Cultural genre books (103)
21.
Daring to Drive : A Saudi Woman’s Awakening by Manal Sharif EN
Rating: 5 1 Vote
Country: Asia / 
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Description:
A memoir by a Saudi Arabian woman who became the unexpected leader of a movement to support women's rights describes how fundamentalism influenced her radical religious beliefs until her education, a job, and legal contradictions changed her perspectives.
22.
DAURA : A Novel by ANUKRTI. UPADHYAY EN
IndiaDescription:
A young District Collector is posted to one of the furthest outposts of rural Rajasthan. As he becomes more and more involved with the lives and troubles of the common people in his district, he finds himself sucked deeper and deeper into the dark heart of the desert.
Tags:
Set in INDIA
Female author
Recommended: 21 Jan 2023
23.
East of Eden by John Steinbeck EN
Rating: 4 26 Votes
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The biblical account of Cain and Abel is echoed in the history of two generations of the Trask family in California.
Genre
Cultural Philosophical
Recommended: 14 Apr 2023
24.
East of the West : A Country in Stories by Miroslav Penkov EN
Rating: 4 1 Vote
BulgariaDescription:
Collects stories inspired by the author's native Bulgaria, including the tales of a grandson who tries to buy Lenin's corpse on eBay for his grandfather and a boy who meets a cousin every five years on the river that divides their village.
Tags:
Set in BULGARIA
Male author
Recommended: 10 Aug 2022
Canada26.
Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun EN
Rating: 5 1 Vote
NorwayDescription:
The story of an elemental existence in rural Norway.
Genre
Cultural Historical
Recommended: 14 Apr 2023
27.
Home Home by Lisa Allen-Agostini EN
0 Ratings
Country: North America / 
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
Fans of Monday's Not Coming and Girl in Pieces will love this award-winning novel about a girl on the verge of losing herself and the unlikely journey to recovery after she is removed from anything and everyone she knows to be home. Moving from Trinidad to Canada wasn't her idea. But after being hospitalized for depression, her mother sees it as the only option. Now, living with an estranged aunt she barely remembers and dealing with her "troubles" in a foreign country, she feels more lost than ever. Everything in Canada is cold and confusing. No one says hello, no one walks anywhere, and bus ... continue
28.
Homo Deus : by Yuval Noah Harari EN
Rating: 3.5 29 Votes
IsraelDescription:
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLERSapiensshows us where we came from. Homo Deusshows us where we?re going.Yuval Noah Hararienvisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deusexplores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from overcoming death to creating artificial life.It asks the fundamental questions- how can we protect this fragile world from our own destructive power? And what does our future hold?'Homo Deuswill shock you. It will entertain you. It will make you think in ways you had not thought before? Daniel Kahneman
Tags:
Set in ISRAEL
Male author
Recommended: 25 May 2023
29.
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami EN
Rating: 3.5 11 Votes
MoroccoDescription:
Set in modern-day Morocco, the story of four vastly different Moroccans who illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain chronicles the circumstances that drive them to risk their lives and the rewards that may or may not prove to be worth the danger.
30.
House of Stone : A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East by Anthony Shadid EN
Rating: 4 5 Votes
LebanonDescription:
A journalist traces the story of his family's effort to rebuild an ancestral home in Lebanon amid political strife and how the work enabled a greater understanding of the emotions behind Middle East turbulence.
Tags:
Set in LEBANON
Male author
Recommended: 29 Oct 2022
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