r/BookRecommendations • u/Potential-Nebula-122 • 4d ago

What changed your perspective?

Hi! I’m looking for books that can help me better understand perspectives, cultures, and life experiences that vary from mine!

For context, I’m a white conservative Christian and I think that background shapes how I see the world. I think I’m pretty ignorant of experiences different than mine and I want to hear from authors that I haven’t encountered and have my assumptions challenged so I can better understand and love people.

I love fiction mysteries, thrillers, fantasy, and romcoms but I’m open to anything has reshaped (or expanded) your view of the world

A few books on my TBR include I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Personal Librarian, Before We Were Yours, The Henna Artist, Pachinko, Next Year in Havana, Allegedly, A Woman of No Importance, and A Pair of Aces. Are these good?

Thank you!

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u/Kind-Quiet-Person 4d ago

“White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better” is a short, eye-opening read.

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u/sunrae_ 3d ago

Highly recommend The glass castle by Jeanette Walls. It’s a memoir but her childhood was so crazy, it could easily be fiction and touches on a lot of subjects (poverty, outlaws, alcoholism, but also love and dreams). It’s written amazingly too. I read that book a decade ago and still think about it at least weekly.

I’ve not yet read any of the books on your current tbr, but Pachinko and Next year in Havana are on my shelf too.

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u/Potential-Nebula-122 1d ago

This sounds wonderful. Thank you for the recommendation!

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u/geminigirl369 3d ago

The Four Winds by Kristen Hannah.

Not only did I get a look into a woman's view of surviving the great depression and the dust bowl, but also really changed my perspective on unions and highlighted how terrible company towns are.

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u/Potential-Nebula-122 1d ago

I’ve read (and loved) the Nightingale and the Women. Excited for this!

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u/geminigirl369 1d ago

I will say that--at least for me--it started off slow and didn't pick up until halfway, which made me tempted to put it down. But I'm really glad I didn't, and you might have a different experience. Enjoy 😊

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u/LogOk725 3d ago

Pachinko is a great read! I’ll also suggest:

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

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u/sanders2020dubai 1d ago

The moon knows all the secrets of the world by Ifeanyi Ogbo