Good morning,
And welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter with worldwide book, music, and movie recommendations.
In today’s newsletter: Best of 250 Books, Historical Movies, Yes Theory, The Nile Project, Mexican Food Novel & The Death of Yugoslavia.
I read 250 books in the last ten years.
These are my 12 absolute favorite novels.
Do you like movies based on actual events?
Then you should check out these 10 best historical movies from around the world!
Yes Theory is a Youtube channel by 4 guys who believe life’s greatest moments exist outside your comfort zone.
Their travels mostly revolve around meeting strangers, leading to unique and authentic experiences.
Check out their trip to Iraq, Europe’s last dictatorship, and throwing a party with strangers in China.
Do you like African music? Then, you should check out the Nile Project.
The Nile borders 11 countries that don’t know each other that well.
To change this, the Nile Project aims to connect them through music. The result is a band with rotating members that tour the world.
Check out their most famous song and this interesting New York Times article that explains more.
If you like reading and Mexican food, you should check out Like Water for Chocolate.
The novel tells the story of Tita, a young woman forbidden from marrying, who expresses her emotions through food.
Every chapter starts with one of her dishes that evokes stronger and stronger feelings in those who eat it.
It later turned into a movie.
Yugoslavia has one of the most complex histories in the world.
To learn more, a Serbian friend recommended the free YouTube documentary The Death of Yugoslavia.
It shows how Yugoslavia fell apart into many separate countries after Tito died.
