Our book club recently picked three great books: "Fried Green Tomatoes" by Flagg, "Midnight in the Garden of Good And Evil" by Berendt, and this one, "A Thousand Splendid suns" We loved all, but "suns" hit some nerve (the setting and general world conditions now?)and we weren't able to shake it. We've not yet read "Kite" but will take that one up next. Would also recommend that you try Flagg's FRIED GREEN TOMATOES if you haven't already read it.