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Christina Lamb was twenty-one when she first went to Afghanistan with the mujahideen fighting the Soviet army. She has been reporting from wars ever since, for The Sunday Times, and has been named Foreign Correspondent of the Year five times. She co-wrote I Am Malala with Malala Yousafzai, and her book about what war does to women won the first Pilecki Institute award for war reporting. This guide covers all nine of her books in order, and where to start.
By Lisanne Swart · 9 books · War reporting · 1991–2020 · Updated October 2026
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Christina Lamb has published nine books: on Pakistan, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and an English family in Africa, a collection of her reporting, two books written with young women, I Am Malala and Nujeen, and Our Bodies, Their Battlefield (2020), about sexual violence as a weapon of war.
Where to Start with Christina Lamb
If you want the famous one
→ I Am Malala (2013).
If you want Afghanistan
→ The Sewing Circles of Herat (2002).
If you want her most important
→ Our Bodies, Their Battlefield (2020).
All 9 Christina Lamb Books, in Order
Waiting for Allah
Pakistan under Benazir Bhutto's first government, from her years as a correspondent in Islamabad.
The Africa House
Stewart Gore-Browne and the English country house he built in the African bush in what is now Zambia.
The Sewing Circles of Herat
Afghanistan under and after the Taliban, including women who risked their lives to keep writing and teaching under cover of sewing circles.
House of Stone
A white farmer and his Black maid in Zimbabwe, from the liberation war to the land seizures.
Small Wars Permitting
A collection of her reportage from around the world.
I Am Malala
Written with Malala Yousafzai: the story of the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education. It was named Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the British National Book Awards.
Farewell Kabul
Her account of the Western war in Afghanistan and what went wrong.
Nujeen
Written with Nujeen Mustafa, a young Syrian woman who crossed Europe as a refugee in her wheelchair. Also published as The Girl from Aleppo.
Our Bodies, Their Battlefield
Women in conflicts around the world and the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, and those fighting for justice. It won the Pilecki Institute award and was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Orwell Prize.
How Many Books Did Christina Lamb Write?
Nine books between 1991 and 2020, two of them written with Malala Yousafzai and Nujeen Mustafa.
- Afghanistan and Pakistan — Waiting for Allah, The Sewing Circles of Herat, Farewell Kabul. Read the entries →
- Africa — The Africa House and House of Stone. Read the entries →
- Women and war — I Am Malala, Nujeen, Our Bodies, Their Battlefield. Read the entries →
In What Order to Read Christina Lamb
Her Afghan books read well in order, from The Sewing Circles of Herat to Farewell Kabul.
A reading path
1. I Am Malala (2013)
2. The Sewing Circles of Herat (2002)
3. Our Bodies, Their Battlefield (2020)
Quick facts about Christina Lamb
- Work
- Chief Foreign Correspondent, The Sunday Times
- Education
- Oxford (PPE)
- Honours
- OBE (2013); Foreign Correspondent of the Year five times; Prix Bayeux
- Books
- 9, from 1991 to 2020
How Christina Lamb Works: Wars Through Women
Lamb reports from the front lines but focuses on the people whose stories are usually missed, especially women and children.
Her books combine years of reporting with long relationships with the people she writes about.
Frequently asked questions about Christina Lamb's books
How many books has Christina Lamb written?
Christina Lamb has published nine books, from Waiting for Allah (1991) to Our Bodies, Their Battlefield (2020).
Did Christina Lamb write I Am Malala?
Yes. She co-wrote I Am Malala (2013) with Malala Yousafzai.
Footnotes
Bibliography last verified 1 October 2026.
This list was not put together by a machine.
The notes are all mine,
and the books are all hers.
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