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The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why by Richard Nisbett

The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why

Richard Nisbett

288 pages • first pub 2003 (editions) user-added

5.0elmira's review
nonfiction psychology informative reflective slow-paced
Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change by Jared Diamond

Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change

Civilizations Rise and Fall #3

Jared Diamond

500 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0elmira's review
nonfiction history politics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Maestrul și Margareta by Mikhail Bulgakov

Maestrul și Margareta

Mikhail Bulgakov

596 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0elmira's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Oamenii mării by Victor Hugo

Oamenii mării

Victor Hugo

384 pages • first pub 1866 (editions) user-added

5.0elmira's review
fiction classics dark slow-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0elmira's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Orientalism by Edward W. Said, Jean-Leon Gerome

Orientalism

Edward W. Said, Jean-Leon Gerome

504 pages • first pub 1978 (editions) user-added

5.0elmira's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0elmira's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

140 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0elmira's review
fiction classics dystopian science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

336 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0elmira's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Femeia nisipurilor by Kōbō Abe, Emil Eugen Pop

Femeia nisipurilor

Kōbō Abe, Emil Eugen Pop

231 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0elmira's review
fiction classics literary magical realism dark reflective slow-paced