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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyHamlet by William ShakespeareOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,709 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Ultimate Backpacking Novels
479 books — 1,141 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Best Novels That Take Place in China
415 books — 1,099 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaShantaram by Gregory David RobertsSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
India
1,027 books — 876 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiShōgun by James Clavell
Best Books on Asia
998 books — 825 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Sorrow of War by Bảo NinhThe Full Circle for Mick by Michael G. KramerHuế 1968 by Mark BowdenWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Plight of a Nation
1,151 books — 452 voters

Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook ShinPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Vegetarian by Han KangWhen My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue ParkHuman Acts by Han Kang
Fiction by Korean Authors and/or Containing Korean Characters
442 books — 442 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Women Around the World
1,163 books — 432 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterShantaram by Gregory David RobertsThe Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Books Set in India
500 books — 420 voters
Born Confused by Tanuja Desai HidierInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Contract by Zeenat MahalHaveli by Zeenat MahalThe Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Desi Chick Lit (fiction)
256 books — 347 voters

Kira-Kira by Cynthia KadohataAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangGirl in Translation by Jean KwokEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellBorn Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
Best Asian-American Teen Fiction
277 books — 335 voters
Lost in Yaba by Walt GleesonThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngThe Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasThe Beach by Alex Garland
Best for Backpacking through Southeast Asia
315 books — 334 voters

Cinder by Marissa MeyerEmpress of All Seasons by Emiko JeanEon by Alison GoodmanThe Poppy War by R.F. KuangThe Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
503 books — 306 voters
National Geographic by Leah Bendavid-ValThe Art Book by Phaidon PressAlways a Traveler, Never a Tourist by Judy BloombergAnsel Adams by Ansel AdamsPortraits by Steve McCurry
Best Coffee Table Books
594 books — 293 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
217 books — 274 voters
Moth Smoke by Mohsin HamidA Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed HanifThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidKartography by Kamila ShamsieUrdu Ki Akhri Kitaab / اردو کی آخری کتاب by Ibn e Insha
Notable Books by Pakistani Authors
269 books — 254 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Queen's Library: Best of the Commonwealth
743 books — 231 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Royal Fiction
533 books — 228 voters

The Poppy War by R.F. KuangDescendant of the Crane by Joan HeThe Deep Sky by Yume KitaseiMonstress, Volume 1 by Marjorie M. LiuAn Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Asian Speculative Fiction by Asian Authors -- #ownvoices
352 books — 220 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenButterfly Swords by Jeannie LinThe Lotus Palace by Jeannie LinRainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanThe Dragon and the Pearl by Jeannie Lin
Romance in East/Southeast Asia (and/or) East/Southeast Asian Heroes and Heroines
405 books — 203 voters

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn TanDescendant of the Crane by Joan HeThe Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie OhWicked Fox by Kat ChoThe Girl with No Reflection by Keshe Chow
YA East Asian Fantasy
171 books — 200 voters
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
Of Kings and Queens
452 books — 197 voters

Winging It by Lia RussSeven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiA Capitalist in North Korea by Felix AbtThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Asia
353 books — 185 voters
When the Future Comes Too Soon by Selina Siak Chin YokeMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin YokeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
International Women: Female Leads From All Over the World
764 books — 179 voters

Cinder by Marissa MeyerWhen Oceans Rise by Robin AlvarezTo All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny HanAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangWhere the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Asian Young Adult and Middle Grade Fiction
580 books — 167 voters
The Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesDispatches by Michael Herr
Cambodia and Vietnam
214 books — 161 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
308 books — 160 voters
The Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasThe Blue Monsoon by Damyanti BiswasLife of Pi by Yann MartelShantaram by Gregory David RobertsA Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Fiction Books Set in India
150 books — 158 voters

The Neverending Story by Michael EndeLe Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTintenherz by Cornelia FunkeThe Last Wish by Andrzej SapkowskiThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Fantasy - Beyond the English Language
402 books — 143 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

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