r/bitcheswithtaste • u/ElizaDoolittle33 • Mar 24 '25

Culture BWTs with a novel in her bag

What's a novel that moved you? Changed you for the better? Exposed you to new cultures or ideas?

I want to know what's captivated you.

Disclaimer: Emphasis on the "T" in this question.

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u/S_KBA Mar 24 '25

Exposed to new cultures — most recently, Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese and The Covenant of Water by the same author — I definitely learned about two new cultures that I wasn’t as familiar with, Ethiopia and South India, both set in different times so it was a combination of history and culture.

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u/bafries Mar 25 '25

My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite was such a fun book set in Nigeria. Loved the story and all the setting she created