Worldbuilder's Book Club 2023 - hosted by quartzen

Culture and Religion
Choose a book about cultural or religious practice contemporary or historical, including books about religion,  mythology, cultural norms, manners, social class, or other related topics.
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Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick

Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington

James Kirchick

816 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced
How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy by Julian Baggini

How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy

Julian Baggini

432 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin, Laozi, J.P. Seaton

Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way

Ursula K. Le Guin, Laozi, J.P. Seaton

162 pages • first pub -400 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy religion inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history memoir science hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Against Meritocracy: Culture, Power and Myths of Mobility by Jo Littler

Against Meritocracy: Culture, Power and Myths of Mobility

Jo Littler

236 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction economics philosophy sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Downton Era: Great Houses, Churchills, and Mitfords by Nancy C. Parrish

The Downton Era: Great Houses, Churchills, and Mitfords

Nancy C. Parrish

184 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history medium-paced
one long listening: a memoir of grief, friendship, and spiritual care by Chenxing Han

one long listening: a memoir of grief, friendship, and spiritual care

Chenxing Han

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion emotional informative inspiring slow-paced
Playing with Fire: A Modern Investigation Into Demons, Exorcism, and Ghosts by Billy Hallowell

Playing with Fire: A Modern Investigation Into Demons, Exorcism, and Ghosts

Billy Hallowell

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction dark informative slow-paced
All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell

All the Living and the Dead

Hayley Campbell

8 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane

Underland: A Deep Time Journey

Robert Macfarlane

488 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced