Asia

Parables for a Planet in CrisisThe history of the nutmeg is one of conquest and exploitation — of both human life and the natural environment — and the origin of...

Childhood best friends decide to marry in order to keep their sexuality a secret. A young heiress embarks on a secret affair, ending in devastation but not for the party...

A searing, gritty debut crime novel with a resourceful and unforgettable heroine who must make her way in a man's worldBe twice as good as men and four times as...

A soulful tribute to Malaysian food, from snacks, pickles and salads to laksa, rice dishes, curries and sweet things​.Sambal Shiokis a brilliant collection of 75 Malaysian-inspired recipes that were handed...

Cult recipes from the streets that make the cityPenang is an explorer’s dream and a food-lover’s paradise. It’s the nasi lemak or kaya toast eaten for breakfast, served with a...

* A New York Times Notable Book ** One of the Observer's 10 best debut novelists of 2020 ** Longlisted for the Women’s Prize 2020 * We children are not...

Escape from China's modern-day concentration campsA shocking depiction of one of the world's most ruthless regimes — and the story of one woman's fight to survive.I will never forget the...

Despite the distance, Claire cannot escape the scandals that beset her clan, especially when she discovers that she is a product of one.The Rosales House is a contemporary novel about...

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,...

Her destiny. His revenge. In an empire on the brink of war . . .Ahn is no one, with no past and no family.Altan is a lost heir, his future...

She was never meant to be an ordinary woman, reading out her history as if it belonged to us. She was more than that. She was the way of learning...

Assassin. Immortal. Spy. An ill-matched pair of spies pose as a couple to investigate a series of murders in 1930s Shanghai, from the author of These Violent Delights.Four years ago,...

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

Moving, sexy, and archly funny, Gina Apostol's Philippine National Book Award-winning Bibliolepsy is a love letter to the written word and a brilliantly unorthodox look at the rebellion that brought...

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...

Intrigue, magic, and wit abound in this Cinderella fairytale reimagining from D.L. Soria, perfect for fans of Heather Walter and Naomi Novik.Happily Ever After is a total scam, but at...

Award-winning stories and tales about the rites of passage in our lives-love and loss, gladness and grief, departure and return-written in the realistic and fabulist modes A young boy and...

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...

An evocative novel set in 1930s Indochine about an American who journeys there in the name of family fortune, the glamorous world she finds herself in — and the truth...

The captivating sequel to Foul Lady Fortune, by the New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights. A lover in peril. A nation under threat. The clock is ticking...

One of the most acclaimed essayists writing today on the political hysteria plaguing the WestDecades of violence and chaos have generated a political and intellectual hysteria ranging from imperial atavism...

who are youwhen you're aloneStarry Night, Blurry Dreams is a collection of graphic poetry about loneliness, love and existing in our world.a heavy heart is hard to carryhold onWhen words...

In this transfixing novel, a young woman comes of age in 1960s- and 1970s-era Bombay, a vanished world that is complex and indelibly rendered. Vidya’s childhood is marked by the...

From award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a beautiful, aching novel about three kids orphaned in 1960s Laos — and how their destinies are entwined across decades, anointed by Hernan Diaz...

A Whimsical Journey through Gardens and LifeIt is spring in Melbourne and I am not there.I had a taste for it before I left for India. The japonica was flowering...

“A fascinating epic tale.” — The New York PostAn Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives in...

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...

How to Win at Life and Love as a Highly Sensitive and Emotionally Intense PersonThis is a book about being successful, fulfilled and happy in a world in which you...

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...

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...

The first ever publication of Gina Apostol's Philippine National Book Award-winning novel outside of the PhilippinesThe story of Raymundo Mata, a visually impaired member of a 19th century anti-Spanish Philippine...

Translated by Rebecca CopelandBased on the Japanese myth of Izanami and Izanagi, The Goddess Chronicle is a fantastical tour de force about ferocious love and bitter revenge.On an island in...

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...

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...

Fabulous Recipes from Asia’s Food CapitalFood is an abiding Singapore passion — an obsession quite simply because there’s so much of it that’s so good on this tiny multicultural island....

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'....

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...

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...

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...