Philippines


Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not)
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
Insurrecto
Patron Saints of Nothing
In the Country
America Is Not the Heart
Smaller and Smaller Circles
Ilustrado
When the Elephants Dance
El Filibusterismo (Noli Me Tangere, #2)
America Is in the Heart: A Personal History
Dogeaters
Dusk (Rosales Saga, #1)
In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines
A History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos
Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiNelvana of the Northern Lights by Adrian DingleValerian by Pierre ChristinPrinceless, Vol. 1 by Jeremy WhitleyDrawing the Line by Priya Kuriyan
Comics From Around The World
70 books — 6 voters
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieMurder in Mesopotamia by Agatha ChristieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithAppointment with Death by Agatha ChristieCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Death in a Warm Climate
330 books — 113 voters

Tenggelamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck by HamkaThe Merchant of Stories by Dipa SanataniBefriending China by Dee KnightFloating on a Malayan Breeze by Sudhir Thomas VadakethThis Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Best Southeast Asia Nonfiction
160 books — 75 voters


E. Ravago
In every election cycle in the Philippines, citizens wrestle with cognitive dissonance, that inner conflict when actions contradict beliefs, as they accept a few hundred pesos or a sack of rice in exchange for their vote while knowing deep down that this trade-off undermines their future. The discomfort is eased by convincing themselves that survival today matters more than governance tomorrow, a reasoning that feels practical in a society where poverty is widespread and daily needs are urgent.
E. Ravago, Bansang Pinipilas

Ambeth R. Ocampo
Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country?
Ambeth Ocampo, Rizal Without the Overcoat

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