacular State: Culture and National Identity in Uzbekistan 
The Story of Barzu: As Told by Two Storytellers From Boysun, Uzbekistan 
Tamburlaine's Elephants by Geraldine McCaughrean
Travels in Central Asia by Ármin Vámbéry
Travels into Bokhara by Alexander Burnes
Tuzak-i Babari: The Autobiography of Babar by Zahirud-din Muhammad Babur
Uzbekistan by Justin Dodge
Wisdom of Royal Glory by Khass Hajib Yusuf
The Devils' Dance by Hamid Ismailov.
Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan] by Erika Fatland.
"The Dancer from Khiva" is mostly set in Russia, with some sections in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
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