문화

우리가 공유하는 신념, 습관, 기술은 고대 전통부터 현대 디지털 문화에 이르기까지 인간 생활의 모든 측면을 형성합니다. 이 사고를 자극하는 책들은 사회가 어떻게 기능하고, 진화하며, 우리의 일상 경험에 영향을 미치는지를 탐구하며, 미디어와 교육에서 사회적 역학과 문화적 정체성에 이르기까지 모든 것에 대해 새로운 관점을 제시합니다.

문화 도서 요약

테헤란의 사자 여인들

저자: 마르잔 카말리

A childhood bond in 1950s Tehran must weather revolution, betrayal, and decades of separation.

4.47

200,000+

역사 소설

Women

문학 소설

몰입형

테헤란의 사자 여인들

A childhood bond in 1950s Tehran must weather revolution, betrayal, and decades of separation.

저자: 마르잔 카말리 2024 327 페이지

4.47

200,000+ 개의 평점

역사 소설

Women

문학 소설

미국처럼 미쳐가는 세계

저자: 에단 워터스 • 2009

Exporting American psychiatric definitions changes mental illness from the inside, not just what doctors call it.

4.10

4,000+

심리학

정신 건강

사회학

몰입형

미국처럼 미쳐가는 세계

Exporting American psychiatric definitions changes mental illness from the inside, not just what doctors call it.

저자: 에단 워터스 2009 320 페이지

4.10

4,000+ 개의 평점

심리학

정신 건강

사회학

Inverting the Pyramid

저자: Jonathan Wilson • 2008

How offside rules, coffee houses, and fascism invented modern football formations.

4.14

13,000+

역사

스포츠

풋볼

몰입형

Inverting the Pyramid

How offside rules, coffee houses, and fascism invented modern football formations.

저자: Jonathan Wilson 2008 374 페이지

4.14

13,000+ 개의 평점

역사

스포츠

풋볼

The History of Sexuality, Volume 1

저자: Michel Foucault • 1976

The West didn't silence sex. It turned it into a science, then demanded everyone talk.

4.02

25,000+

철학

사회학

역사

The History of Sexuality, Volume 1

The West didn't silence sex. It turned it into a science, then demanded everyone talk.

저자: Michel Foucault 1976 176 페이지

4.02

25,000+ 개의 평점

철학

사회학

역사

The Secret of Our Success

저자: Joseph Henrich • 2015

Cumulative culture, not brainpower, explains why we rule the planet and lost explorers starve.

4.39

2,000+

과학

인류학

진화

The Secret of Our Success

Cumulative culture, not brainpower, explains why we rule the planet and lost explorers starve.

저자: Joseph Henrich 2015 456 페이지

4.39

2,000+ 개의 평점

과학

인류학

진화

The Small and the Mighty

저자: Sharon McMahon • 2024

The Preamble's author is forgotten. So are eleven other Americans who bent history.

4.37

42,000+

역사

전기

정치

The Small and the Mighty

The Preamble's author is forgotten. So are eleven other Americans who bent history.

저자: Sharon McMahon 2024 307 페이지

4.37

42,000+ 개의 평점

역사

전기

정치

The Making of Asian America

저자: Erika Lee • 2015

Asian American history begins with Spanish galleons in Mexico, a century before the Gold Rush.

4.32

2,000+

역사

인종

사회학

The Making of Asian America

Asian American history begins with Spanish galleons in Mexico, a century before the Gold Rush.

저자: Erika Lee 2015 528 페이지

4.32

2,000+ 개의 평점

역사

인종

사회학

The Player of Games

저자: Iain M. Banks • 1988

A jaded utopian game prodigy travels to a cutthroat empire where a tournament crowns the ruler.

4.28

81,000+

스페이스 오페라

사변 소설

The Player of Games

A jaded utopian game prodigy travels to a cutthroat empire where a tournament crowns the ruler.

저자: Iain M. Banks 1988 293 페이지

4.28

81,000+ 개의 평점

스페이스 오페라

사변 소설

The Corrosion of Character

저자: Richard Sennett • 1996

Flexible work promised freedom. It delivered the slow erosion of loyalty, trust, and a stable self.

