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Oriental Books
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Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.99 — 749,333 ratings — published 1987
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,126,815 ratings — published 1997
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.29 — 185,395 ratings — published -350
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.94 — 584,217 ratings — published -500
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.11 — 560,874 ratings — published 2002
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 17 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.09 — 390,259 ratings — published 2005
Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.06 — 45,925 ratings — published 2002
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.65 — 418,231 ratings — published 2007
82년생 김지영 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.16 — 194,731 ratings — published 2016
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.14 — 319,834 ratings — published 1994
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.09 — 894,927 ratings — published 1922
Kitchen (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.89 — 134,158 ratings — published 1988
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.30 — 126,270 ratings — published 1991
A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.94 — 63,503 ratings — published 1645
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.14 — 159,960 ratings — published 2017
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.67 — 391,321 ratings — published 2016
After Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.74 — 192,853 ratings — published 2004
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.34 — 655,217 ratings — published 2017
Grass for His Pillow (Tales of the Otori, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.05 — 26,895 ratings — published 2003
Snow Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.56 — 43,017 ratings — published 1948
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,548,151 ratings — published 2003
Brilliance of the Moon (Tales of the Otori, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.08 — 22,743 ratings — published 2004
Kokoro (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.04 — 44,550 ratings — published 1914
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.00 — 16,980 ratings — published 1716
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.95 — 344,217 ratings — published 2009
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.93 — 269,762 ratings — published 1948
Confessions of a Mask (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.95 — 41,082 ratings — published 1949
I Am a Cat (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.66 — 18,800 ratings — published 1906
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.97 — 714,073 ratings — published 1989
Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.90 — 26,095 ratings — published 2003
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.63 — 204,149 ratings — published 2010
The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.19 — 83,128 ratings — published -400
The Tale of Genji (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.72 — 15,039 ratings — published 1000
The Pillow Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.02 — 10,341 ratings — published 1002
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,773,830 ratings — published 2007
The Harsh Cry of the Heron (Tales of the Otori, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.97 — 14,030 ratings — published 2006
South of the Border, West of the Sun (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.85 — 154,467 ratings — published 1992
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.41 — 216,732 ratings — published 1975
Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.17 — 107,188 ratings — published 2021
Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.79 — 18,904 ratings — published 2012
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.11 — 155,109 ratings — published 1985
Heaven's Net Is Wide (Tales of the Otori, #0)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.19 — 8,809 ratings — published 2007
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.97 — 25,888 ratings — published 1956
Greek Lessons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.60 — 51,747 ratings — published 2011
The Cat Who Saved Books (The Cat Who..., #1)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.71 — 89,858 ratings — published 2017
Sweet Bean Paste (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.05 — 81,047 ratings — published 2013
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.65 — 732,930 ratings — published 2015
In the Miso Soup: A Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.61 — 47,526 ratings — published 1997
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.96 — 62,982 ratings — published 2008
La casa de las bellas durmientes (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.49 — 8,463 ratings — published 1961
“Since you came to birth in this world at this time, in this place, and with this particular destiny, it was this indeed that you wanted and required for your own ultimate illumination. That was a great big wonderful thing that you thereupon brought to pass: not the "you" of course, that you now suppose yourself to be, but the "you" that was already there before you were born. You are not now to lose your nerve! Go on through with it and play your own game all the way!”
― Myths to Live By
― Myths to Live By
“you're the fly on the wall hearing all, seeing all
ears of a wall hearing all the secrets
perhaps you're the vines creeping over
the old abandoned mansion walls
dusty, soulless and dead
bringing a certain curious life to rubble
and I think you're the jewel-eyed gecko
sneaking around the warm summer walls
between jasmine and olive branches
sticky pad toes, clinging to the walls
peeking in at lonely summer spicy love-making
through silk curtains from the bright orient
breathing in incense and tasting decadence
climbing the sharply barbed walls
the smooth cemented white-washed walls
because walls breathe too”
―
ears of a wall hearing all the secrets
perhaps you're the vines creeping over
the old abandoned mansion walls
dusty, soulless and dead
bringing a certain curious life to rubble
and I think you're the jewel-eyed gecko
sneaking around the warm summer walls
between jasmine and olive branches
sticky pad toes, clinging to the walls
peeking in at lonely summer spicy love-making
through silk curtains from the bright orient
breathing in incense and tasting decadence
climbing the sharply barbed walls
the smooth cemented white-washed walls
because walls breathe too”
―
