2023 releases

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...

A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love, brimming with humour and heartbreak, Bellies asks — is it worth losing a part of yourself to become who you...

WINNER OF THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION A searing, gripping novel about a young Tamil woman living through the Sri Lankan civil war Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a...

An epic historical heist novel of plundered treasure, savage empire, lasting love and a young man's dream to make his mark on the world. From an Indian American writer at...

An Indonesian Experience War on Corruption: An Indonesian Experience is a courageous, informed, and sober insider's account of the challenge for democracy and the rule of law within the fourth...

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,...

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,...

A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma A searing memoir of reckoning and healing which investigates the little-understood science behind complex PTSD. Every cell in my body is filled with...

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...

A debut YA graphic memoir about a Korean American girl's coming-of-age story — and a coming-home story — set between a New Jersey suburb and Seoul, South Korea. Deborah (Jung-Jin)...

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,...

Translated by Caroline Froh It’s never too late to find happiness…. Mr Kato — a curmudgeon and recent retiree — finds his only solace during his daily walks, where he...

Translated by YZ Chin By one of Southeast Asia’s most exciting writers, The Age of Goodbyes is a wildly inventive account of family history, political turmoil, and the redemptive grace...

Izumi Suzuki had ideas of how things might be done differently, ideas that paid little the laws of physics, or the laws of the courts. In this new collection her...

Translated by Takami Nieda A Zainichi Korean teen comes of age in Japan in this groundbreaking debut novel about prejudice and diaspora. Seventeen-year-old Ginny Park is about to get expelled...

An instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, Please Look After Mother; centering on a woman's efforts to reconnect with her aging father, uncovering long-held...

Translated by Emily North A hilarious Japanese debut novel, where a young woman, thoroughly fed up with gendered expectations at work, announces she's pregnant. She's not. Thirty-four-year-old Ms Shibata works...

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...

WIN, OR DIE TRYING. Five years ago, Princess Calla vowed to tear down San-Er's tyrannical monarchy. First she killed her parents. Now her sights are set on her uncle: the...

Translated by Deborah Smith and e. yaewon A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the celebrated author of The Vegetarian In a classroom in...

Translated by Alison Watts THE TWO-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING INTERNATIONAL NOVEL The irresistible hardback Times bestseller and bookshop favourite about the healing power of books and community; Time magazine Top 100 books of 2023; 'An undeniable...

A brilliant young writer from India with a funny, moving debut that perfectly captures the perils of online culture Appa and Amma have driven home a shiny new Honda Civic...

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...

Translated by Jeffrey Angles Winner of the Sakutaro Hagiwara Prize and the MurasakiShikibu Prize Introducing Hiromi Ito, an award-winning Japanese author who has been compared to Haruki Murakami and Yoko...

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...

Meet Tony — the first Indian to set foot on American soil. Among the settlers, slaves, and indentured servants that make the treacherous journey across the Atlantic to the New...

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...

The conclusion to Ken Liu's chronicle of the Dandelion Dynasty, which sees two empires face a whirlwind that threatens to utterly consume them. Ukyu-Gonde. Stalked by foes and dogged by...

The highly anticipated English-language debut from a literary star — nine iridescent, beguiling, witty and wonderous stories of dispossession and longing. 'How do you know this is all real and...

A grimdark fantasy reimagining of the ancient Indian epic the Mahabharata. SOME BALLADS ARE INKED IN BLOOD Bled dry by violent confrontations with the Magadhan Empire, the Mathuran Republic simmers on...

What would you do if the world's biggest K-pop star asked you to prom? Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sandhya Menon, this hilarious and heartfelt novel brings the...

What's a retired assassin to do but save the City of San Francisco from the dead? Emiko Soong belongs to one of the eight premier magical families of the world....

Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy. He walked among invisible powers: devils...

After their family encounters terrible hardship in rural China, siblings Fu and Pei must draw on all their resilience and courage as they embark on a dangerous journey towards a...

Translated by An Seon Jae Two women's lives and identities are intertwined — through World War II and the Korean War — revealing the harsh realities of class division in...

1941, West Java. Love and revolution are in the air. And war is on its way. Shortly before the Japanese invade, the van Hoorn family throws their famous Sinterklaas party...

Sisterhood bonds and courage are tested in the new tale from the New York Times bestselling author of Six Crimson Cranes and The Dragon's Promise. One must fall for the...

A lush tapestry of dreams, myth, and magic — perfect for fans of Holly Black, Roshani Chokshi, and Margaret Rogerson. Seven years ago, Tanvi was spirited away to the subterranean...

The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education An extraordinary memoir of a young woman from Afghanistan and her struggle to rise above the circumstances into which...

Translated by Bryan Karetnyk An ingenious and highly atmospheric classic whodunit from Japan's master of crime. Amid the rubble of post-war Tokyo, inside the grand Tsubaki house, a once-noble family...

Translated by Anton Hur SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF A PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION GRANT A woman is haunted by her own bodily waste. A pregnant woman is told...

Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan – a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She...

A dazzling new collection of short stories written over a decade, spanning loss, alienation, ageing and the strangeness of contemporary life – from Yiyun Li, the prize-winning author of The...

It takes a village to kill a child... The village of Teetarpur outside Delhi, is famous for nothing until one of its children is found dead, hanging from the branch...

ISOLATION Harith Athreya is taking a well-earned break at a boutique hotel in the Himalayan foothills. But his holiday is swiftly cut short when mysterious bloody handprints start appearing on...

A dazzling new novel of friendship, identity and the unknowability of other people — from the international bestselling author of Home Fire, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction Sometimes...

The bestselling novel by cult writer Wang Xiaobo, a satire of the Cultural Revolution, in its first full English translation 'Life is but a slow, drawn-out process of getting your...

Finely textured, humane and deeply relevant, these stories of love, loss, and the politics of identity, race, and belonging, challenge comfortable conventions about ourselves. In turn wry and humorous, poignant...

A disillusioned revolutionist grappling with who he was and who he has become in disguise, set in one of the most turbulent times in modern Thailand history A story told...

This is not a book about divorce. It’s not a book about God, either. You might think it is a book about goodness and what it means to be a...