Abandon
By: Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay
3.63
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
A powerful novel about an artist mother and her child. I ran away from home and from the shackles o…
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1. No One Writes Back
By: Jung Yewon , None
3.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
Communication--or the lack thereof--is the subject of this sly update of the picaresque. read more
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2. The Housekeeper and the Professor
By: Yōko Ogawa , Stephen Snyder
2.86
Format: 442 pages, Paperback
He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem--ever since a traumatic head injury, he ha… read more
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3. The Lost Daughter
By: Elena Ferrante
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Elena Ferrante will blow you away."-Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones From the author of Th… read more
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4. Shipwrecks
By: Akira Yoshimura , Mark Ealey
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
Isaku is a nine-year-old boy living in a remote, desperately poor fishing village on the coast of J… read more
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5. Greek Lessons
By: Han Kang
3.47
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- asian literature
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"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
6. 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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- asian literature
- asia
- literary fiction
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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
7. All the Lovers in the Night
By: Mieko Kawakami
3.72
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Fuyuko Irie is a freelance copy editor in her mid-thirties. Working and living alone in a city wher… read more
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- asian literature
- asia
- literary fiction
- fiction
"It only took me a couple of hours to realise that she was a woman of talents beyond anything I could imagine - even though I was a stranger to such talents myself."-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
"The light at night is special because the overwhelming light of day has left us, and the remaining half draws on everything it has to keep the world around us bright."-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
"When I felt sleepy I slept, and when I opened my eyes I got up, letting hunger dictate when to head to the fridge or kitchen cabinet to eat some of the things that I'd stocked up on. When supplies ra…"-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
"When I felt sleepy I slept, and when I opened my eyes I got up, letting hunger dictate when to head to the fridge or kitchen cabinet to eat some of the things that I'd stocked up on. When supplies ra…"-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
8. Let Me Tell You What I Mean
By: Joan Didion
3.84
Format: 149 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most iconic and influential writers: a timeless collection of mostly early pieces t… read more
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"Superstition prevails, fear that the fragile unfinished something will shatter, vanish, revert to the nothing from which it was made."-Joan Didion, Let Me Tell You What I Mean
"In short I had no past, and, every Monday-Wednesday-Friday at noon in Dwinelle Hall, it seemed increasingly clear to me that I had no future."-Joan Didion, Let Me Tell You What I Mean
"I began to make notes. I began to write down everything I saw and heard and remembered and imagined. I began to write, or so I thought, another story."-Joan Didion, Let Me Tell You What I Mean
"Well, there it was. I got out fast then, before anyone could say "serenity" again, for it is a word I associate with death, and for several days after that meeting I wanted only to be in places where…"-Joan Didion, Let Me Tell You What I Mean
9. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
By: Shehan Karunatilaka
3.92
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what … read more
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- fiction
"Even suicide requires perseverance."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"Why should a Creator watch over you? Wasn't creating you enough?"-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"You were simply a handsome man who enjoyed beautiful boys. Nothing more, nothing less and no one's business."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"Despair always begins as a snack that you nibble on when bored and then becomes a meal that you have thrice a day."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
10. The Pachinko Parlour
By: Elisa Shua Dusapin
3.61
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and … read more
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- literary fiction
- asia
- fiction
- asian literature
- novels
"They made it illegal to speak Korean. You could be sentenced to death for speaking it. And do you know what your grandmother’s mother did to avoid being subjected to speaking Japanese at school? She …"-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour
"When Korea was divided, we were still nationals of a unified Korea. It was called Choson. At separation, the Japanese government gave us permission to keep our Korean identity, but we had to choose b…"-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour
11. Love in the Big City
By: Sang Young Park
3.65
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Love in the Big City is the English-language debut of Sang Young Park, one of Korea’s most exciting… read more
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- asian literature
- asia
- literary fiction
- fiction
"I like the universe that is you"-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City
"Let's be hamburguer patties together forever,"-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City
"Sometimes his very existence to me is the existence of love itself"-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City
"Jaehee, who had taught me that every season is its own beautiful moment -- that Jaehee didn't live here anymore."-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City
12. 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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- asian literature
- asia
- literary fiction
- fiction
"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
13. Aquí no es Miami
By: Fernanda Melchor
4.17
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Las crónicas de Fernanda Melchor dan cuenta de la degradación humana en uno de sus aspectos más sór… read more
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"El estilo narrativo de Jorge me intrigaba: sabía entretejer el relato directo de lo sucedido con fragmentos de diálogo, con ademanes aferrados a su cuerpo, con sus propios pensamientos, los presentes…"-Fernanda Melchor, Aquí no es Miami
"Siempre me ha parecido inquietante la contigüidad que existe entre la crónica de sociales y la nota roja, no sólo porque estas dos secciones suelen aparecer juntas en los diarios del puerto (a menudo…"-Fernanda Melchor, Aquí no es Miami
14. Elena Knows
By: Claudia Piñeiro
4.08
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
A unique tale that interweaves crime fiction with intimate tales of morality and search for individ… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
"¿Seguirá siendo madre ahora que no tiene hija?"-Claudia Piñeiro, Elena Knows
15. Enter Ghost
By: Isabella Hammad
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A bold, evocative new novel from the Sue Kaufman, Betty Trask and Plimpton Prize Award winner Isabe… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
16. Tomb of Sand
By: Geetanjali Shree
3.70
Format: 739 pages, Paperback
An eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression at the death of her husband, then resurfaces … read more
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- literature
- asia
- indian literature
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"Anything worth doing transcends borders."-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
"लगा मैं गयी तो लगा कि जा रही हूँ तो रोते हुए क्यों जाऊँ, हँसते हुए जाऊँगी ।"-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
"Daughter. You love her. You fear her. Now you see her. Now you don't. All women, don't forget, are daughters."-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
"That which is torn develops an increased capacity for insight and forbearance. A capacity to experience sensations that escape the notice of others."-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
17. Brotherless Night
By: V.V. Ganeshananthan
4.46
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
In this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as … read more
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- literature
- asia
- india
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18. Minor Detail
By: Adania Shibli
4.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
19. Western Lane
By: Chetna Maroo
3.51
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize A taut, enthralling first novel about grief, sisterhood, a… read more
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20. Aftershocks
By: Nadia Owusu
3.91
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
This poetic, genre-bending work—blending memoir with cultural history—from Whiting Award winner Nad… read more
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"Without other humans there is no such thing as shame."-Nadia Owusu, Aftershocks
"The problem with organized religion is the assertion that all questions have already been answered."-Nadia Owusu, Aftershocks
"But the box, I suppose, formalized their absence, gave it a name. Knowing and accepting the inevitable are two different things."-Nadia Owusu, Aftershocks
"Code-switching is dancing between vocal styles and rhythms. This dance is part celebration--of the richness, intricacies, and blurry borders of our cultures."-Nadia Owusu, Aftershocks
