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Culture Shock! Books in Order

Culture Shock! contains 46 books, published between 1982 and 2019. The first book is CultureShock! Thailand (1982) and the newest is Culture Shock! Melbourne (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
46
Published
1982–2019
Pages on record
8,216 in 28 of 46 books
Reading time
137–205 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,216 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 28 of 46 titles with a page count on record.

See all 46 books in order Printable Culture Shock! checklist

Culture Shock! is a series of 46 books catalogued as guidebooks, with etiquette, customs, culture shock, foreign visitors and immigrants among the subjects. CultureShock! Thailand (1982) is the earliest title, and later titles include Culture Shock! Great Britain (1991), CultureShock! Australia (1992), Culture Shock! South Africa (1993) and Culture Shock! Morocco (1995). Robert Cooper, Heidi Munan, Robin Pascoe, Orin Hargraves, Mark Cramer and Volker Poelzl are each credited on 2 books. Culture Shock! Melbourne (2019) is the newest, and the series is listed as likely complete.

How many Culture Shock! books are there?

Culture Shock! has 46 books, released between 1982 and 2019.

Culture Shock! Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 46 Culture Shock! books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of CultureShock! Australia by Ilsa Sharp, book 5 of the Culture Shock! series (1992)
  2. Cover of Culture Shock by Marie Louise Graff, book 6 of the Culture Shock! series (1992)
  3. Cover of Successful Living Abroud: A Parent's Guide by Robin Pascoe, book 7 of the Culture Shock! series (1993)
  4. Cover of Culture Shock! South Africa by Dee Rissik, book 8 of the Culture Shock! series (1993)
  5. Cover of Culture Shock! Taiwan, book 9 of the Culture Shock! series (1994)
  6. Cover of Culture Shock! Morocco by Orin Hargraves, book 10 of the Culture Shock! series (1995)
  7. Cover of Culture Shock! Denmark by Morten Strange, book 12 of the Culture Shock! series (1996)
  8. Cover of Culture Shock! Sweden by Charlotte Rosen Svensson, book 13 of the Culture Shock! series (1996)
  9. Cover of Culture Shock! Bolivia by Mark Cramer, book 14 of the Culture Shock! series (1996)
  10. Cover of Culture Shock! Czech Republic by Tim Nollen, book 15 of the Culture Shock! series (1997)
  11. Cover of Culture Shock! Egypt by Susan L. Wilson, book 16 of the Culture Shock! series (1998)
  12. Cover of Culture Shock! Argentina by Fiona Adams, book 18 of the Culture Shock! series (2000)
  13. Cover of Culture Shock! Finland by Deborah Swallow, book 20 of the Culture Shock! series (2001)
  14. Cover of Culture Shock! Belgium by Mark Elliot, book 21 of the Culture Shock! series (2001)
  15. Cover of Successful Living Abroad: A Wife's Guide by Robin Pascoe, book 22 of the Culture Shock! series (2002)
  16. Cover of Culture Shock! Costa Rica by Claire Wallerstein, book 24 of the Culture Shock! series (2003)
  17. Cover of Culture Shock! Vancouver by Guek-Cheng Pang, book 25 of the Culture Shock! series (2003)
  18. Cover of Culture Shock! Portugal by Volker Poelzl, book 26 of the Culture Shock! series (2004)
  19. Cover of Culture Shock! New Zealand by Peter Oettli, book 27 of the Culture Shock! series (2004)
  20. Cover of Culture Shock! Munich by Elizabeth Smith, book 31 of the Culture Shock! series (2007)
  21. Cover of Culture Shock! Chicago by Orin Hargraves, book 32 of the Culture Shock! series (2007)
  22. Cover of Culture Shock! Russia by Anna Pavlovshaya, book 33 of the Culture Shock! series (2007)
  23. Cover of Culture Shock! Bulgaria by Agnes Sachsenroeder, book 34 of the Culture Shock! series (2008)
  24. Cover of Culture Shock! Laos by Robert Cooper, book 35 of the Culture Shock! series (2008)
  1. 1
    CultureShock! Thailand1982 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982356
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  2. 2
    Culture Shock! Malaysia1991 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991240
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  3. 3
    CultureShock! Borneo1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  4. 4
    Culture Shock! Great Britain1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  5. 5
    CultureShock! Australia1992 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992432
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  6. 6
    Culture Shock1992 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992207
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  7. 7
    Successful Living Abroud: A Parent's Guide1993 · 271 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993271
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  8. 8
    Culture Shock! South Africa1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  9. 9
    Culture Shock! Taiwan1994 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994292
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  10. 10
    Culture Shock! Morocco1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  11. 11
    Culture Shock! Germany1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  12. 12
    Culture Shock! Denmark1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  13. 13
    Culture Shock! Sweden1996 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996260
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  14. 14
    Culture Shock! Bolivia1996 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996299
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  15. 15
    Culture Shock! Czech Republic1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  16. 16
    Culture Shock! Egypt1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  17. 17
    CultureShock! Cuba1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  18. 18
    Culture Shock! Argentina2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  19. 19
    Culture Shock! Austria2001 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001326
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  20. 20
    Culture Shock! Finland2001 · 302 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001302
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  21. 21
    Culture Shock! Belgium2001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  22. 22
    Successful Living Abroad: A Wife's Guide2002 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002212
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  23. 23
    Culture Shock! Brazil2002 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002336
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  24. 24
    Culture Shock! Costa Rica2003 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003299
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  25. 25
    Culture Shock! Vancouver2003 · 279 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003279
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  26. 26
    Culture Shock! Portugal2004 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004292
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  27. 27
    Culture Shock! New Zealand2004 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004264
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  28. 28
    Culture Shock! Cambodia2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  29. 29
    Culture Shock! Bahrain2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  30. 30
    Culture Shock! China2007 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007294
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Where to start with Culture Shock!

Start with CultureShock! Thailand (1982), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Culture Shock! book?

Culture Shock! Melbourne (2019) is the newest Culture Shock! book released so far.

Is there a new Culture Shock! book coming?

No next Culture Shock! book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Culture Shock! at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Culture Shock! title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Culture Shock! books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
8,216 pages across the 28 of 46 books with a recorded length, a median of 293 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Culture Shock! books, 21 of 46, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 46 titles, 2 are credited to Robert Cooper, 2 to Heidi Munan, 2 to Robin Pascoe and 2 to Orin Hargraves. A further 39 writers are credited. One title carries no credit.

What the Culture Shock! books are about

40 of the 46 Culture Shock! books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: etiquette is tagged on 34 of 40. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Etiquette 34 of 40 books
  • Social life and customs 33 of 40 books
  • Travel 25 of 40 books
  • Guidebooks 20 of 40 books
  • Foreign Visitors 13 of 40 books
  • Life skills guides 7 of 40 books
  • Manners and customs 7 of 40 books
  • Handbooks, manuals 4 of 40 books
  • Immigrants 4 of 40 books
  • Child rearing 2 of 40 books
  • Children 2 of 40 books