The Years of Forgetting
By: Sofia Abdullah
4.17
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
How does one rise above the trauma of child sexual abuse? Sofia Abdullah is now an international…
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1. Cooling-Off Day
By: Alfian Sa'at
4.01
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
In the electrifying months leading up to the watershed 2011 General Elections and in the tumultuous… read more
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2. The Best We Could Do
By: Thi Bui
4.58
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam from d… read more
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3. Le Consentement
By: Vanessa Springora
4.30
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Au milieu des années 1980, élevée par une mère divorcée, V. comble par la lecture le vide laissé pa… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Si las relaciones sexuales entre un adulto y un menor de quince años son ilegales, ¿por qué esa tolerancia cuando son obra del representante de una élite, un fotógrafo, un escritor, un cineasta o un …"-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement
"No, ese hombre no albergaba los mejores sentimientos. Ese hombre no era bueno. Era lo que aprendemos a temer desde niños: un ogro. Nuestro amor era un sueño tan potente que nada, ni una sola de las p…"-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement
"I would recall my mission in life - pleasuring men. That was my condition, my status. And so I would offer my services anew, with renewed zeal, and with a simulated conviction that I even managed to …"-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement
"What he loved more than anything was making love. Who could blame him? When it came to sex, I oscillated between feeling all-powerful and completely apathetic. Sometimes I was filled with a feeling o…"-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement
4. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
By: Zoulfa Katouh
4.50
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had h… read more
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"Bury me before I bury you" I did."-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
"There are enough people hurting you,"-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
"He bites his lip. “Please take of yourself."-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
"I’ll make it as soon as I’m done with this."-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
5. Idol, Burning
By: Rin Usami
3.23
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer,… read more
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"His existence and my witnessing of it were all I asked for."-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Maybe that was how a home broke down over the years, as the sound of doors slamming and chairs roughly scraping the floor built up like dust, and the slow drip of gnashing teeth and resentful grumbli…"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Idol groups generally assigned each member an official color, which would be used for the light sticks that fans would hold up to show your support at a performance or for other individual merch. My …"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
6. The Red Palace
By: June Hur
4.13
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
Joseon (Korea), 1758. There are few options available to illegitimate daughters in the capital city… read more
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"We are women,"-June Hur, The Red Palace
"There is only you."-June Hur, The Red Palace
"I say with utmost respect,"-June Hur, The Red Palace
"Do you not know me, nauri? I am Baek-hyeon."-June Hur, The Red Palace
7. A Crane Among Wolves
By: June Hur
4.03
Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition
June Hur, bestselling author of The Red Palace, crafts a devastating and pulse-pounding tale that w… read more
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"What need has the king for a thousand courtesans? I cannot possibly imgaine wanting a thousand husbands." "Because rape - "He flicked an uneasy glance my way, as though afraid to offend my womanly se…"-June Hur, A Crane Among Wolves
8. Grief Is for People
By: Sloane Crosley
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Grief is for people, not things."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
9. Cursed Bunny
By: Bora Chung
3.78
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring t… read more
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"Her husband had pursued an “alternative lifestyle"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"One can break the curse, but it is impossible to cure their blindness from greed. They were always ready to wage another war"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"But there I remained, standing in the bathroom, waiting for someone to miraculously find me, to release me from my ties to this life."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very survival depends on it."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
10. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.65
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
The moving international sensation about new beginnings, human connection, and the joy of reading. … read more
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"It hurts to realize that it might be too late now for anything but regret."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"And here I am spending a sleepless night in a strange place. We might not be far from home, but I feel lonely."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"No es cuestión de ser expertos o novatos. Si lo plantea así, ni siquiera yo lo soy tanto. Lo importante es sentir emociones al toparse con un libro."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"In my dream, I was an android maid living in a city in the not-so- distant future. In that neighbourhood, all the buildings were made of used books."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
11. Life Ceremony
By: Sayaka Murata
