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Hani and Ishu couldn't be less alike — and they definitely don't like each other. But when fates collide and they pretend to date each other, things start to get...

Chinese history and mecha sci-fi combine in this dazzling YA retellingThe boys of Huaxia dream of the celebrity status that comes with piloting Chrysalises giant transforming robots that battle the...

The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R.F. Kuang's acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of 20th-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to...

A Reckoning on Race and the Asian ConditionChosen as a Guardian BOOK OF 2020, picked by AnOther as a Book You Should Read This Year, BBC Best Books of 2020...

A tailor in disguise. Three legendary dresses. The competition of a lifetime.Project Runway meets Mulan in this sweeping fantasy about a young girl who poses as a boy to compete...

Translated by Ho-Ling WongA classic Japanese murder mystery inspired by the golden age of British crimewriting.The members of a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the...

Translated by Jamie ChangThe multi-million copy selling, international bestseller Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the South Korean sensation that has got the whole world talking.The life story of one young...

Translated by Ginny Tapley TakemoriMind-blowing, dark and wild, the new novel from Sayaka Murata — author of bestseller Convenience Store Woman — asks: how far would you go just to...

A woman struggling with burnout learns to embrace the unexpected — and the man she enlists to help her — in this heartfelt new romance by the bestselling author of...

An Illustrated Oral History of Queer & Trans ResistanceOver the past ten years, we have witnessed the rise of queer and trans communities that have defied and challenged those who...

Set in Joseon Dynasty-era Korea, this evocative YA debut follows a sixteen-year-old indentured servant within the police bureau who becomes entangled in the politically-charged investigation into the murder of a...

As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman— a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut French-Korean author.It's winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North...

A New York Times Editor's ChoiceAn intimate, stirring portrait of a country at war and a family's battle to survive. Set against the backdrop of the Viet Nam War, The...

Translated by Janet HongThis is not a murder story. It is the story of those left behind. Parasite meets The Good Son in this piercing psychological portrait of three women...

The first English language publication of the work of Izumi Suzuki, a legend of Japanese science fiction and a countercultural icon.On a planet where men are contained in ghettoised isolation,...

WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE'Breathtaking' — Elle'Powerhouses of feeling and depth' — Mary Gaitskill'Sharp and vital' — Daisy Johnson'Excellent' — Margaret AtwoodAn ex-boxer turned nail salon worker falls for...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2022 From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami, comes a sharp and illuminating novel about a teenage...

As diaspora தமிழ்s growing up in new home countries, with a backdrop of genocide, it can be challenging and confusing to grapple with these personal and historical tapestries. Priyanka’s poetry...

A MemoirA daughter born between two cultures — the US and Japan — grapples with the question: where is my home, and how will I recognise it when I reach...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM STUDIO GHIBLIThe beloved multi-million copy bestselling Japanese classic about finding one's place in the world'In How Do You Live?, Copper, our hero, and his...

In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental works Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the...

Translated by Meredith WeatherbyLong regarded as one of the most important novels to appear in post-war Japan, Confessions of a Mask is an allegory of a lonely boy’s yearning quest...

A young woman in Hong Kong investigates her teenage sister's death. Gossip. Rumour. Revenge. Wun Wah Tower. Kwun Tong district, Hong Kong. When Siu-Man jumped from her window on the...

A Fraction of Momentary Love takes the reader on a poignant journey of love's allure, anguish, anticipation, and everything in between. Through vivid poetic storytelling inspired by pop culture romance...

In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental worksOver the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living...

20 shadowy tales from Asia's Stephen KingUnconfined to a single theme, this new collection of twenty short stories by Halim offers five distinct worlds.The paranormal mysteries from 'the occult world',...

A New York Times 'Notable Book of 2020' One of Elena Ferrante's 'Top 40 Books by Female Authors' 'A sharply observed and heartbreaking portrait of what it means to be...

In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks and Other AstonishmentsA sparkling collection of essays about the natural world, illustrated throughout — a magnificent bestiary, and an unforgettable book of sustenance, resilience...

Translated by Alison WattsWinner of the 59th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel'This spine-chilling masterpiece will make you aware of the dark places in your own heart.' —...

In this hilarious comedy of manners set in Mumbai, where modernity jostles with tradition, Balli Kaur Jaswal'sErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows meets Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians. Zoya is not...

Danyal Jilani doesn't lack confidence. He may not be the smartest guy in the room, but he's funny, gorgeous, and going to make a great chef one day. His father...

An innocent love becomes a bloody hell in another superb collection by master of horror Junji Ito. Ryusuke returns to the town he once lived in because rumours are swirling...

Translated by Ginny Takemori and Ian MacDonaldThis prize-winning Japanese author offers stories haunted by history.'If we want to understand what has been lost to time, there is no way other...

The tale of a cat with no name but great wisdom!Illustrated by Zack Davisson and Chiroru KobatoJapan's beloved literary masterpiece brought to life in manga form! Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece,...

A seductive, disorienting, and wholly original story about parallel lives, unfolding over a day and a night in the sweltering heat of Seoul's summer.'As cryptic and compelling as a fever...

The war mammoths are back — with tigers and ghost stories and old loves — in this stunning standalone follow-up to The Empress of Salt and FortuneThe cleric Chih finds...

Two sisters raised to be fierce dragon slayers end up on opposing sides of an impending war when one forms an unlikely, magical bond with a dragon, in this exciting,...

Inspired by real historical events, The Mercies is a breathtaking story of love, fear and obsession, and the strength and courage of women.On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the...

In a kingdom where flames hold magic and the desert hides secrets, an ancient prophecy comes for an assassin, a princess, and a king. But none are ready to face...

1426, Joseon, Korea. Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest, near a gruesome crime...

Winner of the 2019 Mary Higgins Clark AwardWinner of the 2019 Lefty Award for Best Historical NovelWinner of the the 2018 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel'Perveen Mistry is a...

Translated by Sung RyuA bestselling and award-winning debut collection from one of South Korea's most prominent young writersIn crisp, unembellished prose, Choi Eun-young paints intimate portraits of the lives of...

Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland in this blazing debut of one family's queer desires, violent impulses and buried secrets.One evening, Mother...

Inspired by an obscure Chinese custom and based on actual 21st century events, Srinath Adiga's debut novel is a current, chillingly dark satire in the mold of Brave New World...

Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949. As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Persis Wadia stands vigil in the basement of Malabar House, home to the city's...

Powerfully persuasive, personal and provocative — an unforgettable takedown of white feminism and an empowering manifesto for revolutionMost of us believe that feminism is a force for good. In the...

Aflame begins in Soviet Moscow and ends with a Tibetan Buddhist monk's self-immolation; residing between them - improvisations after celebrated Japanese Haikus. Written in an intricate and polyphonic structure, Subhash...

Translated by Louise Heal KawaiJapan's greatest classic murder mystery, translated into English for the first time.In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the...

From a prize winning Sri Lankan author, a story of age and youth, loss and survival that builds into a magisterial reckoning with mortality.It begins with a message: a telephone...

A surreal work of science fiction from one of Japan's most brilliant novelists In anticipation of a coming nuclear apocalypse, Mole has converted a huge underground quarry into an 'ark'....