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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom 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 adventure...

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 allowed...

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 RunawaysMehar, a young bride...

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' PICKThe eight...

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...

'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 WilsonStep into a story of life and love in Kyoto's 10th century royal court. The Tale of Genji tells the story...

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...

The True Story of China's Genocide of the UyghursA devastating account of China’s genocide of the Uyghurs, by a leading Uyghur activist and Time #100 nomineeNury Turkel was born in...

ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S 'TEN DEBUT NOVELISTS' OF 2021Delhi, 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 firsthand just...

An Ordinary KillingA masterly and agenda-setting inquest into how the deaths of two teenage girls shone a light into the darkest corners of a nationKatra Sadatganj. A tiny village in...

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

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 enclosed...

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...

At a time when every disagreement turns toxic, world champion debater Bo Seo reveals the timeless secrets of effective communication and persuasion.When Bo Seo was 8 years old, he and...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER**Welcome to The Death Zone. Fourteen mountains on Earth tower over 8,000 metres above sea level, an altitude where the brain and body withers and...

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 knows...

A solo female traveller navigates the world and discovers that freedom is possible.How to Ride a Train to Ulaanbaatar and Other Essays is a coming-of-age story of a woman who...

An instant New York Times bestseller!Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy,...

Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Tokyo Dreaming, by Emiko Jean — the sequel to the Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever...

Moving between two continents over a troubled century, We Are All Birds of Uganda is a multi-layered, moving and immensely resonant novel of generational love, loss and what it means...

A poetic meditation on identity, loss, and loneliness from the bestselling poet and visual artistAn all-new illustrated poetry collection from the bestselling author of yesterday i was the moon, New...

Translated by Eleanor GoodmanThis selection collects some of the most influential and moving work of the poet Zheng Xiaoqiong, who spent nearly a decade at the beginning of the century...

In this thought-provoking and entertaining debut novel about of a multicultural family, a dying billionaire matriarch leaks news of her death early so she can examine her legacy-a decision that...

How to Read The Art of War As the People's Republic's seemingly inexorable rise to economic and military power continues, never has the need for a better grasp of Chinese...

The long-awaited new novel from one of America's most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris as a refugee. There he and his...

Romeo and Juliet meets Chinese mythology in this lyrical and magical novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Colour of After.Hunter Yee has perfect aim with...

Translated by Howard GoldblattIn Change, Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, personalises the political and social changes in his country over the past few decades in...

A New World DisorderAs the world’s second-largest economy, China is extending its influence across the globe with the complicity of democratic nations. Joanna Chiu has spent a decade tracking China’s...

95 Quick, Classic and Seasonal RecipesEnjoy healthy and delicious Japanese pickles with the help of a leading Japanese food expert!Homemade Japanese pickles are incredibly tasty and easy to make, and...

Gripping, immersive, and full of Vaseem Khan's trademark wit, this is historical fiction at its finest.A priceless manuscript. A missing scholar. A trail of riddles.Bombay, 1950. For over a century,...

Preeti Patel only has room in her life for family, friends, and her career as a doctor. So when her ex-boyfriend — and man she never forgot — turns up...

Translated by Sunandini BanerjeeMay 1992. In Russia, Boris Yeltsin is showing millions of communists the spectre of capitalism. Yugoslavia is disintegrating. United Germany is uncertain about their next move, and...

A Political BiographyIn 2014, Joko Widodo — popularly known as Jokowi — was elected the seventh president of the Republic of Indonesia, going on to win a second five-year term...

In his first poetry volume, internationally renowned publisher Naveen Kishore has produced a collection of poems that, with compassion, protest society’s cruelty.Throughout Knotted Grief, Kishore lays bare the nature of...

With high-profile commissions and international collaborations under his belt, fashion illustrator Mr. SLOWBOY's first-ever book release curates the best of his fashion illustrations, including personal styling tips for additional appeal.Fashion...

Things get personal for Chinese-Norwegian modern-day ninja Lily Wong in Hong Kong when she dives into the dangerous world of triads, romance, and corporate disaster during the height of the...

Translated by Ouyang YuAn award-winning contemporary bilingual Kazakh poet, originally from PRC, writing poetry both in Chinese and Kazakh.ISBN: 9781925780697 | Published: 1 November 2021 | Paperback | 102 pages

A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and ScoundrelsTrue stories of glamour, drama, and tragedy told through five generations of a Shanghai family, from the last days of imperial rule to the...

The title of this collection, Revenants, suggests spirits and ghosts who return to the human world through dream and art, not to haunt it, but to remind the living that...

Translated by Tiffany TsaoTo say it is hard to be queer in Indonesia is a gross understatement. LGBTQI Indonesians encounter violence on a regular basis – from those around them,...

Nationalism and the Fate of DemocracyThere are over a billion Indians alive today. But are some more Indian than others?To answer this question, one that is central to the identity...

The Best Dishes from Thailand, Japan, China and More Made SimpleTurn your favorite Asian flavors into healthy, affordable and satisfying meals that fit your plant-based lifestyle with ease.If you crave...

Translated by Ouyang YuMan Chen is a post-romantic poet who is at his best when language is polished like a withered flower, knowing its demise, but continuing to forge on...

She's All That goes desi in this hilarious, affecting, and sweetly romantic comedy by the author of More Than Just a Pretty Face.Arsalan has learned everything he knows from Nana,...

Translated by Tiffany TsaoHappy Stories, Mostly is a playful, charged and tender collection of twelve stories – a blend of speculative fiction and dark absurdism, often drawing on Norman Erikson...

A history of opium's dramatic fall from favor in colonial Southeast Asia During the late nineteenth century, opium was integral to European colonial rule in Southeast Asia.During the late nineteenth...