Diamond Hill
By: Kit Fan
3.47
Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition
It is 1987 and three years since Britain signed the Joint Declaration agreeing to hand over its las…
Want to Read $ 5.55"All immigrants are dreamers, I suppose, and nearly everyone in Hong Kong is an immigrant one way or another."-Kit Fan, Diamond Hill
"All immigrants are dreamers, I suppose, and nearly everyone in Hong Kong is an immigrant one way or another."-Kit Fan, Diamond Hill
"I wondered how there could be a custody battle when Hong Kong was already a fully grown adult and all she wanted was exactly what her parents did, the wealth of the entire globe."-Kit Fan, Diamond Hill
"I wondered how there could be a custody battle when Hong Kong was already a fully grown adult and all she wanted was exactly what her parents did, the wealth of the entire globe."-Kit Fan, Diamond Hill
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1. I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
By: Angela Y. Davis , Maryse Condé , Richard Philcox
4.25
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
"Stunning...Maryse Conde's imaginative subversion of historical records forms a critque of contempo… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
2. Moshi moshi
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Gala Maria Follaco
4.27
Format: 217 pages, Paperback
Dopo aver perso il padre in quello che ha tutta l'aria di essere stato un doppio suicidio d'amore, … read more
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3. Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.33
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Now in hardcover, the ninth book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns t… read more
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- fiction
"What makes you think I know?' asked Zach, who, if questioned, would deny his own existence out of sheer habit."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"I saw nothing suspicious—which is unusual. A copper can usually find something suspicious if they look hard enough."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"Always look after your people,' he said as I noted down the order. 'The way you treat them sets an example for the way they treat others."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"Lips too thick and nose too wide–he looked like he’d stepped out of an early Asterix comic. Subconscious racism, I thought–it will fuck you up every time."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
4. The House of Doors
By: Tan Twan Eng
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redempti… read more
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- asia
- novels
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Money's the sixth sense. If you don't have it, you can't make … the most of the other five."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"I feel that when I travel I can change myself a little, and I return from a journey not quite the same self I was."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"All of us will be forgotten eventually. Like a wave on the ocean, leaving no trace that it had once existed.' He shook his head. 'We will be remembered through our stories."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
5. Time Shelter
By: Georgi Gospodinov
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov has enthralled readers around the world with his l… read more
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- novels
- fiction
"Има ли миналото срок на годност?"-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"Time feeds on us. We are food for time."-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"Ако не сме в нечия памет, има ли ни изобщо?"-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"There is no time machine except the human being."-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
6. Interior Chinatown
By: Charles Yu
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles … read more
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- novels
- fiction
"LOVE STORY FOR A GENERIC ASIAN MAN???"-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"As everyone knows, water hates poor people."-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"If she could move freely between worlds, why can't you?"-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"IDK, I never represented someone for self-imprisonment before."-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
7. Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer
By: Rax King
3.47
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
An irreverent and charming collection of deeply personal essays about the joys of low pop culture a… read more
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8. 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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- fiction
"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
9. Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
By: Jasper Fforde
4.50
Format: 459 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Shades of Grey—in an exclusive edition… read more
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- fiction
"Choice," went the Word of Munsell, "leads only to dithering and unhealthy speculation over alternative outcomes. The choice to have no choice is the best choice of all."-Jasper Fforde, Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
10. Prophet
By: Sin Blaché
3.68
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Daring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new … read more
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- fiction
"He looks at Rao. Turns in his seat and looks. Sunil Rao, bane of Adam's career, world saver, royal pain in the ass, and genuinely the love of Adam's life."-Sin Blaché, Prophet
11. Butter
By: Asako Yuzuki
3.60
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist inten… read more
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- fiction
"Dessert was home-made candied chestnuts, chiffon cake baked with amazake and rice flour, and cups of gingery chai. Biting into the cake, Rika discovered that it was perfectly fluffy, with a pleasing …"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