3.94

2,000+

사회학

경제

심리학

The Corrosion of Character

Flexible work promised freedom. It delivered the slow erosion of loyalty, trust, and a stable self.

저자: Richard Sennett 1996 176 페이지

3.94

2,000+ 개의 평점

사회학

경제

심리학

Civilization and Its Discontents

저자: Sigmund Freud • 1930

Civilization shields you from nature but punishes you from within: order's price is guilt.

3.80

45,000+

심리학

철학

고전

Civilization and Its Discontents

Civilization shields you from nature but punishes you from within: order's price is guilt.

저자: Sigmund Freud 1930 127 페이지

3.80

45,000+ 개의 평점

심리학

철학

고전

게이샤의 추억

저자: 아서 골든 • 1997

Sold to a Kyoto geisha house, a fisherman's daughter is sustained by one stranger's kindness.

4.16

2,000,000+

역사 소설

고전

일본

게이샤의 추억

Sold to a Kyoto geisha house, a fisherman's daughter is sustained by one stranger's kindness.

저자: 아서 골든 1997 503 페이지

4.16

2,000,000+ 개의 평점

역사 소설

고전

일본

What You Do Is Who You Are

저자: Ben Horowitz • 2019

Your culture is what happens when the boss leaves the room. Here's how to design it.

4.00

8,000+

비즈니스

리더십

경영

What You Do Is Who You Are

Your culture is what happens when the boss leaves the room. Here's how to design it.

저자: Ben Horowitz 2019 288 페이지

4.00

8,000+ 개의 평점

비즈니스

리더십

경영

모두의 문화

저자: 로버트 키건 • 2016

What if your company's real product was more capable adults, and profit was the side effect?

3.95

1,000+

비즈니스

심리학

리더십

모두의 문화

What if your company's real product was more capable adults, and profit was the side effect?

저자: 로버트 키건 2016 336 페이지

3.95

1,000+ 개의 평점

비즈니스

심리학

리더십

Excession

저자: Iain M. Banks • 1996

From beyond reality, a sphere appears. The Culture's greatest Minds are, for once, outclassed.

4.20

34,000+

스페이스 오페라

Excession

From beyond reality, a sphere appears. The Culture's greatest Minds are, for once, outclassed.

저자: Iain M. Banks 1996 500 페이지

4.20

34,000+ 개의 평점

스페이스 오페라

Greek Lessons

저자: Han Kang • 2011

A woman silenced by trauma joins a Greek class taught by a man losing his sight.

3.60

49,000+

문학 소설

현대 소설

로맨스

Greek Lessons

A woman silenced by trauma joins a Greek class taught by a man losing his sight.

저자: Han Kang 2011 192 페이지

3.60

49,000+ 개의 평점

문학 소설

현대 소설

로맨스

The Smart Money Woman

저자: Arese Ugwu • 2016

A high-earning Lagos professional is secretly broke. An eviction notice forces her to master money.

4.19

1,000+

금융

돈

아프리카

The Smart Money Woman

A high-earning Lagos professional is secretly broke. An eviction notice forces her to master money.

저자: Arese Ugwu 2016 224 페이지

4.19

1,000+ 개의 평점

금융

돈

아프리카

해녀의 섬

저자: 리사 시 • 2019

Two haenyeo divers share a bond deeper than the sea until a massacre tears them apart.

4.32

100,000+

역사 소설

역사

아시아

해녀의 섬

Two haenyeo divers share a bond deeper than the sea until a massacre tears them apart.

저자: 리사 시 2019 374 페이지

4.32

100,000+ 개의 평점

역사 소설

역사

아시아

The Vision of the Anointed

저자: Thomas Sowell • 1995

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

4.40

3,000+

정치

사회학

철학

몰입형

The Vision of the Anointed

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

저자: Thomas Sowell 1995 320 페이지

4.40

3,000+ 개의 평점

정치

사회학

철학

Superbloom

저자: Nicholas Carr • 2025

Communication's speed and abundance were supposed to unite us. Instead, they fragment and enrage.

4.04

1,000+

기술

심리학

사회학

몰입형

Superbloom

Communication's speed and abundance were supposed to unite us. Instead, they fragment and enrage.