21. How Do You Live?
By: Genzaburo Yoshino
4.01
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite childhood book, in English for the first time. First pub… read more
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- asian literature
- fiction
"you can't become a great man without having great thoughts."-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?
"We must not forget to make a habit of modesty and restraint in our lives."-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?
"You take many things from the world, but I wonder what you will give back in return?"-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?
"There is nothing more beautiful than people nurturing goodwill toward their fellow beings."-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?
22. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
By: Mikki Kendall
4.37
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream femi… read more
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"Poverty is an apocalypse in slow motion, inexorable and generational."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"I tell you this story because sometimes the story of your life is the story of a lot of lives."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"Mainstream, white-centered feminism hasn't just failed women of color, it has failed white women."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"Ignoring the treatment of the most marginalized women doesn't set a standard that can protect any woman."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
23. Diary of a Void
By: Emi Yagi
3.51
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at … read more
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- literary fiction
- asia
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- asian literature
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"Having a baby isn't easy. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's been two thousand years, and it's the same old story, right?"-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"I'm always so alone. I guess I should be used to it by now. That's the way it is from the moment we come into this world, but I'm still not used to it - how alone we all are."-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"Maybe that's making a family is all about: creating an environment in which people make space for one another - maybe without even trying, just naturally, to make sure that nobody's forgotten."-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"Until they arrived, while everyone else was transitioning to winter, putting on coats and sweaters, I was going to stick with my summer dress and my usual work blazer. Dressed in the dazzling flowers…"-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
24. 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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- asian literature
- asia
- literary fiction
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"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
25. The Rain Heron
By: Robbie Arnott
4.03
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Ren lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup. High on the forested slop… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
26. The White Book
By: Han Kang
3.81
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize From Booker Prize-winner and literary p… read more
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- asian literature
- asia
- literary fiction
- fiction
"Now and then, the passage of time seems acutely apparent. Physical pain always sharpens the awareness."-Han Kang, The White Book
"This life needed only one of us to live it. If you had lived beyond those first few hours, I would not be living now. My life means yours is impossible."-Han Kang, The White Book
"And she frequently forgot, That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand. That it shattered and is shattering still. Slipping stubbornly through fingers."-Han Kang, The White Book
"There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality. Sleet falls as she walks these streets, holding this knowledge inside her. Sleet that leaves cheeks and eyebrows heavy with moisture. Everyt…"-Han Kang, The White Book
27. Tokyo Ueno Station
By: Yū Miri
3.47
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Emperor, Kazu’s life is tied by a series of coincid… read more
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"There’s that sound again."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"To speak is to stumble, to hesitate, to detour and hit dead ends. To listen is straightforward. You can always just listen."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"I was always tired. There was never a time I was not tired. Not when life had its claws in me, and not when I escaped from it. I did not live with intent, I only lived. But that’s all over now."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"I used to think life was like a book: you turn the first page, and there’s the next, and as you go on turning page after page, eventually you reach the last one. But life is nothing like a story in a…"-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
28. Year of the Monkey
By: Patti Smith
3.80
Format: 171 pages, Hardcover
From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully reali… read more
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"Nothing bothered me, not even the things that bothered me."-Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey
"Some dreams aren't dreams at all, just another angle of physical reality."-Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey
"I could feel the gravitational pull of home, which when I'm home too long becomes the gravitational pull of somewhere else."-Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey
"Yet still I keep thinking that something wonderful is about to happen. Maybe tomorrow. A tomorrow following a whole succession of tomorrows."-Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey
29. Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
By: Rivka Galchen
3.40
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmos… read more
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"That's what life is: a bunch of thorns, and a berry."-Rivka Galchen, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
"I also felt that I had failed Hans in failing to save his child. Poor Susanna, in that house with me, but really alone. She mended every garment in the home, even those of the children. LittleHammer …"-Rivka Galchen, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
"Scudding is calming work, as it requires all of my attention to not let the knife slip. When I do it, I feel the steady purpose a cat must feel when bathing itself with its coarse tongue. Some of my …"-Rivka Galchen, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
"I was certain she would recover. She had so much strength in her, and spirit. I started making some pickles; I was thinking that many months ahead. The cucumbers were so green and compelling, and I c…"-Rivka Galchen, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
30. Abandon
By: Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay
3.63
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
A powerful novel about an artist mother and her child. I ran away from home and from the shackles o… read more
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- asian literature
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31. Rosarita
By: Anita Desai
3.29
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
'Anita Desai is a magnificent writer' - Salman RushdieFrom three times Booker-shortlisted author An… read more
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- indian literature
- india
- fiction
