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A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterKim by Rudyard KiplingThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire (fiction)
313 books — 199 voters
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThe Merchant of Stories by Dipa SanataniThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan EngThe Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
Enjoyable and Good Books of South East Asia
304 books — 160 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
323 books — 107 voters
When the Future Comes Too Soon by Selina Siak Chin YokeThe Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin YokeThe Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThe Forgotten Promise by Paula GreenleesThe Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Historical Fiction - Southeast Asia
84 books — 85 voters

The Glass Palace by Amitav GhoshBurmese Days by George OrwellFrom the Land of Green Ghosts by Pascal Khoo ThweSaving Fish from Drowning by Amy TanThe Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
Myanmar/Burma
147 books — 74 voters
Tenggelamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck by HamkaThe Merchant of Stories by Dipa SanataniFloating on a Malayan Breeze by Sudhir Thomas VadakethThis Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta ToerAngkor and the Khmer Civilization by Michael D. Coe
Best Southeast Asia Nonfiction
158 books — 70 voters

Rainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanIf Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki KawamuraThis Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta ToerFootsteps by Pramoedya Ananta ToerHouse of Glass by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Novels with an East Asian or South-East Asian Male Lead(POV)
180 books — 55 voters
The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. BorosonA-Ma Alchemy of Love by Nataša PantovićGulab by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Girl with No Face by M.H. BorosonA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Asian Protagonist
173 books — 39 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe African Queen by C.S. ForesterA Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Where are you from?
336 books — 38 voters
Thai Food by David ThompsonMaangchi's Real Korean Cooking by MaangchiLand of Plenty by Fuchsia DunlopJapanese Cooking by Shizuo TsujiThai Street Food by David Thompson
Best Asian Cookbooks
173 books — 32 voters

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikEmpire of Ivory by Naomi NovikThe Peshawar Lancers by S.M. StirlingCrucible of Gold by Naomi NovikTongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik
A Sci-Fi and Fantasy Re-Imagined British Empire
108 books — 18 voters
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp SendkerAlexander's Infinity by Lidija StankovikjThe Piano Tuner by Daniel MasonSaving Fish from Drowning by Amy TanThe Jewel Trader of Pegu by Jeffrey Hantover
Fictitious Burma
33 books — 17 voters

Alexander's Infinity by Lidija StankovikjFinding George Orwell in Burma by Emma LarkinSaving Fish from Drowning by Amy TanFrom the Land of Green Ghosts by Pascal Khoo ThweThe Perfect Hostage by Justin Wintle
Burma
28 books — 10 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellIndia's Bismarck-Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel by Balraj KrishnaMonsoon Love and Other Nepali Stories by Andrew James PritchardLittle Daughter by Zoya PhanThe Acid Diary by Daniel S. William Fletcher
Asia
29 books — 10 voters

Austin Blues by Gary A. KeithSmokescreen by Khaled TalibWhen the de La Cruz Family Danced by Donna MiscoltaBitter Orange by Marshall MooreAlways Forever by Ansh Das
Signal 8 Press
25 books — 4 voters
The Anxieties of Mobility by Johan A. LindquistAfter the Ancestors by Andrew BeattyThe Way Thais Lead by Larry S. PersonsEveryday Life in Southeast Asia by Lorraine AragonBomb Children by Leah Zani
Best Ethnographic books on Southeast Asia
13 books — 4 voters

The Battle of Britain by James HollandThe Eighth Air Force by Donald L. MillerBloody Biscay by Chris GossFlak by Michael VeitchBig Week by James Holland
World War 2 in the Air
70 books — 4 voters
Moon Princess, The by Sao SandaFrom the Land of Green Ghosts by Pascal Khoo ThweLittle Daughter by Zoya PhanThe White Umbrella by Patricia ElliottTwilight over Burma by Inge Sargent
Alternate Stories - Myanmar / Burma
18 books — 2 voters

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