Big Books of 2026
Genres

Cultures


Cultures Books

The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pachinko
Americanah
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
The Joy Luck Club
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
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
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In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
True Crime-Read
126 books — 20 voters
The Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantWorld Religions by John BowkerYour Own, Sylvia by Stephanie HemphillHeart to Heart by Jan Greenberg
Arts & Humanities for the College Bound
29 books — 10 voters

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
324 books — 187 voters
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanBeartown by Fredrik BackmanChristmas Island by Natalie Normann
Authologie's Promptastic Book Club Challenge - YEAR ONE - Prompt 9 - Set in Scandinavia
3 books — 1 voter

From Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyCollapse by Jared DiamondThe World of the Shining Prince by Ivan Morris1491 by Charles C. MannCourtesans and Fishcakes by James Davidson
Learning About Cultures for SFF Writers
71 books — 6 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
399 books — 158 voters

Quotes Tagged “Cultures”

“ Once the supervirus controls a certain number of nodes within a culture, it begins to systematically erase that culture's core, including its inherent values and objectives, maintaining only cosmetic features (consider attributes like accents, dress, superficial holidays … nothing representing deep underlying beliefs). . . . The supervirus has already gutted a few of the more progressively minded cultivars to a point at which they are now functionally the same culture wearing different skins … a ...more ”
― Malcolm Collins, The Pragmatist's Guide to Governance: From high school cliques to boards, family offices, and nations: A guide to optimizing governance models
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“ History favors the intrepid. ”
― Lee Lockwood, Castro's Cuba, Cuba's Fidel
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Videos Tagged “Cultures”

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Groups Tagged "Cultures"

Sister Stories We read books about the lives and experiences of women around the world. This group has virtual …more
23 members, last active 3 years ago
Arts for life. A location for not only your book needs but also the creativity that lives inside you: music, da…more
3 members, last active 11 years ago