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Translated by Giles Murray* A New York Times Editor's Choice *Part Sherlock Holmes, part Harry Bosch, Higashino's hero is a quietly majestic force to be reckoned with. — Kirkus Reviews...

Translated by Marie Iida and Allison Markin Powell*THE JAPANESE CRIME CLASSIC — ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD*Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They...

Singapore and the Invention of Modern AsiaLion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore — the world's most successful city state.In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par...

Adiba Jaigirdar, author of one of TIME's Best YA books of all time and winner of the YA Book Prize 2022, gives Titanic an Ocean's 8 makeover in this nail-biting...

ALL HAIL THE GIRL KING.Your greatest enemy is closer than you think. Princess Lu is destined to become the first female emperor. Her sister Min is resigned to a life...

Foreword by Jack ZipesA delightful collection of modern Chinese tales.The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales brings together forty-two magical Chinese tales, most appearing for the first time...

Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award Winner of the Best First Book Commonwealth Writers’ Award for the Eurasia regionThe Blue Bedspread is a searingly honest story about the love...

Translated by An Seon Jae A death, a lie, a secret. For twenty-six summers he didn't have the courage to face the past. Lee Hanjo is an artist at the...

The Beatles in IndiaThe music's still playing, fifty years on...It is 1965, and John, Paul, George and Ringo have lost themselves. Beatlemania is at its peak and the boys are...

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.' —...

Delicious Plant-based Recipes from a Zen Buddhist Monk In this book, Buddhist temple priest, chef and trained dietician Koyu Iinuma shares the simple and delicious plant-based meals he prepares in...

Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900’s Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steampunk, MONSTRESS tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the...

Tales of upheaval and confusion, longing and love in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake.For the characters in After the Quake, the Kobe earthquake is an echo from a past...

Recipes and Modern Stories from a Thousand-Year-Old Tradition100+ fresh, plant-based, umami-packed recipes that show the range of traditional and modern Chinese vegan cuisine from the creator of The Plant-Based Wok.When...

Vegetarian and Vegan Indian Dishes with Heart and SoulWith food inspired by India's incredibly rich and varied food scene, Rohit Ghai has gained a reputation for colourful, flavour-rich curries that...

60 Bold, Authentic Dishes Everyone Needs to TryNeha Mathur brings the best, most authentic Indian dishes to her popular blog Whisk Affair, and now she’s bringing them to you in...

One of the launch titles for the new World Vegetarian series, Reiko Hashimoto celebrates the incredible vegetarian cuisine of Japan One of the first books in a brand-new series, Reiko...

Chetna Bakes with Flavours of the East Chetna Makan is known for her unique recipes, which introduce colourful spices, aromatic herbs and other Indian ingredients into traditional Western baked favourites....

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...

Recipes from my Indonesian kitchenSelected by the New York Times as one of the best cookbooks of 2020Be transported to the bountiful islands of Indonesia by this collection of fragrant,...

Kin Thai translates as 'Eat Thai' and is a collection of 80 delicious recipes that shine a light on lesser known Thai cuisine as well as more popular Thai food...

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...

Direct from the traditional home kitchens of Bali, Paon is a cookbook of true Balinese food and recipes.Sharing more than 80 dishes alongside essays and beautiful photography capturing the life,...

Home-Cooked Food Brought To You By Darjeeling ExpressLet Asma Khan feed your soul with this collection of authentic Indian recipes. Follow the route of the Darjeeling Express train from Bengal,...

'Look for your sister after each dive. Never forget. If you see her, you are safe.'This is the story of Hana and her little sister Emi, who are part of...

Fake-dates, mooncakes and rich people problems. But love wasn't meant to be on the menu . . .Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake-making competition for teen chefs...

A “gripping historical adventure” of ancient Vietnam based on the true story of two warrior sisters who raised an army of women to overthrow the Han Chinese and rule as...

Surreal, hilarious, and shrewdly poignant — a novel about a Korean American woman living in Berlin whose obsession with a K-pop idol sends her to Seoul on a journey of...

THE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL BOOK Published in celebration of BTS's 10th Anniversary, stories that go beyond what you already know about BTS, including unreleased photos, QR codes of videos, and...

The true life adventures of Shoji Morimoto, who launched a business in which he rents himself out to do nothing in Japan. Today, I’m starting a ‘rent a person who...

The Making of the World’s Largest Muslim Minority, 1947–1977 Another India tells the story of the world’s biggest religious minority. Weaving together vivid biographical portraits of a wide range of...

We did not stay in our houses. Not in the way our grandmothers had, or our mothers. We went out a little more and veiled ourselves a little less. Some...

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...

Ann Tran is already at a crossroads when she gets the call that her beloved grandmother, Minh, has died. Ann has built a seemingly perfect life. She lives in a...

Translated by Alison Anderson Awarded the Prix des libraires by France’s booksellers, a universal story about music and restoring one’s faith in others amid the aftermath of tremendous loss. Tokyo,...

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 MemoirNow in paperback, Thi Bui's critically acclaimed and beautifully illustrated story of her family's journey from their war-torn home in Vietnam to their new lives in America.Exploring the...

Illustrated by Mervin Malonzo Immerse yourself in a fantasy world of Filipino myth, magic, and supernatural suspense! Lambana — the realm of supernatural fairies known as Diwata — has fallen,...

A New Yorker in ManilaThis romantic graphic novel takes you to the heart of the Philippines. Halina Mitchell is half-Filipino, half-American. She's also a native New Yorker — sophisticated, cultured,...

Translated by Dias Novita WuriA dazzling novella from a rising star of Indonesian literature that explores what it means to be a woman — whoever you are, wherever you are,...

HARVEY AWARD WINNER The heart-rending autobiographical manga that's taken the internet by storm! My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman's exploration of...

The extraordinary story of how a leading Buddhist monk overcame persecution, addiction and trauma to find enlightenmentLama Yeshe didn't see a car until he was 15-years-old and growing up in...

In the fourth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series, Persis and Archie travel to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where they collide head-on with the prejudices and...

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...

Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly original first work by Japan's brightest young literary star and is...

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...