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Oriental Books
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Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.99 — 724,668 ratings — published 1987
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,105,313 ratings — published 1997
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.29 — 181,682 ratings — published -350
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.95 — 567,958 ratings — published -500
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.12 — 545,660 ratings — published 2002
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 17 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.09 — 387,058 ratings — published 2005
Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.06 — 45,334 ratings — published 2002
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.65 — 373,253 ratings — published 2007
A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.95 — 61,525 ratings — published 1645
82년생 김지영 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.16 — 187,837 ratings — published 2016
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.67 — 370,117 ratings — published 2016
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.14 — 313,771 ratings — published 1994
Kitchen (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.89 — 128,202 ratings — published 1988
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.08 — 872,526 ratings — published 1922
After Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.74 — 187,976 ratings — published 2004
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.34 — 618,421 ratings — published 2017
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.94 — 249,634 ratings — published 1948
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.00 — 16,768 ratings — published 1716
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.95 — 338,871 ratings — published 2009
Grass for His Pillow (Tales of the Otori, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.05 — 26,597 ratings — published 2003
Snow Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.56 — 40,913 ratings — published 1948
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,476,252 ratings — published 2003
Brilliance of the Moon (Tales of the Otori, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.08 — 22,507 ratings — published 2004
Kokoro (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.04 — 41,935 ratings — published 1914
I Am a Cat (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.67 — 17,891 ratings — published 1906
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.30 — 123,239 ratings — published 1991
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.64 — 183,867 ratings — published 2010
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.14 — 153,254 ratings — published 2017
South of the Border, West of the Sun (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.85 — 149,917 ratings — published 1992
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.97 — 708,765 ratings — published 1989
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.41 — 211,628 ratings — published 1975
Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.90 — 25,868 ratings — published 2003
Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.18 — 103,505 ratings — published 2021
The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.19 — 81,319 ratings — published -400
The Tale of Genji (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.72 — 14,726 ratings — published 1000
Confessions of a Mask (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.95 — 39,215 ratings — published 1949
Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.79 — 18,648 ratings — published 2012
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.11 — 152,011 ratings — published 1985
The Pillow Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.02 — 10,029 ratings — published 1002
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,726,267 ratings — published 2007
The Harsh Cry of the Heron (Tales of the Otori, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.97 — 13,876 ratings — published 2006
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.97 — 24,774 ratings — published 1956
In the Miso Soup (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.62 — 44,556 ratings — published 1997
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.87 — 202,260 ratings — published 2013
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.05 — 96,550 ratings — published 2005
The Bastard of Istanbul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.88 — 64,204 ratings — published 2006
Sputnik Sweetheart (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.83 — 180,401 ratings — published 1999
Heaven's Net Is Wide (Tales of the Otori, #0)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.19 — 8,729 ratings — published 2007
The Cat Who Saved Books (The Cat Who..., #1)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.71 — 84,583 ratings — published 2017
Sweet Bean Paste (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.06 — 73,303 ratings — published 2013
“Since you came to birth in this world at this time, in this place, and with this particular destiny, it was this indeed that you wanted and required for your own ultimate illumination. That was a great big wonderful thing that you thereupon brought to pass: not the "you" of course, that you now suppose yourself to be, but the "you" that was already there before you were born. You are not now to lose your nerve! Go on through with it and play your own game all the way!”
― Myths to Live By
― Myths to Live By
“The overpowering oriental out that had first led her there was tempered now by a much more varied and subtle fragrance palette. She could pick up strong threads of the most classic florals, rose, lily of the valley, magnolia, which Guy would have turned his nose up at before, alongside the more Mediterranean jasmine and neroli, with the warm notes of sandalwood and tonka, balanced by the bite of citrus.”
― The Scent of You
― The Scent of You
