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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Favorite Translated Literature
1,045 books — 503 voters
Bridge of Birds by Barry HughartThe Tales of the Otori Trilogy by Lian HearnThe Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi OnoEon by Alison GoodmanMonkey by Wu Cheng'en
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy
315 books — 439 voters

魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù人渣反派自救系统 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù二哈和他的白猫师尊 by Rou Bao Bu Chi RouHeaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
Chinese BL or Danmei Novels
526 books — 384 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckEmpress Orchid by Anchee MinShanghai Girls by Lisa SeePeony in Love by Lisa See
Great Chinese Historical Fiction
218 books — 277 voters
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha SuriA Man with A White Shadow by Vikram SuryawanshiThe Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Asian Authored Books in 2021
152 books — 204 voters

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleThe Girl from the Well by Rin ChupecoLovecraft Country by Matt RuffBleeding Violet by Dia ReevesAnother by Yukito Ayatsuji
Diverse Horror
276 books — 166 voters
The Art of War by Sun TzuTao Te Ching by Lao TzuDream of the Red Chamber by Cao XueqinWild Swans by Jung ChangMonkey by Wu Cheng'en
Chinese Literature
323 books — 153 voters

The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia RodenEssentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella HazanMadhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian by Madhur JaffreyMastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia ChildOlive Trees and Honey by Gil Marks
Best Ethnic Cookbooks
317 books — 145 voters
To Live by Yu HuaRed Sorghum by Mo YanWaiting by Ha JinEmpress Orchid by Anchee MinRaise the Red Lantern by Su Tong
Fiction from the Chinese Mainland
132 books — 137 voters

Tai-Pan by James ClavellNoble House by James ClavellSouth China Morning Blues by Ray HechtThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamEating Smoke by Chris Thrall
Books Set in Hong Kong
147 books — 120 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
367 books — 109 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Color of Jadeite by Eric D. GoodmanGeisha, a Life by Mineko Iwasaki
Best Orientalist Literature
116 books — 84 voters
Moon Called by Patricia BriggsCry Wolf by Patricia BriggsValentine by Julie ManninoLittle Red Riding Hood by Julie ManninoAngel Devil by Julie Mannino
Diverse Genre Romances
279 books — 78 voters

The Magnolia Sword by Sherry ThomasThe Wild Orchid by Cameron DokeyDefy by Sara B. LarsonThe Warrior Maiden by Melanie DickersonSpin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
Retellings of Mulan
69 books — 66 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanEverything I Never Told You by Celeste NgFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngTo All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
Asian Authors
337 books — 42 voters
From Here to Timbuktu by Milton J. DavisMoses by Balogun OjetadeSteamfunk! by Milton J. DavisThe Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí ClarkThe SEA Is Ours by Nghi Vo
Multicultural Steampunk
65 books — 39 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

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