6. Not from around here

[Ana]

Read a book set in a different culture from your own.

[Alyssa]

I really need some suggestions on this one...

[Stephanie]

This list might help: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

[D.L.]

I finally have the opportunity to read The Kite Runner!!

[Alyssa]

The Kite Runner is really good! I read it a couple of years ago.

[D.L.]

Aly wrote: "The Kite Runner is really good! I read it a couple of years ago."

I've heard it's good. I'll finally get a chance to tackle it this summer!

[Kalie]

I'm actually going to recommend We Hunt the Flame, it's also a Debut Author, which is another prompt. (;

[Laura]

I am reading Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James. It is set in Africa

[Nicole]

I’ll be reading Home Fires, which is by an Australian author.

[Martha]

I'm thinking of maybe reading a Japanese manga

[Jessica]

The Island of Sea Women has been popping up a lot on my feed.

[Ilsen]

I already did Dragon Pearl for this one but I’m going to hopefully read We Hunt The Flame this summer!

[Jill]

Just finished The Girl with Seven Names - excellent read about a woman who defected from North Korea as a 17 year old.

[Ann (Inky Labyrinth)]

I read a few amazing novels from around the world earlier this year, including The Architect's Apprentice (set in old Istanbul), The City of Brass (a fantasy set in ancient Cairo), My Sister, the Serial Killer set in modern Nigeria, and Sightseeing (set in modern Thailand). I gave all of these four stars!

I think I'm going to use Prayers for the Stolen for this one, as it is set in Mexico.

[Erin]

For this, I read The Bonesetter's Daughter. It's a story within a story, and while Ruth lives in modern day San Francisco, the majority of the story is that of her mother and grandmother, which takes place in China roughly a century ago.

You can read my review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Kristy]

I'm planning on reading The Book Thief

[aliceshields]

Daph wrote: "I finally have the opportunity to read The Kite Runner!!"

Aly wrote: "The Kite Runner is really good! I read it a couple of years ago."

This book really good 👍🏼

I’m plan to read the author second book under this category: A Thousand Splendid Suns

[aliceshields]

May I suggest:
1. Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (set in Mumbai)

2. Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing, cross between past (during a tumultuous period in China’s history) and present (Vancouver).

[Jordan]

I may be way misinterpreting this but what about a sci fi, like Magic for Liars? It's based at a magic school... clearly different from my culture. Lol

[Ilsen]

That’s more like a different setting or reality altogether. I think they mean it in a more diverse representation or a culture that is different from your own. For example, a culture that is different from my own is Asian culture because I have no correlation with it. A culture you are completely unfamiliar with.

[Louise]

I just finished Trail of Broken Wings by Sejal Badani. It takes place in both India and the US.

[Jud]

I didn't pick this one as my book for this challenge but I'm currently reading one set in Australia Secrets From The Dust I've only just started it but it starts well

[Julie O'brien]

Sounds interesting. Thanks for the suggestion!

[Kristine]

I just finished Erotic Stories for Punjabi Women that I’m using for this prompt. I really enjoyed this one!

[aliceshields]

Just done Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns (Afghanistan).

[Kate]

For this challenge I am going to read Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This story takes place in Nigeria.

[Jasmine]

Erin wrote: "For this, I read The Bonesetter's Daughter..."

I read that years ago and really enjoyed it. I should re-read it sometime. It's probably my favourite Amy Tan book.

[Jasmine]

I recently read The Boat People by Sharon Bala and really enjoyed it.

[Jud]

Kate wrote: "For this challenge I am going to read Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This story takes place in Nigeria."

If you like that you will probably like Purple Hibiscus as well. I read it last week and really enjoyed it.

[Kate]

Jud wrote: "Kate wrote: "For this challenge I am going to read Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This story takes place in Nigeria."

If you like that you will proba..."

This author has been on my To Read list since PBS's The Great American Read. Her book, Americanah, made the list. So far, I'm really enjoying Half of a Yellow Sun. I will definitely add Purple Hibiscus to my To Read list. Thanks!

[Kate]

Yesterday, I finished Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and cannot recommend it enough.

[Jade]

I read Midnight Hunter. It was under romance but left me massively conflicted. Takes place in 1963 in East Berlin two years after the wall has been erected. Between a high ranking Stasi officer who fought for Germany in WWII and a young east Berliner out to do anything to gain her freedom and rid the oppressive regime.

[Sarah]

I just finished Curse of the Demon Dog, set in ancient Eygpt.