Beijing Sprawl
By: Zechen Xu
3.86
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Muyu, a seventeen-year-old from a small village, came to Beijing for his piece of the money, love,…
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1. The Emigrants
By: Michael Hulse , W.G. Sebald
4.17
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
At first The Emigrants appears simply to document the lives of four Jewish émigrés in the twentieth… read more
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- literature
- novels
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"It is hard, said Mme Landau, when I told her about those railway lessons, in the end it is hard to know what it is that someone dies of. Yes, it is very hard, said Mme Landau, one really doesn't know."-Michael Hulse, The Emigrants
"The tiny features below, taken together with the gentle mass of Montblanc towering above them, the Vanoise glacier almost invisible in the shimmering distance, and the Alpine panorama that occupied h…"-Michael Hulse, The Emigrants
2. Decoded
By: Mai Jia , Olivia Milburn , Christopher Payne
3.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
One of China's bestselling novels, an unusual literary thriller that takes us deep into the world o… read more
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- novels
- asia
- chinese literature
- fiction
- china
3. War Trash
By: Ha Jin
3.14
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Ha Jin's masterful new novel casts a searchlight into a forgotten corner of modern history, the exp… read more
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4. Serve the People!
By: Julia Lovell , Yan Lianke
3.31
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Set in 1967, at the peak of the Mao cult, Serve the People! is a beautifully told, wickedly daring … read more
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5. Wednesday's Child: Stories
By: Yiyun Li
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A new collection—about loss, alienation, aging, and the strangeness of contemporary life—by the awa… read more
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- china
- short stories
- fiction
6. Exhibit
By: R.O. Kwon
3.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, an exhilarating, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between… read more
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- fiction
7. Roman Stories
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
3.80
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is … read more
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- literature
- short stories
- fiction
8. Memory Piece
By: Lisa Ko
3.22
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by th… read more
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- fiction
"The physicality of making things, the performance, temporarily displaced how stuck she felt, in this particular body, family, town, time."-Lisa Ko, Memory Piece
9. Vacuum in the Dark
By: Jen Beagin
3.60
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the Whiting Award-winning author of Pretend I’m Dead and one of the most exhilarating new voic… read more
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- novels
- fiction
10. Bangkok Wakes to Rain
By: Pitchaya Sudbanthad
3.60
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A house in Bangkok is the confluence of lives shaped by upheaval, memory, and the lure of home. A m… read more
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- literature
- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- novels
"In Thai, to say sorry was to ask for punishment that wouldn't ordinarily be meted out."-Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Bangkok Wakes to Rain
"Pig owes her much more than she could ever pay back. It had felt much less burdensome to feel like she would always be the one to so generously give."-Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Bangkok Wakes to Rain
11. Cahokia Jazz
By: Francis Spufford
4.03
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently—from th… read more
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- fiction
12. Cocoon
By: Zhang Yueran
4.03
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
Cheng Gong and Li Jiaqi go way back. Both hailing from dysfunctional families, they grew up togethe… read more
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- novels
- literature
- asia
- fiction
- china
"If the gods deal you a terrible hand, all you can do is play it as best you can."-Zhang Yueran, Cocoon
"We’re born kind, but it slips away as we age. Remember how fervently we searched for the truth when we were kids?"-Zhang Yueran, Cocoon
"This may be the most complicated thing about being human: acknowledging our mistakes doesn’t mean drawing a line under them; as long as we’re still drawing breath, we’ll keep facing new tests, and we…"-Zhang Yueran, Cocoon
13. Shanghailanders
By: Juli Min
3.51
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling and ambitious debut novel that follows a cosmopolitan Shanghai household backward in tim… read more
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- asia
- china
- fiction
14. Okinawa
By: Susumu Higa
4.08
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
Okinawa brings together two collections of intertwined stories by the island’s pre-eminent mangaka,… read more
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15. Men I Trust
By: Tommi Parrish
3.75
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Eliza is a thirtysomething struggling single mother and poet. Sasha, a twentysomething yearning for… read more
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- fiction
16. Who's Afraid of Gender?
By: Judith Butler
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more
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"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?
