Cultures


The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pachinko
Americanah
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
The Joy Luck Club
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Homegoing
Povestea doamnei Murasaki by Liza DalbyJaponia, Viata si obiceiurile by Ioan TimușSingură pe Drumul Mătăsii by Sabina FatiInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezWayward Women by Jane Robinson
Thinking outwards
11 books — 1 voter
The Final Empire by Brandon SandersonThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Magical Lands
327 books — 190 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad Akreyi
Cultural reads
402 books — 164 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry NivenA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinDune by Frank Herbert
Intriguing Aliens
263 books — 148 voters

Christmas by Nikki TateBirthdays by Nikki TateChinese New Year by Jen Sookfong LeeDiwali by Rina SinghPowwow by Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
Orca Origins
8 books — 4 voters

Our goal with this book is to, for the first time, intentionally design an opt-in, diverse, multiphase ecosystem that can govern the interaction of multiple specialized cultures, which will serve society through their diversity of viewpoints, skill sets, and talents. Until now, competing cultures have been dumped into a geographic cage and forced to “figure it out for themselves” with only the barest of rules (like “don’t kill each other”) governing their interactions.
Malcolm Collins, The Pragmatist's Guide to Governance: From high school cliques to boards, family offices, and nations: A guide to optimizing governance models

Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Because Japan looks modern on the surface, westerners feel like it ought to be "just like us", and are surprised when it is not. ...more
Marie Mutsuki Mockett, Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey

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