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The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,579,080 ratings — published 2003
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,795,316 ratings — published 2007
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,135,875 ratings — published 1997
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.34 — 673,401 ratings — published 2017
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.31 — 422,831 ratings — published 2013
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.75 — 422,941 ratings — published 1958
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.97 — 716,598 ratings — published 1989
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.16 — 635,399 ratings — published 2012
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.49 — 836,260 ratings — published 2016
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.47 — 421,981 ratings — published 2016
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.83 — 512,426 ratings — published 2016
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.09 — 391,668 ratings — published 2005
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.66 — 359,310 ratings — published 2006
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.30 — 127,631 ratings — published 1991
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.29 — 132,322 ratings — published 2017
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.01 — 263,820 ratings — published 1931
The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.21 — 640,290 ratings — published 1997
The God of Small Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.96 — 337,144 ratings — published 1997
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.81 — 278,791 ratings — published 1998
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.16 — 665,871 ratings — published 1996
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.22 — 636,143 ratings — published 2021
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.32 — 31,918 ratings — published 2014
The Island of Sea Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.32 — 181,922 ratings — published 2019
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.27 — 238,444 ratings — published 2003
Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.34 — 190,101 ratings — published 2006
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,295,163 ratings — published 1947
Interpreter of Maladies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.18 — 209,965 ratings — published 1999
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.12 — 807,537 ratings — published 1998
Digging to America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.60 — 23,850 ratings — published 2006
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.31 — 695,743 ratings — published 2016
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.05 — 500,143 ratings — published 2011
And the Mountains Echoed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.08 — 413,827 ratings — published 2012
The Buddha in the Attic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.71 — 65,533 ratings — published 2011
Same, Same But Different (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,070 ratings — published 2011
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.04 — 468,926 ratings — published 1997
The Complete Persepolis (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.41 — 213,609 ratings — published 2007
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.92 — 164,888 ratings — published 2009
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,394,353 ratings — published 1956
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.26 — 105,255 ratings — published 1970
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,778,915 ratings — published 2001
The Proudest Blue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.52 — 7,622 ratings — published 2019
Front Desk (Front Desk #1)
by (shelved 6 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.36 — 47,304 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,944,330 ratings — published 2018
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.98 — 118,815 ratings — published 2012
The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,894 ratings — published 2006
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.00 — 143,048 ratings — published 2015
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,137,238 ratings — published 1967
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.98 — 760,071 ratings — published 1987
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cultures)
avg rating 4.05 — 288,009 ratings — published 2007
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as cultures)
avg rating 3.88 — 353,977 ratings — published 1960
“We are not sheep or cows. God didn’t create fences for us or boundaries to contain our nationalities. Man did. God didn’t draw up religious barriers to separate us from each other. Man did. And on top of that, no father would like to see his children fighting or killing each other. The Creator favors the man who spreads loves over the man who spreads hate. A religious title does not make anyone more superior over another. If a kind man stands by his conscience and exhibits truth in his words and actions, he will stand by God regardless of his faith. If mankind wants to evolve, we must learn from our past mistakes. If not, our technology will evolve without us.”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“People who see themselves as “good” are much more likely to do “evil” things. This is because believing you are the “good guy” allows you to define your actions as good because you are the one doing them. This is why many successful cultures frame humans as intrinsically wretched. It can seem harsh to raise a child to believe deeply in their own wretchedness, but doing so helps them remember to always second-guess themselves by remembering their lesser, selfishly motivated instincts. Instincts that run counter to your morality and values have every bit as much access to your intelligence as “the better angels” of your consciousness and will use your own knowledge and wit to justify their whims. You can’t outreason your worst impulses without stacking the deck in your favor. Coming from a culture that anticipates bad impulses and steels you against them can do that. That said, cultures will no doubt develop different, less harsh mechanisms for achieving the same outcome.”
― The Pragmatist's Guide to Governance: From high school cliques to boards, family offices, and nations: A guide to optimizing governance models
― The Pragmatist's Guide to Governance: From high school cliques to boards, family offices, and nations: A guide to optimizing governance models