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stori… read more
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"Nowadays, your partner is not necessarily a sex object - this is a wonderful advancement."-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"I'm seeking an amicable daily routine with someone I get along well with, like brother and sister, without being a slave to sex"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"Walking like this, feeling like a feral human, even machines and buildings were warm to the touch, and some emitted sounds and vibrations. Their presence was similar to the sounds emitted by life-for…"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"If they tried it, the memories of the wild rooted in their flesh would come back to them, and they would discover that eating the city like this would connect the earth between the gaps in the concre…"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
12. Temple Alley Summer
By: Sachiko Kashiwaba
3.97
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2022 Mildred L. Batchelder Award A July/August 2021 Kids’ Indie Next Pick A Junior … read more
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"Listen, Kazu. Everyone says that humans are equal, but we don’t all get the same chances in life. You know that, don’t you? You’re a big boy in fifth grade. Some people are born healthy, and others a…"-Sachiko Kashiwaba, Temple Alley Summer
13. The Fox Wife
By: Yangsze Choo
4.01
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, or life force, bu… read more
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"Chinese traditionally consider shadows part of the soul. Harm done to a shadow, whether by pinning it to the ground or stepping on it, was considered spiritual damage to the person. Of course none of…"-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife
"Sometimes our wishes come back in the darkest, most twisted ways, like a thorn that pierces and grows through your flesh. A tree that drinks blood and blots out the sun. The sin was mine; I had water…"-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife
14. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
By: Hwang Bo-Reum
4.02
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Yeongju is burned out. With her high-flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, sh… read more
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"Why? Because we only get one shot in life, and we're living it now."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day'."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be a success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
15. Conversations on Love
By: Natasha Lunn
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A celebration of love in all its forms, featuring conversations with: Philippa Perry on falling in … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"And I grew to understand that the grief I felt equalled the love. - Greg Wise"-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love
"The things I flew past in the race to get what I didn't have were actually the gifts all along."-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love
"I'm here for the good and the bad and everything in between". True friends see through any level of performance or denial or avoidance."-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love
"It's important when you've good news to tell the right people. People who understand the dream or have a dream of their own. Otherwise, you end up feeling deflated."-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love
16. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
By: Elif Shafak
4.09
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
An intensely powerful new novel from the best-selling author of The Bastard of Istanbul and Honour … read more
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"Grief is a swallow,"-Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
"كانت ليلى هي الوحيدة التي اعتقدت أنه قادر على تحقيق الأشياء العظيمة"-Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
"Because what was love if it wasn't nursing someone else's pain as if it wasn't your own?"-Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
"How could meditation help you to quieten your mind when you needed to quieten your mind in order to meditate?"-Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
17. Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally
By: Emily Ladau
4.41
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable step… read more
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- nonfiction
18. The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
By: Esmé Weijun Wang
4.14
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
An intimate, moving book written with the immediacy and directness of one who still struggles with … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"In the language of cancer, people describe a thing that “invades"-Esmé Weijun Wang, The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
"The psychiatric hierarchy decrees who can and cannot be high-functioning and “gifted."-Esmé Weijun Wang, The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
"Someday, we'll be able to trace all mental illnesses to autoimmune disorders. But we're not there yet."-Esmé Weijun Wang, The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
"The line between insanity and mysticism is thin; the line between reality and unreality is thin. Liminality as a spiritual concept is all about the porousness of boundaries."-Esmé Weijun Wang, The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
19. I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
By: Baek Se-hee
3.28
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
The South Korean runaway bestseller, debut author Baek Sehee's intimate therapy memoir, as recommen… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Togetherness means altruism, and altruism is what saves us from selfishness."-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
