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Oriental Books
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Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.98 — 760,155 ratings — published 1987
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.29 — 186,765 ratings — published -350
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,135,933 ratings — published 1997
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.94 — 590,656 ratings — published -500
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.11 — 568,816 ratings — published 2002
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 17 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.09 — 391,675 ratings — published 2005
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.65 — 436,928 ratings — published 2007
Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.06 — 46,207 ratings — published 2002
82년생 김지영 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.16 — 197,849 ratings — published 2016
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.66 — 400,588 ratings — published 2016
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.14 — 322,698 ratings — published 1994
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.09 — 905,118 ratings — published 1922
Kitchen (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.89 — 136,858 ratings — published 1988
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.30 — 127,644 ratings — published 1991
A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.94 — 64,419 ratings — published 1645
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.14 — 163,343 ratings — published 2017
After Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.74 — 195,097 ratings — published 2004
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.34 — 673,513 ratings — published 2017
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,579,248 ratings — published 2003
Kokoro (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.03 — 45,828 ratings — published 1914
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.99 — 17,103 ratings — published 1716
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.95 — 346,805 ratings — published 2009
Grass for His Pillow (Tales of the Otori, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.05 — 27,021 ratings — published 2003
Snow Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.55 — 43,800 ratings — published 1948
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.93 — 279,129 ratings — published 1948
Confessions of a Mask (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.95 — 42,023 ratings — published 1949
The Pillow Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.02 — 10,472 ratings — published 1002
Brilliance of the Moon (Tales of the Otori, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.08 — 22,854 ratings — published 2004
I Am a Cat (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.65 — 19,159 ratings — published 1906
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.97 — 716,600 ratings — published 1989
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.63 — 212,590 ratings — published 2010
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.65 — 753,715 ratings — published 2015
The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.19 — 83,868 ratings — published -400
The Tale of Genji (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.71 — 15,206 ratings — published 1000
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,795,463 ratings — published 2007
South of the Border, West of the Sun (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.85 — 156,418 ratings — published 1992
Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.90 — 26,233 ratings — published 2003
Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.17 — 108,903 ratings — published 2021
In the Miso Soup (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.61 — 48,853 ratings — published 1997
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.11 — 156,436 ratings — published 1985
The Harsh Cry of the Heron (Tales of the Otori, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.97 — 14,093 ratings — published 2006
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.97 — 26,427 ratings — published 1956
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.41 — 218,824 ratings — published 1975
Greek Lessons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.59 — 54,651 ratings — published 2011
Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.78 — 96,398 ratings — published 2009
The Cat Who Saved Books (The Cat Who..., #1)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.71 — 91,911 ratings — published 2017
Sweet Bean Paste (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.05 — 85,248 ratings — published 2013
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.96 — 63,087 ratings — published 2008
La casa de las bellas durmientes (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.48 — 8,618 ratings — published 1961
The Arabian Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.02 — 82,813 ratings — published 800
“He put one of his heavy crystal perfume bottles into her hand. A big one with an old-fashioned silk puffer spray. She looked at the label and saw it wasn't the one she'd sprayed on her wrist, but the first cap she'd smelled and hadn't liked so much. It was called the Darkest Hour.
"I know you like Half Past Eight more," said Guy. "You think you're not a spicy-orientals girl, with your Celtic blood and your dry skin; I read your blog, I know about your fetish for chypre fragrances. It's the oakmoss and patchouli combo alongside the burned lemon you're responding to in Half Past Eight."
Polly had to laugh.
"Bang to rights," she said. "Halfway to chypre paradise...”
― The Scent of You
"I know you like Half Past Eight more," said Guy. "You think you're not a spicy-orientals girl, with your Celtic blood and your dry skin; I read your blog, I know about your fetish for chypre fragrances. It's the oakmoss and patchouli combo alongside the burned lemon you're responding to in Half Past Eight."
Polly had to laugh.
"Bang to rights," she said. "Halfway to chypre paradise...”
― The Scent of You
“you're the fly on the wall hearing all, seeing all
ears of a wall hearing all the secrets
perhaps you're the vines creeping over
the old abandoned mansion walls
dusty, soulless and dead
bringing a certain curious life to rubble
and I think you're the jewel-eyed gecko
sneaking around the warm summer walls
between jasmine and olive branches
sticky pad toes, clinging to the walls
peeking in at lonely summer spicy love-making
through silk curtains from the bright orient
breathing in incense and tasting decadence
climbing the sharply barbed walls
the smooth cemented white-washed walls
because walls breathe too”
―
ears of a wall hearing all the secrets
perhaps you're the vines creeping over
the old abandoned mansion walls
dusty, soulless and dead
bringing a certain curious life to rubble
and I think you're the jewel-eyed gecko
sneaking around the warm summer walls
between jasmine and olive branches
sticky pad toes, clinging to the walls
peeking in at lonely summer spicy love-making
through silk curtains from the bright orient
breathing in incense and tasting decadence
climbing the sharply barbed walls
the smooth cemented white-washed walls
because walls breathe too”
―
