Tale of the Dreamer's Son
By: Preeta Samarasan
3.85
Format: 493 pages, Paperback
By the author of the international bestseller Evening Is The Whole Day, this novel set in Malaysia …
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1. Notes of a Crocodile
By: Qiu Miaojin , Bonnie Huie
3.83
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
Set in the post-martial-law era of late 1980s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming-of-ag… read more
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- literary fiction
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
"Unhealthy love is two people stoking a shared fantasy of desperate beauty, weaponizing passion and desire."-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile
"Secretly though, I did sort of enjoy being a fucked-up mess. Apart from that, I didn't have a whole lot going on."-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile
"Like death, college serves as a kind of escape hatch. But while death takes you straight to the morgue, college is a single rope dangling loose from the inescapable net of society."-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile
"Sweeping that other me into their arms, they led me in a dance within societal norms, along a trajectory based on a delusion. (Though I couldn't define what I was, I knew what I wasn't.)"-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile
2. East, West
By: Salman Rushdie
3.56
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In these nine stories, Salman Rushdie looks at what happens when East meets West, at the forces tha… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Did you know, ji,’ Zulu offered, ‘that the map of Tolkien’s Middle earth fits quite well over central England and Wales? Maybe all fairylands are right here, in our midst."-Salman Rushdie, East, West
"At sixteen, you still think you can escape from your father. You aren't listening to his voice speaking through your mouth, you don't see how your gestures already mirror his; you don't see him in th…"-Salman Rushdie, East, West
"Ci offendiamo facilmente, mortalmente. Siamo arrivati a pensare che offendersi sia uno dei diritti fondamentali. Pochissime cose apprezziamo più della nostra indignazione, che ci dà, a parer nostro, …"-Salman Rushdie, East, West
"We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the mora…"-Salman Rushdie, East, West
3. Four Souls
By: Louise Erdrich
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
This small but incredibly rich chapter in Erdrich's ongoing Native American saga is a continuation … read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- historical fiction
4. The Color of Our Sky
By: Amita Trasi
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
A sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends--one struggling to survive the human slave t… read more
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5. Black Dogs
By: Ian McEwan
4.75
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
Set in late 1980s Europe at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Black Dogsis the intimate stor… read more
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6. The Garden of Evening Mists
By: Tan Twan Eng
3.19
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
It's Malaya, 1949. After studying law at Cambridge and time spent helping to prosecute Japanese war… read more
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7. Far from the Madding Crowd
By: Thomas Hardy , Rosemarie Morgan , Shannon Russell
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . Independent and spirited Bathsh… read more
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8. Independence
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
India, 1947. In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor.… read more
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- literary fiction
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
"The year is 1947. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence
9. 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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- literary fiction
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
"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
10. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
11. The Spoiled Heart
By: Sunjeev Sahota
3.82
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Nayan Olak is a man with a past. Haunted by the sudden death of his young son and his mother and dr… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
12. The Book of Everlasting Things
By: Aanchal Malhotra
4.16
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
On a January morning in 1938, Samir Vij first locks eyes with Firdaus Khan through the rows of perf… read more
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- adult fiction
- cultural
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
13. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"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
14. 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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- literary fiction
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
15. I Know What You've Done
By: Dorothy Koomson
3.81
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
'The very definition of a page-turner, it's suburban noir at its finest' HARRIET TYCEDo you have an… read more
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- fiction
16. The Storm We Made
By: Vanessa Chan
3.87
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781668015148. A novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unl… read more
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- literary fiction
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
17. Black Water Sister
By: Zen Cho
3.86
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
A reluctant medium discovers the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power in this compelling Ma… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Maybe that was what true love meant: a bitterness that stayed on the tongue when everything else faded."-Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
"What a thing a bad death was. It made a mythology that caught up in its wake old trees and young women alike, the violence of it reverberating through the years."-Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
18. The Daughters of Madurai
By: Rajasree Variyar
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Daughters of Madurai is both a heartrending family story and a page-turning mystery about the s… read more
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- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
19. A Passage North
By: Anuk Arudpragasam
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A young man journeys into Sri Lanka's war-torn north in this searing novel of longing, loss, and th… read more
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- literary fiction
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
"Between the forgetting that takes place as a result of our consent, which is a forgetting we need in order to reconcile our pasts and presents, and the forgetting that is imposed on us against our ow…"-Anuk Arudpragasam, A Passage North
"There was something about twilight that heightened his anxiety, which brought it to the surface of his consciousness and made it palpable, as though with the gradual disappearance of the horizon the …"-Anuk Arudpragasam, A Passage North
"It was the fact, above all, that sudden or violent deaths could occur not merely in a war zone or during race riots but during the slow, unremarkable course of everyday life that made them so disturb…"-Anuk Arudpragasam, A Passage North
"There was a difference between the pleasure that soothed and lulled one to sleep and pleasure that drew the self more widely and vividly into the world, and thinking of his return to Colombo now it s…"-Anuk Arudpragasam, A Passage North
20. Now You See Us
By: Balli Kaur Jaswal
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The story of three women who work in the homes of Singapore’s elite and band together to solve a mu… read more
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- asia
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
21. Natural Beauty
By: Ling Ling Huang
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Sly, surprising, and razor-sharp, Natural Beauty follows a young musician into an elite, beauty-obs… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"it is still more permitted for women to be mediocre than for them to be fat"-Ling Ling Huang, Natural Beauty
"It’s unfortunate that I can undermine months of parental reassurance in just a few seconds, but it’s probably better for kids to learn early on that yes, monsters are real."-Ling Ling Huang, Natural Beauty
"I had always assumed love carried itself easily through various permutations and disintegrations. Now I find myself disassociating them from the people I had known my parents to be. I can't decide wh…"-Ling Ling Huang, Natural Beauty
22. 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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- literary fiction
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
"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
23. Best of Friends
By: Kamila Shamsie
3.46
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Home Fire comes the moving and surprising story of a lifelong friendsh… read more
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- literary fiction
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"Perhaps friendship was not only about what you said to each other, but also about what you didn't"-Kamila Shamsie, Best of Friends
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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- asia
- contemporary
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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- asia
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
26. We, The Survivors
By: Tash Aw
3.64
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A murderer’s confession – devastating, unblinking, poignant, unforgettable – which reveals a story … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- asia
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
"Friendship is not necessary for closeness"-Tash Aw, We, The Survivors
27. River Spirit
By: Leila Aboulela
4.01
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The spellbinding new novel from New York Times Notable Author and Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Keep your faith within your heart even if your tongue is forced to say otherwise."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
"I wish I could say she looked like her old self. Suffice to say she looked well. None of us look like our old selves. War is not kind to a woman’s beauty."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
"She was part of his youth and their love stretched from her village to his town. She must not feel lost or untethered. And there now was his son in her arms."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
"Free, heart tight, expectant, in love, she was not sure what her position would be in the household, not sure about much except that she did not want to be anywhere else."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
28. 912 Batu Road
By: Viji Krishnamoorthy
3.96
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
The Iyers' and the Tans tranquil lives are shattered with the Japanese invasion of Malaya, and an u… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
29. My Mother Pattu
By: Saras Manickam
4.55
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Deeply humane, in turn wry and humorous, the stories in this collection haunt readers with their se… read more
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30. Tale of the Dreamer's Son
By: Preeta Samarasan
3.85
Format: 493 pages, Paperback
By the author of the international bestseller Evening Is The Whole Day, this novel set in Malaysia … read more
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- literary fiction
- cultural
- asia
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- novels
- adult
- international
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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- fiction
- contemporary
