- Blanch, Lesley. The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus. Tauris Parke, 2004.
Novels
- Lermontov, Mikhail. Hero of Our Time (Geroi nashego vremeni) (1839-41).
- Pushkin, Sergei. Prisoners of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) (1820-21).