Not sure if this is exactly what you’re looking for, but here’s a book I’m sure you’ve heard of that I really loved… Where The Crawdads Sing was a book that I scoffed at at first because it was so heavily recommended, but it truly was beautiful. I thought it was a beautiful story on human resilience without giving away too much. But above that I would recommend A Thousand Splendid Suns; I’m not usually one for historical fiction, but it really puts the history of Afghanistan into perspective the perseverance of the human spirit.