And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times' bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini-he story expands gradually outward, becoming more emotionally complex and powerful with each turning page. (From the publisher.)