"Soon after, Rika heard the sizzle of butter melting in a hot frying pan. It smelt to her like life itself. Maybe because it was animal fat, there was rough, raw depth and fragrance to its smell, whic…"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
"Milk was originally blood. In that case, was the butter in the Babaji story actually a metaphor for all the carnage that took place under the cover of the jungle? What seemed pure, white and creamy h…"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
"The whipped butter had already started melting across the waffles' latticed brown surface, creating a golden trickling waterfall that pooled in their hollows. Rika bit into the dough, savoring how ju…"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
12. The Premonition
By: Banana Yoshimoto
3.43
Format: 133 pages, Hardcover
The internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and he… read more
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- asia
- fiction
"I'd never known a love before that could blot out the world around like this."-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
"Later, for the first time in a very long time, I heard my aunt play the piano. Its tone was soft, and just like I remembered it. At the kitchen window one overcast afternoon, I watched its beautiful …"-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
13. Mater 2-10
By: Hwang Sok-yong
3.67
Format: 486 pages, Paperback
International Booker–nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story — an epi… read more
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- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
14. You Dreamed of Empires
By: Álvaro Enrigue
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From a visionary Mexican author, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story that reimagine… read more
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- novels
- fiction
- historical fiction
15. Ghost Forest
By: Pik-Shuen Fung
4.15
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
How do you grieve, if your family doesn't talk about feelings? This is the question the unnamed … read more
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- asia
- china
- fiction
"I learned that it is important to be true to yourself. Many people do whatever society tells them to do. They’ve lost themselves. I grew up with Confucian values, and they are limiting. I focused onl…"-Pik-Shuen Fung, Ghost Forest
16. Ponti
By: Sharlene Teo
3.35
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
2003, Singapore. Friendless and fatherless, sixteen-year-old Szu lives in the shadow of her mother … read more
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- asia
- novels
- fiction
- historical fiction
17. The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu
By: Tom Lin
3.72
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Orphaned young, Ming Tsu, the son of Chinese immigrants, is raised by the notorious leader of a Cal… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"Remembrance is the burden of the body, not of the mind. True memory is not to be recollected. It is a rite to be performed."-Tom Lin, The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu
18. The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
By: Karen Cheung
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An insider's account of Hong Kong--from its tenacious counterculture and robust underground music s… read more
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- asia
- china
"People often characterize depression as a lack of hope or vitality, but I associate it more with a restlessness, an inability to feel at peace. You’re on the couch watching Netflix in furry pajamas, …"-Karen Cheung, The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
19. Four Seasons in Japan
By: Nick Bradley
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation… read more
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- asia
- fiction
"Without losing to the rain,’ Ayako quoted the Miyazawa Kenji poem. ‘Without losing to the wind."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"You don’t have to, though,’ his friend said, with a tilt of his head. ‘You can do whatever you like, man. It’s your life. Don’t live it for other people."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"But the important thing is that you turn up, you get out your pen, and you draw one small thing, one line at a time. That’s how you achieve something big."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"I remember looking out into that dark night sky, and I remember feeling something I hadn’t in a long time – I want to live. Having found myself that close to death, I suddenly knew that I wasn’t read…"-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
20. The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa
By: Stephen Buoro
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Crackling with energy and intelligence, this debut is the story of Andrew Aziza, a one-of-a-kind te… read more
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21. Diamond Hill
By: Kit Fan
3.47
Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition
It is 1987 and three years since Britain signed the Joint Declaration agreeing to hand over its las… read more
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- unfinished
- novels
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- china
"All immigrants are dreamers, I suppose, and nearly everyone in Hong Kong is an immigrant one way or another."-Kit Fan, Diamond Hill
"I wondered how there could be a custody battle when Hong Kong was already a fully grown adult and all she wanted was exactly what her parents did, the wealth of the entire globe."-Kit Fan, Diamond Hill
"The Chinese and the British were not exactly saintly. What they called the Join Declaration and the Basic Law are just another form of confusion and exploitation. There will be no peace in Hong Kong.…"-Kit Fan, Diamond Hill
"We are in a state of transition here. In fact, everyone in Hong Kong is obsessed with one single date: 1 July 1997. The whole city is in a state of violent change, moving from one regime we are used …"-Kit Fan, Diamond Hill
