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Pachinko Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 558 times as asian)
avg rating 4.34 — 607,150 ratings — published 2017
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Convenience Store Woman Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 405 times as asian)
avg rating 3.67 — 363,157 ratings — published 2016
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Norwegian Wood Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 394 times as asian)
avg rating 3.99 — 716,370 ratings — published 1987
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The Vegetarian The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 376 times as asian)
avg rating 3.65 — 358,008 ratings — published 2007
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Memoirs of a Geisha Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 372 times as asian)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,098,055 ratings — published 1997
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The Joy Luck Club The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 362 times as asian)
avg rating 3.97 — 707,014 ratings — published 1989
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Crying in H Mart Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 360 times as asian)
avg rating 4.24 — 580,312 ratings — published 2021
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 332 times as asian)
avg rating 3.66 — 662,823 ratings — published 2015
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Yellowface Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 319 times as asian)
avg rating 3.73 — 981,107 ratings — published 2023
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Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1) Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)
by (shelved 316 times as asian)
avg rating 3.91 — 543,417 ratings — published 2013
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Kafka on the Shore Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 314 times as asian)
avg rating 4.12 — 540,557 ratings — published 2002
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82년생 김지영 82년생 김지영 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 311 times as asian)
avg rating 4.16 — 185,429 ratings — published 2016
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 304 times as asian)
avg rating 4.16 — 458,420 ratings — published 2018
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 275 times as asian)
avg rating 4.09 — 385,042 ratings — published 2005
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Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1) Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)
by (shelved 245 times as asian)
avg rating 4.07 — 124,378 ratings — published 2022
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 231 times as asian)
avg rating 4.02 — 392,236 ratings — published 2019
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Kitchen Kitchen (Paperback)
by (shelved 226 times as asian)
avg rating 3.90 — 126,177 ratings — published 1988
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 222 times as asian)
avg rating 4.09 — 92,860 ratings — published 2022
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 215 times as asian)
avg rating 4.14 — 311,652 ratings — published 1994
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The Memory Police The Memory Police (Hardcover)
by (shelved 213 times as asian)
avg rating 3.70 — 133,144 ratings — published 1994
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Almond Almond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 202 times as asian)
avg rating 4.14 — 171,740 ratings — published 2017
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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 200 times as asian)
avg rating 3.95 — 337,028 ratings — published 2009
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The Housekeeper and the Professor The Housekeeper and the Professor (Paperback)
by (shelved 191 times as asian)
avg rating 4.05 — 94,894 ratings — published 2005
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Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1) Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1)
by (shelved 190 times as asian)
avg rating 4.18 — 102,141 ratings — published 2021
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Human Acts Human Acts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 186 times as asian)
avg rating 4.27 — 69,807 ratings — published 2014
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No Longer Human No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 185 times as asian)
avg rating 3.95 — 242,767 ratings — published 1948
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She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
by (shelved 185 times as asian)
avg rating 3.84 — 92,316 ratings — published 2021
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Sweet Bean Paste Sweet Bean Paste (Paperback)
by (shelved 174 times as asian)
avg rating 4.06 — 71,291 ratings — published 2013
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China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians, #2) China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians, #2)
by (shelved 173 times as asian)
avg rating 3.84 — 226,417 ratings — published 2015
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Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1) Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
by (shelved 170 times as asian)
avg rating 4.03 — 107,556 ratings — published 2021
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Everything I Never Told You Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 170 times as asian)
avg rating 3.83 — 606,197 ratings — published 2014
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Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 167 times as asian)
avg rating 3.90 — 78,702 ratings — published 2022
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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1) Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
by (shelved 166 times as asian)
avg rating 3.64 — 175,961 ratings — published 2010
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Please Look After Mom Please Look After Mom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 164 times as asian)
avg rating 3.92 — 47,550 ratings — published 2008
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Breasts and Eggs Breasts and Eggs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 163 times as asian)
avg rating 3.85 — 78,926 ratings — published 2008
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A Tale for the Time Being A Tale for the Time Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 163 times as asian)
avg rating 4.06 — 133,727 ratings — published 2013
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 161 times as asian)
avg rating 4.08 — 479,874 ratings — published 2006
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After Dark After Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 161 times as asian)
avg rating 3.74 — 186,369 ratings — published 2004
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Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1) Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
by (shelved 156 times as asian)
avg rating 3.92 — 161,981 ratings — published 2009
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 154 times as asian)
avg rating 4.15 — 442,544 ratings — published 2022
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The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
by (shelved 150 times as asian)
avg rating 4.01 — 135,914 ratings — published 2015
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The Island of Sea Women The Island of Sea Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 147 times as asian)
avg rating 4.32 — 162,964 ratings — published 2019
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Rich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians, #3) Rich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians, #3)
by (shelved 145 times as asian)
avg rating 3.95 — 183,159 ratings — published 2017
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I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as asian)
avg rating 3.21 — 91,621 ratings — published 2018
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Interior Chinatown Interior Chinatown (Hardcover)
by (shelved 141 times as asian)
avg rating 3.94 — 71,825 ratings — published 2020
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What You Are Looking For Is in the Library What You Are Looking For Is in the Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 140 times as asian)
avg rating 4.04 — 110,233 ratings — published 2020
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles The Travelling Cat Chronicles (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 139 times as asian)
avg rating 4.33 — 100,521 ratings — published 2012
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Snow Country Snow Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as asian)
avg rating 3.57 — 40,044 ratings — published 1948
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Heaven Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 136 times as asian)
avg rating 3.79 — 85,398 ratings — published 2009
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 136 times as asian)
avg rating 4.19 — 43,593 ratings — published 2020
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C Pam Zhang
I refused to be stuck. In Pasaje, California. In the smallness of my mother's life. In a fixed notion of my cooking, my abilities, my worth as ascribed to my Chineseness my Asianness my smallness my womanness my perpetual foreignness--myself.”
C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

Susan Cain
“What looks to Westerners like Asian deference, in other words, is actually a deeply felt concern for the sensibilities of others. As the psychologist Harris Bond observes, “It is only those from an explicit tradition who would label [the Asian] mode of discourse ‘selfeffacement.’ Within this indirect tradition it might be labeled ‘relationship honouring.’ ” And relationship honoring leads to social dynamics that can seem remarkable from a Western perspective. It’s because of relationship honoring, for example, that social anxiety disorder in Japan, known as taijin kyofusho, takes the form not of excessive worry about embarrassing oneself, as it does in the United States, but of embarrassing others.”
Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

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