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Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.29 — 189,094 ratings — published -350
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.98 — 777,960 ratings — published 1987
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,149,611 ratings — published 1997
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.94 — 601,518 ratings — published -500
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.11 — 580,460 ratings — published 2002
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 17 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.09 — 393,776 ratings — published 2005
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.65 — 467,761 ratings — published 2007
Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.06 — 46,630 ratings — published 2002
82년생 김지영 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.16 — 202,787 ratings — published 2016
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.66 — 414,542 ratings — published 2016
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.14 — 327,276 ratings — published 1994
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.09 — 920,364 ratings — published 1922
Kitchen (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.89 — 140,782 ratings — published 1988
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.31 — 129,923 ratings — published 1991
A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.93 — 65,574 ratings — published 1645
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.14 — 168,154 ratings — published 2017
After Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.74 — 198,834 ratings — published 2004
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.34 — 702,446 ratings — published 2017
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,625,652 ratings — published 2003
Kokoro (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.03 — 47,721 ratings — published 1914
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.99 — 17,276 ratings — published 1716
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.95 — 350,738 ratings — published 2009
Grass for His Pillow (Tales of the Otori, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.05 — 27,199 ratings — published 2003
Snow Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.55 — 44,941 ratings — published 1948
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.92 — 293,206 ratings — published 1948
Confessions of a Mask (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.95 — 43,492 ratings — published 1949
The Pillow Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.01 — 10,671 ratings — published 1002
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,830,368 ratings — published 2007
Brilliance of the Moon (Tales of the Otori, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.08 — 23,000 ratings — published 2004
I Am a Cat (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.65 — 19,747 ratings — published 1906
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.97 — 719,834 ratings — published 1989
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.63 — 224,477 ratings — published 2010
Sweet Bean Paste (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.04 — 92,947 ratings — published 2013
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.64 — 783,839 ratings — published 2015
The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.19 — 85,044 ratings — published -400
The Tale of Genji (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.72 — 15,408 ratings — published 1000
Sputnik Sweetheart (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.82 — 190,104 ratings — published 1999
South of the Border, West of the Sun (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.85 — 159,767 ratings — published 1992
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.97 — 27,300 ratings — published 1956
Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.90 — 26,456 ratings — published 2003
Greek Lessons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.59 — 59,106 ratings — published 2011
In the Miso Soup (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.61 — 50,961 ratings — published 1997
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.87 — 211,541 ratings — published 2013
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.11 — 158,729 ratings — published 1985
The Harsh Cry of the Heron (Tales of the Otori, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.97 — 14,169 ratings — published 2006
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.41 — 222,094 ratings — published 1975
Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.78 — 101,021 ratings — published 2009
The Cat Who Saved Books (The Cat Who..., #1)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.71 — 94,727 ratings — published 2017
Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 4.17 — 111,035 ratings — published 2021
The Memory Police (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as oriental)
avg rating 3.68 — 163,746 ratings — published 1994
“Hassan stared at the boy for a long moment, and then his anger faded, and he let him go. When next he saw his older self, Hassan asked him, “Why did you not warn me about the pickpocket?” “Did you not enjoy the experience?”
― The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
― The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
“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”
―
