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Some of the best books I’ve read!
Pedestrian WolvesPedestrian Wolves by James Grant
Buy new: £6.06 / Used from: £10.71
Dark and sexy, a true gem of a first novel; it’s the sort of book you will be compelled to read in a day and then wish you could read it again for the first time as soon as it’s over. Set in New Orlea
Snakes and EarringsSnakes and Earrings by Hitomi Kanehara
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Mind blowing, murders set in Japan, a bit of body modification and a healthy dose of S&M what more do you want in a book?
TwelveTwelve by Nick McDonnell
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Sinister and awesome in equal quantities.
Invisible MonstersInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
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An unusual book that made me feel… unusual.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call GirlThe Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl by Belle de Jour
Buy new: £2.97 / Used from: £0.37
Fun, sexy and amusing! Sadly the sequel is the worst book I’ve ever forced myself to finish.
Forget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the Bangkok Hilton - Sandra Gregory's StoryForget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the Bangkok Hilton - Sandra Gregory's Story by Sandra Gregory
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Once you get past the self pitying nature of this book you’ve reached the end. I didn’t enjoy the story I enjoyed the vignettes into Thai society.
The Good Women of China: Hidden VoicesThe Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran
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A nice bit of popular ethnography. The long and the short of this is how hard women have had it in china.
The Ash GardenThe Ash Garden by Dennis Bock
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Another book on how hard it is to be Chinese and female. One of those generally sad books where the heroine triumphs eventually, set in and around the communist era.
Goodbye TsugumiGoodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto
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Bitchy anti-hero impacts on the lives of everyone around her, this book sticks in my mind for being a bit out of the ordinary.
Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese DaughterFalling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
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Quite a sad book over all, each chapter is preceded by a proverb.
LullabyLullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
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A great idea for a story! Written in a slightly more slick style than the other books by the same author.
Reproducing Jews: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception in Israel (Body, Commodity, Text)Reproducing Jews: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception in Israel (Body, Commodity, Text) by Susan Martha Kahn
Buy new: £11.99 / Used from: £9.14
An Ethnography on artificial insemination in Israel. The anthropology of bioscience is a truly fascinating field.
The Testimony of Lives: Memory in Post Soviet LatviaThe Testimony of Lives: Memory in Post Soviet Latvia by Vieda Skultans
Buy new: £24.69 / Used from: £16.32
Grim post communist Ethnography set in Latvia.
Analysing Media Texts (with DVD) (Issues in Cultural/Media Studi)Analysing Media Texts (with DVD) (Issues in Cultural/Media Studi) by Marie Gillespie
Buy new: £16.40 / Used from: £11.00
You will not find a better book to got you started on the road to pop-culture analysis.