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Books set in Tibet:


Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
Crazy Wisdom by Chögyam Trungpa
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama by Dalai Lama XIV
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes by Jamyang Norbu
Red Poppies by Alai
The Life of Milarepa: A New Translation from the Tibetan by Lobsang P. Lhalungpa
My Land and My People by Dalai Lama XIV
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation by Padmasambhava
The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk by Palden Gyatso
Lost Horizon by James Hilton
The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison (1st of Series set in Tibet)
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon by Isabel Allende
My Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-Néel
To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron
Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land by Patrick French
The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 by Tsering Shakya
The Heart of the World: A Journey to the Last Secret Place by Ian Baker
Magic and Mystery in Tibet by Alexandra David-Néel
Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet by Jonathan Green
For Tibet, with Love by Isabel Losada
Namma: a Tibetan Love Story by Kate Karko
Trespassers on the Roof of the World by Peter Hopkirk
The Hotel on the Roof of the World: Five Years in Tibet by Alec Le Sueur
Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World by Yang Erche Namu
From Heaven Lake: Travels through Sinkiang and Tibet by Vikram Seth
Cave in the Snow: A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment by Vicki Mackenzie
Daughter of the Mountains by Louise S. Rankin
Return to Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep by Tenzin Wangyal
Essential Tibetan Buddhism by Robert A.F. Thurman
Escape from the Land of Snows by Stephan Talty
Stick Out Your Tongue by Ma Jian
The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama by Thomas Laird
The Chiru of High Tibet: A True Story by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston
The Third Eye by T. Lobsang Rampa
Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History by Canyon Sam
Last Seen in Lhasa by Claire Scobie
In Exile From the Land of Snows by John F. Avedon
Why the Dalai Lama Matters by Robert A.F. Thurman
Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West by Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Imagining Tibet: Realities, Projections, and Fantasies by Thierry Dodin
Kundun: A Biography of the Family of the Dalai Lama by Mary Craig
Lhasa: Streets with Memories by Robert Barnett
Shadow Tibet by Jamyang Norbu
In the Shadow of the Buddha by Matteo Pistono
Warriors of Tibet by Jamyang Norbu
Buddha's Warriors by Mikel Dunham
The High Road to China by Kate Teltscher
The Dance of 17 Lives: The Incredible True Story of Tibet's 17th Karmapa by Mick Brown
Nothing Sacred by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
The Last Time I Saw Tibet by Bimal Dey
The Way of the White Clouds by Lama Anagarika Govinda
Mantras & Misdemeanours: An Accidental Love Story by Vanessa Walker
Tales of Uncle Tompa: The Legendary Rascal of Tibet by Rinjing Dorje
Circling the Sacred Mountain by Robert A.F. Thurman
The Hidden Life of the Sixth Dalai Lama by Ngawang Lhundrup Dargye
Dalai Lama, My Son: A Mother's Autobiography by Diki Tsering
Comes the Peace: My Journey to Forgiveness by Daja Wangchuk Meston
Sorrow Mountain: The Journey of a Tibetan Warrior Nun by Ani Pachen
Born In Tibet by Chögyam Trungpa
Dharamsala Diaries by Swati Chopra
Day Breaks Over Dharamsala by Janet Thomas
Across Many Mountains by Yangzom Brauen
Touching Tibet by Niema Ash
Freeing Tibet: 50 Years of Struggle, Resilience, and Hope by John B. Roberts II
The Magician Of Lhasa by David Michie
Child of Tibet by Soname Yangchen
Our Pilgrimage To Tibet: Family Trip To See The Golden Child by Michael Erlewine
Drinking the Mountain Stream: Songs of Tibet's Beloved Saint, Milarepa by Jetsun Milarepa
Women in Tibet by Hanna Havnevik
Tears of Blood: A Cry for Tibet by Mary Craig
Lost in Tibet by Miriam Murcutt
My Path Leads To Tibet by Sabriye Tenberken
Younghusband: The Last Great Imperial Adventurer by Patrick French
Kingdom by Tom Martin
A Year in Tibet: A Voyage of Discovery by Sun Shuyun
My Tibet by Dalai Lama XIV
Waiting for the Dalai Lama by Annelie Rozeboom

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Merlin's Keep by Madeleine Brent

The Soul Trek by Djana Fahryeva

Among the Tibetans by Isabella L. Bird

Sacred Landsacpe And Pilgrimage in Tibet: In Search of the Lost Kingdom of Bon

Princess in Land of Snows: The Life of Jamyang Sakya in Tibet by Jamyang Sakya

The House Of Trembling LeavesJulian Lees

Dragon Thunder: My Life with Chogyam Trungpa by Diana J. Mukpo

The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment by Isabel Losada

Fearless in Tibet: The Life of the Mystic Terton Sogyal by Matteo Pistono

The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong: The Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet by Gyalo Thondup

More books set in Tibet:


Coming Home to Tibet: A Memoir by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
Crossing the Border by Tenzin Tsundue
Kora by Tenzin Tsundue
Love in No Man's Land by Duo Ji Zhuo Ga
My rice tastes like the lake by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
Rules of the House by Tsering W. Dhompa
Tibet Is My Country by Thubten Jigme Norbu

White Lama: The Life of Tantric Yogi Theos Bernard, Tibet's Lost Emissary to the New World by Douglas Veenhof.