저자: Nicholas Carr 2025 272 페이지

4.04

1,000+ 개의 평점

기술

심리학

사회학

A House Without Windows

저자: Nadia Hashimi

Her husband is dead, blood covers her hands, but this Afghan mother stays silent.

4.00

16,000+

문학 소설

현대 소설

Women

몰입형

A House Without Windows

Her husband is dead, blood covers her hands, but this Afghan mother stays silent.

저자: Nadia Hashimi 2016 415 페이지

4.00

16,000+ 개의 평점

문학 소설

현대 소설

Women

Samarkand

저자: Amin Maalouf • 1988

A manuscript of forbidden Persian verse travels from medieval Samarkand to the decks of the Titanic.

4.24

31,000+

역사 소설

중동

문학

Samarkand

A manuscript of forbidden Persian verse travels from medieval Samarkand to the decks of the Titanic.

저자: Amin Maalouf 1988 304 페이지

4.24

31,000+ 개의 평점

역사 소설

중동

문학

The Geography of Thought

저자: Richard E. Nisbett • 2003

Westerners lock on objects; East Asians read the field: a divide rooted in ancient Greece and China.

3.82

3,000+

심리학

사회학

인류학

The Geography of Thought

Westerners lock on objects; East Asians read the field: a divide rooted in ancient Greece and China.

저자: Richard E. Nisbett 2003 292 페이지

3.82

3,000+ 개의 평점

심리학

사회학

인류학

Not Without My Daughter

저자: Betty Mahmoody • 1987

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

4.19

39,000+

전기

회고록

자서전

Not Without My Daughter

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

저자: Betty Mahmoody 1987 528 페이지

4.19

39,000+ 개의 평점

전기

회고록

자서전

차이나 리치 걸프렌드

저자: 케빈 콴 • 2015

Rachel Chu's engagement comes with a hidden father and a world of luxury that can kill.

3.84

200,000+

현대 소설

유머

풍자

차이나 리치 걸프렌드

Rachel Chu's engagement comes with a hidden father and a world of luxury that can kill.

저자: 케빈 콴 2015 378 페이지

3.84

200,000+ 개의 평점

현대 소설

유머

풍자

Red Scarf Girl

저자: Ji-li Jiang • 1997

A Shanghai schoolgirl's life shatters when she discovers her family is branded a class enemy.

3.80

17,000+

회고록

역사

전기

Red Scarf Girl

A Shanghai schoolgirl's life shatters when she discovers her family is branded a class enemy.

저자: Ji-li Jiang 1997 285 페이지

3.80

17,000+ 개의 평점

회고록

역사

전기

Emily Post's Etiquette, The Centennial Edition

저자: Lizzie Post • 2022

Forget the forks. The updated guide to navigating funerals, group chats, and your father-in-law.

4.26

187

참고도서

자기계발

사회학

Emily Post's Etiquette, The Centennial Edition

Forget the forks. The updated guide to navigating funerals, group chats, and your father-in-law.

저자: Lizzie Post 2022 716 페이지

4.26

187 개의 평점

참고도서

자기계발

사회학

Why Bharat Matters

저자: S. Jaishankar • 2024

India abandoned diplomatic idealism for raw power realism. Its foreign minister explains why.

3.87

491

정치

Indian

역사

Why Bharat Matters

India abandoned diplomatic idealism for raw power realism. Its foreign minister explains why.

저자: S. Jaishankar 2024 237 페이지

3.87

491 개의 평점

정치

Indian

역사

The Smartest Kids in the World

저자: Amanda Ripley • 2013

Not bake sales or gadgets: three American teens saw what makes the world's smartest students.

4.06

15,000+

교육

육아

The Smartest Kids in the World

Not bake sales or gadgets: three American teens saw what makes the world's smartest students.

저자: Amanda Ripley 2013 306 페이지

4.06

15,000+ 개의 평점

교육

육아

Indaba My Children

저자: Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa • 1964

Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.

4.41

450

신화

아프리카

역사

Indaba My Children

Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.

저자: Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa 1964 696 페이지

4.41

450 개의 평점

신화

아프리카

역사

Desert Flower

저자: Waris Dirie • 1998

At thirteen she fled a forced marriage into the desert. Ahead: London, runways, and the UN.

