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A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,824,914 ratings — published 2007
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,618,929 ratings — published 2003
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,147,629 ratings — published 1997
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,790,071 ratings — published 2001
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,985,230 ratings — published 2005
And the Mountains Echoed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.08 — 417,993 ratings — published 2012
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 3.66 — 359,575 ratings — published 2006
The Map of Salt and Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 3.91 — 21,399 ratings — published 2018
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.46 — 105,702 ratings — published 2009
A Fine Balance (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.38 — 165,507 ratings — published 1995
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.09 — 393,414 ratings — published 2005
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.31 — 755,079 ratings — published 2001
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.12 — 814,838 ratings — published 1998
In a Sunburned Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.07 — 125,739 ratings — published 2000
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.31 — 710,482 ratings — published 2016
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.34 — 697,490 ratings — published 2017
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,188,199 ratings — published 1991
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,533,299 ratings — published 2005
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 3.81 — 280,106 ratings — published 1998
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.28 — 242,085 ratings — published 2003
The Island of Sea Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.33 — 187,847 ratings — published 2019
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.06 — 517,631 ratings — published 2011
In the Time of the Butterflies (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.15 — 82,349 ratings — published 1994
Between Shades of Gray (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.36 — 288,346 ratings — published 2011
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 3.98 — 119,540 ratings — published 2012
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 3.77 — 18,934 ratings — published 2011
Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.11 — 92,099 ratings — published 2008
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,406,028 ratings — published 1956
The God of Small Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 3.96 — 343,084 ratings — published 1997
The Namesake (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.02 — 289,730 ratings — published 2003
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,872,167 ratings — published 2006
Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 3.94 — 564,170 ratings — published 1985
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.16 — 197,078 ratings — published 2007
The Lion Women of Tehran (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.46 — 281,303 ratings — published 2024
The Covenant of Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.40 — 354,060 ratings — published 2023
I Must Betray You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.39 — 108,626 ratings — published 2022
Honor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.35 — 79,057 ratings — published 2022
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 3.63 — 382,593 ratings — published 2018
The Death of Vivek Oji (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.11 — 70,717 ratings — published 2020
The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.17 — 229,639 ratings — published 2020
Transcendent Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.09 — 168,743 ratings — published 2020
Disappearing Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 3.82 — 58,388 ratings — published 2019
The Secrets Between Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.50 — 11,498 ratings — published 2018
What the Wind Knows (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.35 — 122,673 ratings — published 2019
The Heart's Invisible Furies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.51 — 232,378 ratings — published 2017
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.27 — 592,335 ratings — published 1997
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.35 — 271,695 ratings — published 2016
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.16 — 640,655 ratings — published 2012
When the Moon is Low (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 4.12 — 17,904 ratings — published 2015
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as foreign-lands)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,765,397 ratings — published 1988
“When you travel, the battered old suitcase only tells half the story...”
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“Great growth comes from loneliness. You have time to develop, dwell in your own mind and go a bit mad. All great people are a bit mad. That’s good to remember. Don’t escape it.
Great growth comes from time spent in foreign lands, watching foreign people with foreign cultures. It makes you forget about your own land and race and town for a while. Great growth also comes from rooting yourself into one place from time to time. Unpack your bags, get a nice bed, a book shelf, some friends. Learn to show up, keep in touch, stick around.
Growth comes in all sort of forms and shapes, everywhere at all times, and it’s yours to take and consume. Do what ought to be done. Here and now, to get you somewhere — anywhere.”
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Great growth comes from time spent in foreign lands, watching foreign people with foreign cultures. It makes you forget about your own land and race and town for a while. Great growth also comes from rooting yourself into one place from time to time. Unpack your bags, get a nice bed, a book shelf, some friends. Learn to show up, keep in touch, stick around.
Growth comes in all sort of forms and shapes, everywhere at all times, and it’s yours to take and consume. Do what ought to be done. Here and now, to get you somewhere — anywhere.”
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