Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1409)
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Inspector Singh Investigates: A Frightfully English Execution : Number 7 in series by Shamini Flint EN
MalaysiaDescription:
Inspector Singh is irate. He's been instructed to attend a Commonwealth conference on policing in London: a job for paper pushers, not real cops, as far as he is concerned. And as if that isn't bad enough, his wife is determined to come along to shop for souvenirs and visit previously unknown relatives. But it isn't long before the cold case that lands on Singh's ample lap turns into a hot potato and he has to outwit Scotland Yard, his wife and London's finest criminals to prevent more frightful executions from occurring on his watch - or indeed, from being added to their number.
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Critical Role: Bells Hells--What Doesn't Break by Cassandra Khaw EN
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Uncover the lost years of Critical Role’s unrelentingly upbeat undead spellcaster in this original prequel novel to Laudna’s adventures with Bells Hells. For as long as she can remember, Laudna has had a friend. A mentor. A little voice whispering in her cropped ear, promising that, no matter how monstrous she becomes or how far she wanders, there will always be someone to guide her. And so, Laudna is content. But the thought of more—of life, of love, of the magic stirring in her still veins—is unrelenting in its familiarity. More is the dream of the young girl trapped behind the bloodstained ... continue
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Lake Like a Mirror by Sok Fong Ho EN
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Winner of a PEN Translates award By an author described by critics as "the most accomplished Malaysian writer, full stop," Lake Like a Mirror is a scintillating exploration of the lives of women buffeted by powers beyond their control. Squeezing themselves between the gaps of rabid urbanization, patriarchal structures and a theocratic government, these women find their lives twisted in disturbing ways. In precise and disquieting prose, Ho Sok Fong draws her readers into a richly atmospheric world of naked sleepwalkers in a rehabilitation center for wayward Muslims, mysterious wooden boxes, gos... continue
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Folk Tales of the Maldives by Xavier Romero-Frias EN
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A collection of 80 traditional short stories and legends from the local oral tradition. These folk tales offer insights into the history, culture and beliefs of the people of the Maldives and into the world they live in.
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Matters of the heart are rarely simple and straightforward, and nothing could be truer for Fiona. In Foiled, a romantic thriller, the heroine of the novel is falling in love. However, what should be the best and happiest period of her life becomes a dark and dangerous time. Author Amyna is a first-time novelist whose lifelong affinity for crime, romance, and thriller stories has taken root in the form of Foiled. The book is a complex tale of a woman with a troubled past. Her family life was marred by an abuse so earthshattering she grew into a woman with deep but invisible scars. Fiona has tri... continue
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The Choice and Other Tales by Amyna EN
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The Choice and Other Tales is a compelling collection of eleven short stories of different genres that explores romance, murder, loss, and the intimate bonds of humanity. In "A Wilted Rose in Bloom," a mourning woman has an unexpected magical encounter, while "Angel's Touch" visits a cancer-stricken elderly man who forms an unlikely friendship with a young girl. A man takes a memory-filled walk with his cherished wife in "Dearly Beloved," and "The Choice" sees a man sitting engrossed in a book while wrestling with a monumental decision. "Run" is the tale of a man who catches his wife in an aff... continue
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The Blue Sky by Galsan Tschinag EN
MongoliaDescription:
A boy’s nomadic life in Mongolia is under threat in a novel that “captures the mountains, valleys and steppes in all their surpassing beauty and brutality” (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). In the high Altai Mountains of northern Mongolia, a young shepherd boy comes of age, tending his family’s flocks on the mountain steppes and knowing little of the world beyond the surrounding peaks. But his nomadic way of life is increasingly disrupted by modernity. This confrontation comes in stages. First, his older siblings leave the family yurt to attend a distant boarding school. Then the boy’s grandmother d... continue