4.25

42,000+

전기

회고록

아프리카

Desert Flower

At thirteen she fled a forced marriage into the desert. Ahead: London, runways, and the UN.

저자: Waris Dirie 1998 240 페이지

4.25

42,000+ 개의 평점

전기

회고록

아프리카

The Anarchy

저자: William Dalrymple • 2019

A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.

4.20

19,000+

역사

인도

경제

The Anarchy

A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.

저자: William Dalrymple 2019 544 페이지

4.20

19,000+ 개의 평점

역사

인도

경제

We Real Cool

저자: bell hooks • 2003

Slave-era patriarchy, street culture, and the wound of black masculinity: why only love heals.

4.27

1,000+

인종

젠더

사회학

We Real Cool

Slave-era patriarchy, street culture, and the wound of black masculinity: why only love heals.

저자: bell hooks 2003 184 페이지

4.27

1,000+ 개의 평점

인종

젠더

사회학

Five Little Indians

저자: Michelle Good • 2020

Five Indigenous teens survive a residential school, then step into a city built to erase them.

4.46

47,000+

역사 소설

캐나다

First Nations

Five Little Indians

Five Indigenous teens survive a residential school, then step into a city built to erase them.

저자: Michelle Good 2020 304 페이지

4.46

47,000+ 개의 평점

역사 소설

캐나다

First Nations

India Wins Freedom

저자: Abul Kalam Azad • 1978

How the Congress leadership lost the fight for a united India: an insider's account.

4.21

1,000+

역사

인도

정치

India Wins Freedom

How the Congress leadership lost the fight for a united India: an insider's account.

저자: Abul Kalam Azad 1978 297 페이지

4.21

1,000+ 개의 평점

역사

인도

정치

Keeper'n Me

저자: Richard Wagamese

Taken from the trapline at three, he returns at twenty-five in platforms and borrowed skin.

4.00

2,000+

원주민

캐나다

문학 소설

몰입형

Keeper'n Me

Taken from the trapline at three, he returns at twenty-five in platforms and borrowed skin.

저자: Richard Wagamese 1994 224 페이지

4.00

2,000+ 개의 평점

원주민

캐나다

문학 소설

Suicidal Empathy

저자: Gad Saad • 2026

Too much empathy, aimed wrong, can destroy the civilization extending it. An evolutionary diagnosis.

4.16

1,000+

정치

심리학

철학

몰입형

Suicidal Empathy

Too much empathy, aimed wrong, can destroy the civilization extending it. An evolutionary diagnosis.

저자: Gad Saad 2026

4.16

1,000+ 개의 평점

정치

심리학

철학

Born a Crime

저자: Trevor Noah • 2016

His birth was a felony. His mother's parenting philosophy was even more illegal.

4.49

800,000+

회고록

자서전

유머

Born a Crime

His birth was a felony. His mother's parenting philosophy was even more illegal.

저자: Trevor Noah 2016 288 페이지

4.49

800,000+ 개의 평점

회고록

자서전

유머

The Red Pencil

저자: Andrea Davis Pinkney • 2014

When war steals her home and voice, a Darfur girl draws her way back to hope.

3.9

7,000+

미들 그레이드

역사 소설

시

The Red Pencil

When war steals her home and voice, a Darfur girl draws her way back to hope.

저자: Andrea Davis Pinkney 2014 336 페이지

3.9

7,000+ 개의 평점

미들 그레이드

역사 소설

시

Glitch Feminism

저자: Legacy Russell • 2020

The glitch is not a mistake to fix; it’s a weapon against the binary body.

3.76

2,000+

페미니즘

퀴어

기술

Glitch Feminism

The glitch is not a mistake to fix; it’s a weapon against the binary body.

저자: Legacy Russell 2020 176 페이지

3.76

2,000+ 개의 평점

페미니즘

퀴어

기술

When Cultures Collide

저자: Richard D. Lewis • 2005

Why Germans schedule and Italians improvise: a cultural map for anyone who works across borders.

3.95

500+

비즈니스

문화

리더십

When Cultures Collide

Why Germans schedule and Italians improvise: a cultural map for anyone who works across borders.