17. Mild Vertigo
By: Mieko Kanai
3.55
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Housewife Natsumi leads a small, unremarkable life in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and… read more
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- literature
- asia
- novels
- fiction
18. Enero
By: Sara Gallardo
3.97
Format: 101 pages, Paperback
La pertenencia de Sara Gallardo a la alta burguesía nacional no es un dato aleatorio a la hora de c… read more
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- literature
- fiction
"Cuando chica, Nefer quería ser hombre para lucir en las fiestas esas prendas resplandecientes."-Sara Gallardo, Enero
"Porque no se puede volver atrás, el tiempo viene y todo crece, y después de crecer viene la muerte. Pero para atrás no se puede andar."-Sara Gallardo, Enero
"Her former tormenter has become her friend, her companion in a private world, which, until only a few days ago, was untainted by outside words and prying eyes. Her blood thins and begins to flow free…"-Sara Gallardo, Enero
"Nefer tiene oídos y por eso oye, y la boca le sirve para comer, pero el mundo pasa a su alrededor como el agua en torno a un peñasco, y ella está seria y nada importa. Dentro de un tiempo empezará a …"-Sara Gallardo, Enero
19. Intermezzo
By: Sally Rooney
4.34
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.… read more
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- novels
- fiction
20. Latitudes of Longing
By: Shubhangi Swarup
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping, lyrical debut about the love and longing between humanity and the earth itself, by a ma… read more
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- asia
- fiction
"What is the purpose of belief if even god can't put the world back the way you worshipped it ?"-Shubhangi Swarup, Latitudes of Longing
21. Happy Stories, Mostly
By: Norman Erikson Pasaribu
3.77
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
Playful, shape-shifting and emotionally charged, Happy Stories, Mostly is a collection of twelve st… read more
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- asia
- short stories
- fiction
22. The Man Without Talent
By: Yoshiharu Tsuge
4.06
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A Japanese manga legend’s autobiographical graphic novel about a struggling artist and the first fu… read more
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- asia
- fiction
23. Rouge Street: Three Novellas
By: Shuang Xuetao
3.84
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Already compared to Hemingway and Murakami, Shuang Xuetao is one of the most highly celebrated youn… read more
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- asia
- china
- short stories
- fiction
"It's true. I've been to university, but my life is still a mess. Everything they say about my success is made up, but every family needs one fake person to be proud of."-Shuang Xuetao, Rouge Street: Three Novellas
"We only get one life: some die in bed, others die on horseback, and if you have the chance to die on horseback, then do so. Be a Napoleon in this world. Even if you're a watermelon seller, then be th…"-Shuang Xuetao, Rouge Street: Three Novellas
24. Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern
By: Jing Tsu
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What does it take to reinvent a language? After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world… read more
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- asia
- china
25. Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us
By: Joseph Andras
4.37
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Prix Goncourt for first novel, one of the most prestigious literary awards in France … read more
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- fiction
26. Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
By: Chantha Nguon
4.35
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during… read more
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- asia
"When you must flee and can carry only one thing, what will it be? What single seed from your old life will be the most useful in helping you sow a new one?"-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
"A refugee must learn to be anything people want her to be at any given moment. But behind the masks, I am only myself - a mosaic of flavors from near and far."-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
"But if there's one thing I learned from my mother, it's that losing everything is not the end of the story. She taught me that lost civilizations can be rebuilt from zero, even if the task will requi…"-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
"But the past never goes away. The fear and pain are still there, buried in our brains like mines. It is better to defuse them than to leave them entombed, quietly, waiting for a single misstep. That …"-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
27. Night Bus
By: Zuo Ma
3.16
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Quando cala l’oscurità, i mezzi pubblici smettono di circolare. Il solo modo che hai per tornare a … read more
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- china
- short stories
- fiction
28. Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir
By: Elizabeth Miki Brina
4.21
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A “hauntingly beautiful memoir about family and identity” (NPR) and a young woman's journey to unde… read more
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- asia
"My mother and I speak different languages. Her native language is Japanese. My native language is English. This might seem like a mundane fact about us. It’s not. It dictates everything. Because even…"-Elizabeth Miki Brina, Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir
"My mother and I speak different languages. Her native language is Japanese. My native language is English. This might seem like a mundane fact about us. It's not. It dictates everything. Because even…"-Elizabeth Miki Brina, Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir
29. Beijing Sprawl
By: Zechen Xu
3.86
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Muyu, a seventeen-year-old from a small village, came to Beijing for his piece of the money, love,… read more
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- china
30. Godwin
By: Joseph O'Neill
3.60
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might cha… read more
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- literature
- fiction
31. Forgiving Imelda Marcos
By: Nathan Go
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Nathan Go’s taut meditation on forgiveness and regret is told in the indelible voice of a Filipino … read more
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- asia
- fiction
