Cultural

Cultural refers to books that depict a place or time and its culture.

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Americanah
The Cooked Seed: A Memoir
The Language Inside
Together Tea
P.S. Be Eleven
A Girl Called Problem
Sugar
River of Dust
The Third Son
Strangelets
Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood
The Vine Basket
Tiger in My Soup
Mooncakes

Giveaways

  • Emeralds of the Alhambra by John D. Cressler
    Emeralds of the Alhambra
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    Release date: Jun 15, 2013
    Winner receives a signed paperback of this medieval historical novel, endorsed by a Nobel Laureate.

    For hundreds of years, Christians, Muslims and Jews…more View Details »
    Giveaway dates: Jun 15 - Jun 29, 2013
    1 copy available, 139 people requesting
    Countries available: US
  • SONGSTONE by Lena Goldfinch
    SONGSTONE
    by
    Release date: Jul 29, 2013
    Kita can meld song into stone. In a world with no written word, storytelling—the ability to meld (or magically impress) song into stone—is greatly hon…more View Details »
    Giveaway dates: Jun 15 - Jul 29, 2013
    1 copy available, 377 people requesting
    Countries available: US, CA, and GB more
  • This Could Have Been Our Song! A Coulda Woulda Shoulda Ballad by Danielle-Claude Ngontang Mba
    This Could Have Been Our Song! A Coulda Woulda Shoulda Ballad
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    Release date: Jan 18, 2013
    Second Giveaway!

    Book one:
    Love can be such a “coulda, woulda, shoulda” song sometimes…


    Lucia Mpobo-Riddell could have been a dancer like the rest of wom…more View Details »
    Giveaway dates: Jun 08 - Aug 26, 2013
    3 copies available, 34 people requesting
    Countries available: GB
  • And the Mountains Echoed
    The Orphan Master's Son
    Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
    Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
    Secret Daughter
    Zeitoun
    Ink (Paper Gods, #1)
    When You Were Here
    The Almond Tree
    The Garden of Evening Mists
    The Cellist of Sarajevo
    Inside Out & Back Again
    The House I Loved
    The Secrets of Mary Bowser
    Island Beneath the Sea
    Ishmael by Daniel QuinnEndgame, Vol. 1 by Derrick JensenWild Land by Kathryn HoganSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt VonnegutVainglorious Sun by Mark D. Longo
    Critiques of civilization
    18 books — 14 voters
    Angels Cried by Stephen L. WilsonOde to Boy by Keith HaleThe Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen by Mitali PerkinsSophie Scholl and the White Rose by Annette DumbachCopper Sun by Sharon M. Draper
    Diversity Lit Anthology
    6 books — 12 voters

    The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsRuth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander RamseyThe Rough-Face Girl by Rafe MartinEverywhere Babies by Susan MeyersJimi by Gary Golio
    Multicultural Children's Lit
    180 books — 22 voters
    Call Me Okaasan by Suzanne KamataThe Blue Jay's Dance by Louise ErdrichHow Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm by Mei-Ling HopgoodBattle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy ChuaDying in Indian Country by Beth Ward
    Multicultural Motherhood
    12 books — 6 voters

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    American Born Chinese
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