"For example, when you’re co-dependent on your partner you resent them, but when you leave your partner, you feel anxious and bereft."-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
"Fear increases when it's something that you keep to yourself. Instead of suffering alone, it can often be good to share it with someone else."-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
"What matters isn't what people say but what you like and find joy in. I hope you focus less on how you look to other people and more on fulfilling your true desires."-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
20. Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After, #2)
By: Emiko Jean
3.73
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a … read more
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"A heart divided cannot stand."-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After, #2)
"Follow your heart...You lead with your heart."-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After, #2)
"You will tell me who said this to you and I will take care of it."-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After, #2)
"How could I have expected to stay in your golden orbit forever? I should have known. We’ve been playing a losing game the whole time."-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After, #2)
21. The Great Reclamation
By: Rachel Heng
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Set against a changing Singapore, a sweeping novel about one boy's unique gifts and the childhood l… read more
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"You know. You cannot just–" Ah Boon stopped. *Walk in here and ask me to open myself up all over again*, he thought, but he did not say (Heng 253)."-Rachel Heng, The Great Reclamation
"He wished for the noise of the pile driver, the clattering of the conveyor belt. He wished for something to prove that life had changed. But it was as if nothing had changed, nothing would ever chang…"-Rachel Heng, The Great Reclamation
"But as the old body of his father's boat thudded over the dull brown waves, the smell of fish pursuing him always, he saw the city, gleaming and spotless, rising as if dormant from the sea. Sparkling…"-Rachel Heng, The Great Reclamation
"Now a silent rule had been broken. The possibility of a real conversation loomed—the unspoken envy and resentment that had simmered all these years, the fact that yes, every morning since she had fal…"-Rachel Heng, The Great Reclamation
22. Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)
By: Emiko Jean
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in—it isn’t easy being Japanese American in her sma… read more
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"Radish, I'm so heartsick for you."-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)
"Kanji is an expression of the soul"-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)
"...why does anybody do anything? Money?"-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)
"Dear Crown Prince Toshihito, I think I'm your daughter..."-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)
23. The Dragon's Promise (Six Crimson Cranes, #2)
By: Elizabeth Lim
3.79
Format: 482 pages, Hardcover
A journey to the kingdom of dragons, a star-crossed love, and a cursed pearl with the power to mend… read more
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"Even chaos has its place."-Elizabeth Lim, The Dragon's Promise (Six Crimson Cranes, #2)
"I’m not leaving you. I promise."-Elizabeth Lim, The Dragon's Promise (Six Crimson Cranes, #2)
"Yet you act as though he’s the one who gave you a piece of his heart."-Elizabeth Lim, The Dragon's Promise (Six Crimson Cranes, #2)
"Your heart is your home. Until you understand that, you belong nowhere."-Elizabeth Lim, The Dragon's Promise (Six Crimson Cranes, #2)
24. How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart
By: Florentyna Leow
3.89
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart is a collection about the ways in which heartbreak can fill a place and… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
25. The Accidental Malay
By: Karina Robles Bahrin
3.55
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2022 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Jasmine Leong wants to be the next CEO of Phoenix… read more
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26. Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)
By: Chloe Gong
3.53
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where … read more
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"This is tenderness. And she is more afraid of it than anything else"-Chloe Gong, Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)
"Given Anton's childhood, a natural assumption would be that he couldn't handle bloodshed. But blood is faultless. Blood is only a consequence. Better to draw blood before it can be drawn from you; be…"-Chloe Gong, Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)
27. The Java Enigma
By: Erni Salleh
3.44
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Finalist for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize After missing her father’s funeral, Irin Omar … read more
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28. catskull
By: Myle Yan Tay
4.23
Format: 472 pages, Paperback
Ram has been ignored and dismissed his entire life. His parents patronise him, his older brother be… read more
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29. Homeless
By: Liyana Dhamirah
3.70
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Ten years ago, Liyana Dhamirah was in a precarious situation: at 22, she was heavily pregnant and h… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
30. The Years of Forgetting
By: Sofia Abdullah
4.17
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
How does one rise above the trauma of child sexual abuse? Sofia Abdullah is now an international… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
31. Love Stories from the Qur'an
By: Yahya Adel Ibrahim
4.45
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
All of the love stories from the Quran have the connotation of birr, of protection, of qawwam, of e… read more
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