Cultural

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

American Hagwon
Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir From the Child of a Mail-Order Bride
Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
An Immaculate Deception
Never Say Die
Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines
Mexikid Dreams: A Graphic Memoir
The Big Cats Dance Party (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #27)
Life of M
The Wound Is Where the Light Enters: A Memoir of Resilience
The Ladies Hall
The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men
The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
Hiroshima, 8:15: The Lost Memoir
The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men
A Heartbeat at My Feet
Life of M
The Forgotten Midwife
Never Say Die
The Big Cats Dance Party (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #27)
The Fourth Option
Call of the Camino
The Revelation of Dionne Daphne
Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir From the Child of a Mail-Order Bride
The Renovation
Abscond
Hyperpolitik
Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future
Leave Your Mess at Home
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Foreign Lands
2,381 books — 2,252 voters
Circe by Madeline MillerThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Penelopiad by Margaret AtwoodThe Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. Boroson
Mythology Books For The Grown Folks
373 books — 209 voters

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieCinder by Marissa MeyerAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Diversity in Young Adult and Middle Grade
1,927 books — 1,312 voters
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian AndersenChrysanthemum by Kevin HenkesIt's Okay to Be Different by Todd ParrA Color of His Own by Leo LionniLeo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
It's Good to Be Me
349 books — 181 voters

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
The Kite Runner
Memoirs of a Geisha
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Pachinko
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
The Joy Luck Club
Esperanza Rising
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
Americanah
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Naomi Wolf
“ Sadly, the signals that allow men and women to find the partners who most please them are scrambled by the sexual insecurity initiated by beauty thinking. A woman who is self-conscious can't relax to let her sensuality come into play. If she is hungry she will be tense. If she is "done up" she will be on the alert for her reflection in his eyes. If she is ashamed of her body, its movement will be stilled. If she does not feel entitled to claim attention, she will not demand that airspace to shin ...more ”
― Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

Naomi Wolf
“ A consequence of female self-love is that the woman grows convinced of social worth. Her love for her body will be unqualified, which is the basis of female identification. If a woman loves her own body, she doesn't grudge what other women do with theirs; if she loves femaleness, she champions its rights. It's true what they say about women: Women are insatiable. We are greedy. Our appetites do need to be controlled if things are to stay in place. If the world were ours too, if we believed we co ...more ”
― Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

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