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Translated by Norma Moore Field Soseki Natsume is considered to be one of Japan's most beloved and respected authors.And Then is ranked as one of his most insightful and stirring...

Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum A classic slice of Japanese hard-boiled noir paying homage to the master of the genre: Raymond Chandler The Wrong Goodbye pits homicide detective...

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...

Rising like a Storm is the dramatic conclusion to the Wrath of Ambar duology, written by the talented Tanaz Bhathena. A girl with a mark, a boy with her soul....

From the Man Booker prize-winning author of The White Tiger Danny — Dhananjaya Rajaratnam — is an illegal immigrant in Sydney, denied refugee status after he has fled from his...

A girl in a new country. A dark secret left behind. A dead body which might tell all. Ever since she was adopted from an orphanage in Sri Lanka, Paloma...

Translated by Chi-Young Kim A universal tale of family bonds and out-of-the-ordinary friendships. My Brilliant Life interweaves the past and present of a tight-knit family, finding joy and happiness in...

Spanning more than half a century and cities from New Delhi to Atlanta, Anjali Enjeti’s debut is a heartfelt and human portrait of the long shadow of the Partition of...

'The queen of crime . . . You-Jeong Jeong is shaking up the world of suspense' — Glamour'You-Jeong Jeong is a certified international phenomenon . . . one among the...

To discover the truth about his mother, Han must leave his village and venture to a group of islands which hold the answer to a long-held secret. Han was contemplative....

A prizewinning literary epic of the subcontinent, nature, climate and love. ** The phenomenal Indian bestseller ****Winner of the Tata Lit Live Best First Book of the Year Award **...

An NPR Best Book of the YearA CrimeReads Historical Fiction Best Book of the Year At a chance encounter at a Berlin soirée in 1928, the photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captures...

For fans of Morgan Matson's Save the Date and Sandhya Menon's When Dimple Met Rishi(streaming as Mismatched on Netflix) comes a fun and lighthearted novel about one teen's summer tackling...

Old and young. White and brown. Male and female. British. Indian. Other. Four strangers arrive in India for a wedding. Together, they climb a mountain — but will they see...

A funny, poignant, and surprising novel about a goat's life in rural India by the greatest living Tamil author. A farmer in India is watching the sun set over his...

The redoubtable Perveen Mistry makes her triumphant return to solve a shocking murder on the streets of 1920s Bombay November, 1921. Edward VIII, Prince of Wales and future ruler of...

Murder. Migrants. Mafia. A small-town girl from Malaysia goes to London's Chinatown to uncover the truth behind the tragedy that befell her childhood sweetheart. The shooting of her childhood friend...

New York Times bestselling non-fiction author joins forces with a celebrated science-fiction novelist to blend imaginative storytelling and scientific forecasting to ask how artificial intelligence will change our world over the...

Haunted by a childhood tragedy, a man looks back on his past and rediscovers a new meaning to his life. In The Dogs, Guan, a middle-aged man, decides to move...

Translated by Muhammad Haji A history of the Malay Peninsula and the islands of the Archipelago The Genealogy of Kings (Malay — Sulalat al-Salatin or Sejarah Melayu, is a literary...

A story of scorned witches, sinister curses, and resurrection, The Bone Witch is the start of a dark fantasy trilogy, perfect for fans of Serpent & Dove and The Cruel...

Translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang and Shelly Bryant THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" — NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS...

A haunting and elegiac love story set in a spoiled paradise, as vital and as relevant today as when it was first published. A single lighted match banishes Triton from...

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...

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

Three magical gowns. Two kingdoms on the brink of war. One chance to save them all. Maia Tamarin proved her skill as a tailor when she wove the dresses of...

Translated by Sam Malissa Five assassins find themselves on a bullet train from Tokyo competing for a suitcase full of money. Who will get to the last station alive? An...

Translated by Lizzie Buehler A satirical Korean eco-thriller with a fierce feminist sensibility. Yona has been stuck behind a desk for years working as a programming coordinator for Jungle, a...

The epic first novel in a sweeping series following the romantic lives and intrigues of the fictionalized descendants of a Chinese empress — now in paperback! Behind every great family...

This companion novel to Abigail Hing Wen’s New York Times bestselling debut, Loveboat, Taipei,takes readers back to Taipei through the eyes of fan favorites Sophie and Xavier –on an unforgettable...

Translated by Sophie Bowman and Sung Ryu A stunning collection of short fiction by one of South Korea's most treasured writers, available in English for the first time. In the...

A chance sighting on a bus; a letter which should never have been read; a pianist with a secret that touches the heart of her music... AN EQUAL MUSIC is...

'This is where I begin. This blank page draws me nearer to you, the day sweltering, my courage quickens, the curtains billowing and the punkah swaying, the punkah rattling as...

From the author of The Bone Witch, the thrilling sequel to The Never Tilting World spins elemental magic, fierce sisterhood, and vast, incredible landscapes into a YA fantasy epic perfect...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the award-winning author of Native Speaker and On Such a Full Sea, an exuberant, provocative story about a young American life transformed by an unusual Asian...

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...

An immeasurably influential female voice in post-war Japanese literature, Kono writes with a strange and disorienting beauty: her tales are marked by disquieting scenes, her characters all teetering on the...

New Fiction by Afghan Women "My pen is the wing of a bird; it will tell you those thoughts we are not allowed to think, those dreams we are not...

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021, a thrilling and heartbreaking story of love, family, survival and betrayal from the prize-winning author of The Year of the Runaways Mehar, a young...

A mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of Norwegian Wood and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. A GUARDIAN AND SUNDAY TIMES 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK...

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...

'Do you know what it was like here? You wouldn't believe the glamour. We had our own film studio, redbrick houses for the stars, even Jackie Chan. Now look at...

Illustrated by Inko Ai Takita, adapted by Sean Michael Wilson Step into a story of life and love in Kyoto's 10th century royal court. The Tale of Genji tells the...

Translated by Kalau AlmonyThe magnum opus by Japanese literary sensation Fuminori Nakamura, Cult X is a story that dives into the psychology of fringe religion, obsession, and social disaffection.When Toru...

ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S 'TEN DEBUT NOVELISTS' OF 2021 Delhi, 1946. Ma and Bappu are liberal intellectuals teaching at the local university. Their fourteen year-old daughter — precocious, headstrong Alma...

A fresh, smart series featuring besties of Indian descent who find love in the big city. Three best friends. Three loves. Three cultural explosions waiting to happen. Kiran Mathur knows...

Shortlisted for the 2021 Costa First Novel Award 'The perfect marriage of Sally Rooney and early Murakami' — Kathy Wang, author of Impostor Syndrome Mizuki is a Japanese housewife. She...

A deeply moving novel about tradition, love, war and the sorrow & hope exile will bring. 'The women arrive first, on an afternoon like any other, when Henna is safely...

In writing her sister Annie's eulogy, Kathy reflects on the complexities that shaped their family and their identities. It’s winter in Logan, south-east Queensland, and still warm enough to sleep...

In this epic conclusion to The Girl King, two sisters war for a crown that was never meant to be theirs — though only one can wear it. Princess Lu...