Quest to Lighten My Non-Fiction TBR - hosted by misfitmoxie

Culture
Can be a memoir of someone from another culture, an anthropological study, a topic-based book set in another culture, or simply something introducing you to a unique culture.
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Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Francesc Miralles, Héctor García Puigcerver

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Francesc Miralles, Héctor García Puigcerver

194 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking

The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living

Meik Wiking

240 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help informative lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Coreea de Nord. Viața dincolo de clișee by Daniel Tudor, James Pearson

Coreea de Nord. Viața dincolo de clișee

Daniel Tudor, James Pearson

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping by Shane McCrae

Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping

Shane McCrae

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
In Pursuit of Disobedient Women: A Memoir of Love, Rebellion, and Family, Far Away by Dionne Searcey

In Pursuit of Disobedient Women: A Memoir of Love, Rebellion, and Family, Far Away

Dionne Searcey

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reflective fast-paced
Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense by Marcello Di Cintio

Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense

Marcello Di Cintio

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction politics emotional reflective medium-paced
Black in Latin America by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Black in Latin America

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

270 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Chicago: A Novel of Prohibition by David Mamet

Chicago: A Novel of Prohibition

David Mamet

352 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history reference sociology informative reflective slow-paced
Compañeras: Zapatista Women's Stories by Hilary Klein

Compañeras: Zapatista Women's Stories

Hilary Klein

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced