There is only one book in the wiki that focuses on Central Asia: "Afghanistan a Cultural and Political History." I suspect books concerning the Soviet Union or Mongol conquests mention Central Asia as well, but I find it odd that there is an entire region of the world essentially missing from the book list - especially when it seems that great care was taken to represent all other areas of the world. Just thought I'd point it out.
Does anyone have recommended reading on Central Asian history? I just read "The Great Game" by Hopkirk and I heard that "Kim" was also a good read. How about any books that talk about the Silk Road or civilizations of the steppe?
Central Asia is unfortunately rather understudied, which probably explains the hole in our list (see also places like Vietnam, which is another area that's missing a lot), but an extensive, academic, and free series on the area is UNESCO's History of Civilizations of Central Asia (minor warning that it uses Wade-Giles for Chinese, so Hsiung-nu instead of Xiongnu):
Hope I could help!
Decent histories of Central Asia are tough to come by, as the region's something of a political football. On one hand, you have historians who view the region with a distinct bias towards Russian imperialism (and later Sovietism), while on the other, you have pan-Turkist historians that push an ethnic nationalist agenda. Both make for a tough time separating the wheat from the chaff.