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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
352 books — 184 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
322 books — 106 voters
When the Future Comes Too Soon by Selina Siak Chin YokeThe Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin YokeMountains on Fire by Aram YardumianThe Forgotten Promise by Paula GreenleesThe Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
Historical Fiction - Southeast Asia
84 books — 95 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 Steampowered Globe by Rosemary LimThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiThe Ayam Curtain by J.Y. YangAlexander's Infinity by Lidija StankovikjThe Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
Speculative Fiction of Southeast Asia
91 books — 40 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

Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà LạiTangled Threads by Pegi Deitz SheaMist Bound by Daryl KhoListen, Slowly by Thanhhà LạiThe Stone Goddess by Minfong Ho
Southeast Asians in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
91 books — 32 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

Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisMy Whirlwind Lives by Dee Charles KnightReckless by Robert K. Brigham1968 by Mark KurlanskyVietnam by Stanley Karnow
The Politics of the Vietnam War (nonfiction)
134 books — 26 voters
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThe Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley RobinsonNeuromancer by William GibsonAcross the Nightingale Floor by Lian HearnBridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
SF & F Atlas - Asia
118 books — 22 voters

First They Killed My Father by Loung UngCatfish and Mandala by Andrew X. PhamWhere Rivers Part by Kao Kalia YangWhen Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly HayslipOne Foot in Laos by Dervla Murphy
Southeast Asia Recommended Reading
52 books — 10 voters
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin CotterillAnt Egg Soup by Natacha Du Pont de BieCreating Laos by Søren IvarssonA Short History Of Laos by Grant EvansMother's Beloved by Outhine Bounyavong
Laos
82 books — 8 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
A Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkNory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly GiffThe Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGrawRed Sails to Capri by Ann WeilMara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Read Around the World FOR KIDS (No picture books)
167 books — 4 voters

Escaping the Tiger by Laura ManivongComing Home by Boontak K ChittaThe Coroner's Lunch by Colin CotterillThe Merry Misogynist by Colin CotterillThe Plain of Jars by N. Lombardi Jr.
Novels set in Laos
24 books — 3 voters
Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen YangThe First Lantern Festival by L Sam ZhangHanami by Fenny WongThe First Dragon Boat Festival by L Sam ZhangKirschblüten Hanami by Doris Dörrie
Asian Festivals
51 books — 3 voters

The Boy and the Dog by Seishū HaseInuYasha Ani-Manga, Vol. 1 by Rumiko TakahashiBronze Dog by Jian LiThe Strange Tale of Doctor Dog by Norman Hinsdale PitmanDugga by Rajiv Eipe
Dogs in Asian Fiction
23 books — 3 voters
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. A Guide for Foreigners by Roland BoerManifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxThe Collapse of the Soviet Union by International Communist Sem...Perestroika by Harpal BrarThe East is Still Red - Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century by Carlos Martínez
Market Socialisms - Transition Periods
13 books — 1 voter

Where Rivers Part by Kao Kalia YangOne Foot in Laos by Dervla MurphyTiger Balm by Lucretia StewartNow You See the Sky by Catharine H. MurrayAnt Egg Soup by Natacha Du Pont de Bie
Real Thailand and Laos
8 books — 1 voter
Sideshow by William ShawcrossThe Price of Power by Seymour M. HershBrother Enemy by Nayan ChandaA Bright Shining Lie by Neil SheehanRed Brotherhood at War by Grant Evans
Blowback Season 5 Bibliography
51 books — 1 voter

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