Cultures


The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pachinko
Americanah
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
The Joy Luck Club
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Homegoing
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry NivenThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Best Aliens
431 books — 337 voters

The Blue Monsoon by Damyanti BiswasGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS  by Scott  L. NelsonLucky by Scott NelsonThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew LightfootAbyssinian Nomad by Maskarm Haile
Best Traveling Vicariously II
106 books — 61 voters

Steven Magee
It seems international USA war bases just cause unrest in the world.
Steven Magee

Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Because Japan looks modern on the surface, westerners feel like it ought to be "just like us", and are surprised when it is not. ...more
Marie Mutsuki Mockett, Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey

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