Books that immerse you in another part of the world

[Anonymous]

I have loved books like this. Think: Kite Runner, Pachinko, any Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Memoirs of a Geisha etc.

Any similar suggestions?

[Anonymous]

“The Storm We Made.”
“Cutting for Stone” and/or “Covenant of Water”
“Scatterlings.”
“The God of Small Things.”
“The Lowland.”
“Hungry Ghosts.”
“The Pickup.” (Or any Nadine Gordimer.)

[Anonymous]

Maybe not what you have in mind, but Colm Tobin nails the tiniest details of the Irish.

[Anonymous]

Cutting for Stone is definitely the first that comes to mind. Such a wonderful book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cutting for Stone is definitely the first that comes to mind. Such a wonderful book.

Love him.

[Anonymous]

Stolen (2009) by Lucy Christopher is set in the Australian outback and is deeply immersed in that. The place itself is almost a character in the book. Definitely worth reading.

[Anonymous]

“The Sun Walks Down.” About a boy lost in the outback in colonial Australia.

[Anonymous]

The Orphan Master's Son

The setting is in North Korea. Incredible read.

[Anonymous]

Angela’s ashes

[Anonymous]

Behind Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

[Anonymous]

"A Suitable Boy," which I recommend for anyone not fortunate to have read it. Yes, it's very long. I promise you'll wish it were longer.

[Anonymous]

A Case of Exploding Mangoes

[Anonymous]

A Door in the Earth

A Good Provider is One Who Leaves

Island of the Sea Women

An Artist of the Floating World

Agree with Cutting for Stone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A Door in the Earth

A Good Provider is One Who Leaves

Island of the Sea Women

An Artist of the Floating World

Agree with Cutting for Stone

I really enjoyed A Good Provider is One Who Leaves. It's nonfiction if that influences OP one way or another.

[Anonymous]

The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway about the Australian Outback. Amazing memoir. Conway eventually becomes the first female president of Smith College.