저자: Richard D. Lewis 2005 599 페이지

3.95

500+ 개의 평점

비즈니스

문화

리더십

Inglorious Empire

저자: Shashi Tharoor • 2016

India's economy shrank from 23% of the world to 3% under British rule.

4.17

12,000+

역사

인도

정치

Inglorious Empire

India's economy shrank from 23% of the world to 3% under British rule.

저자: Shashi Tharoor 2016 288 페이지

4.17

12,000+ 개의 평점

역사

인도

정치

Status and Culture

저자: W. David Marx • 2022

All culture is a status game. Fashion cycles, taste boundaries, and why nothing cool stays cool.

3.89

1,000+

사회학

문화

패션

Status and Culture

All culture is a status game. Fashion cycles, taste boundaries, and why nothing cool stays cool.

저자: W. David Marx 2022 368 페이지

3.89

1,000+ 개의 평점

사회학

문화

패션

For the Culture

저자: Marcus Collins • 2023

Demographics tell you who someone is. Culture tells who they want to be. Only one sells.

3.99

500+

비즈니스

사회학

심리학

For the Culture

Demographics tell you who someone is. Culture tells who they want to be. Only one sells.

저자: Marcus Collins 2023 304 페이지

3.99

500+ 개의 평점

비즈니스

사회학

심리학

소크라테스의 여섯 가지 질문

저자: 크리스토퍼 필립스 • 2004

Socrates' six questions, asked around the world, reveal the good life has no single answer.

3.70

389

철학

사회학

인류학

소크라테스의 여섯 가지 질문

Socrates' six questions, asked around the world, reveal the good life has no single answer.

저자: 크리스토퍼 필립스 2004 320 페이지

3.70

389 개의 평점

철학

사회학

인류학

작은 것들의 신

저자: 아룬다티 로이 • 1997

A forbidden love leads to a drowning, trapping twins in a decades-long secret in 1969 Kerala.

3.96

300,000+

인도

역사 소설

고전

작은 것들의 신

A forbidden love leads to a drowning, trapping twins in a decades-long secret in 1969 Kerala.

저자: 아룬다티 로이 1997 321 페이지

3.96

300,000+ 개의 평점

인도

역사 소설

고전

The Shortest History of China

저자: Linda Jaivin • 2021

Twelve chapters, four millennia: the recurring patterns that explain China's rise to superpower.

3.94

3,000+

역사

중국

아시아

The Shortest History of China

Twelve chapters, four millennia: the recurring patterns that explain China's rise to superpower.

저자: Linda Jaivin 2021 263 페이지

3.94

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중국

아시아

The Words

저자: Jean-Paul Sartre • 1963

Philosopher's childhood: every gesture staged for adults, every written word a bid for freedom.

3.73

10,000+

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회고록

자서전

The Words

Philosopher's childhood: every gesture staged for adults, every written word a bid for freedom.

저자: Jean-Paul Sartre 1963 256 페이지

3.73

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철학

회고록

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The Refugees

저자: Viet Thanh Nguyen • 2017

Eight Vietnamese refugees find the past crossed the ocean with them and demands its due.

3.86

22,000+

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문학 소설

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The Refugees

Eight Vietnamese refugees find the past crossed the ocean with them and demands its due.

저자: Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 209 페이지

3.86

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단편소설

문학 소설

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Empire of the Summer Moon

저자: S.C. Gwynne • 2010

An empire on horseback ruled the plains for two centuries. Then the six-shooter arrived.

4.25

70,000+

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미국

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Empire of the Summer Moon

An empire on horseback ruled the plains for two centuries. Then the six-shooter arrived.

저자: S.C. Gwynne 2010 371 페이지

4.25

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미국

아메리카 원주민

Identity

저자: Francis Fukuyama • 2018

Economics doesn't explain our political chaos. A deeper human need, the demand for dignity, does.

3.84

6,000+

정치

철학

역사

Identity

Economics doesn't explain our political chaos. A deeper human need, the demand for dignity, does.

저자: Francis Fukuyama 2018 240 페이지

3.84

6,000+ 개의 평점

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철학

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