2023 releases

A guide to living and dying Enduring and accessible advice for living with wisdom and compassion, and meeting the end of life with courage and peace Through countless editions and...

Translated by Sandy Joosun Lee || THE MAGICAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD || In a mysterious town hidden in our collective subconscious there's a department store...

On a year-long exchange programme, sixteen-year-old Hira must swap the bustle of urban Pakistan for church and volleyball practice in rural Oregon. Stuck between two worlds, her experience of America...

Squid Game meets Wilder Girls in this debut sapphic supernatural thriller set in the glittering, cut-throat world of K-pop rivalry. A disgraced idol comes face-to-face with the demons of her...

A young cinephile leaves his rural village in India with big dreams, only to find himself trapped in menial jobs and forced to work off a debt he may never...

The Japanese wisdom of chōwa offers a fresh perspective on how to live, and new ways to find balance among the many different directions that modern life pulls us in....

A grandson tries to learn the family story. But what kind of story is it? Is it a prison memoir, about the grandfather imprisoned without charge or trial by a...

Learn the building blocks of authentic Japanese home cooking with 85 satisfying, soulful, everyday recipes from the beloved BuzzFeed Tasty food personalityMake It Japanese reflects Rie McClenny’s journey from her...

Welcome to The Centre. You'll never be the same . . . Anisa Ellahi spends her days writing subtitles for Bollywood films in her London flat, all the while longing...

An updated edition of Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi with new material that explains the major events, policy shifts and controversies of the past decade, placing them in their proper...

In 1979, Nam Le's family left Vietnam for Australia, an experience that inspires the first and last stories in The Boat. In between, however, Le's imagination lays claim to the...

Recipes from a Lao Kitchen Sam Sempill was born in Australia and raised in a traditional Lao family. The recipes in this book follow the trail of Sam's grandmother's cooking...

Queer, fabulist stories from a rising Asian American talent - Kundiman Fellow, National Book Award 5 Under 35 honoree, Lambda Literary finalist. Exploring themes of body, memory, queerness and family...

This arranged marriage is an accident waiting to happen...or maybe the recipe for a perfect love story. Payal is a girl on the verge-of living a life she's always dreamt...

In this hate-to-love teen rom-com from the author of My Sister’s Big Fat Indian Wedding, Nikki, an aspiring photographer, accompanies her family on a trip to Dubai to celebrate the...

A Silk Road epic fantasy full of magic and mystery All legends are born of truths. And just as much lies. These are mine. Judge me for what you will....

Essential storiesA new selection and translation of short stories by a hugely prominent classic Japanese writer, filled with eroticism and fantasyThe sage Confucius travels to a kingdom ruled by a...

TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?ME: I don't know, I'm what's the word depressed? Do I have to...

A propulsive, seductive new novel about friendship, exploitation and intimacy from the prize-winning author of Where Reasons End Fabienne is dead. Her childhood best friend, Agnès, receives the news in...

Translated by Jamie Chang The Prize-Winning International Bestseller When a mother allows her thirty-something daughter to move into her apartment, she wants for her what many mothers might say they...

The stunning conclusion to the instant New York Times bestselling quartet that began with The Beautiful. The Sylvan Vale and the Sylvan Wyld are at war. Now that the unsteady...

This is Cassandra Khaw's gorgeously creepy haunted house tale combining The Haunting of Hill House with The Ring, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.A group of thrill-seeking...

Translated by Giles Murray The Final Curtain brings the story of Detective Kaga to a surprising conclusion in a series of rich, surprising twists with a confounding murder in Tokyo...

Translated by Emily Balistrieri *SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE* An unfulfilled college student hurtles through four parallel realities to explore the what-might've-been and the what-should-never-be in this Groundhog Day...

A warm-hearted debut novel set in the beautiful coastal city of Chennai, for fans of Alexander McCall Smith, Joanna Nell and Graeme Simsion. Grand Life Apartments is a middle-class apartment...

Translated by Alison Watts One dog changes the life of everyone who takes him in on his journey to reunite with his first owner in this inspiring tribute to the...

A spirited young prince longing to learn more about the world grows into a man on a quest to find the cause of human suffering in this first-of-its-kind graphic novel...

It’s not just you. The climate crisis is making us all unwell. But not just you. The climate crisis is affecting certain communities disproportionately. And it’s not just the climate...

Story by Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama Experience real-life chills as Junji Ito brings these “true” horror series to life! University student Mimi and her boyfriend Naoto encounter one chilling...

Translated by Jamie Chang From the author of international bestseller Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 In a country called ‘Town’, Su is found dead in an abandoned car. The suspected killer...

Yu-jin is gifted.Yu-jin is loved. Yu-jin is flourishing.Yu-jin is dead. Min Ford is searching for his place in the world. The Los Angeles native moves to Seoul to connect with...

Julie Abe's Our Cursed Love is a magical, uplifting story about the magic of true love and the choices we make. Perfect for fans of You've Reached Sam. Destiny, magic,...

It's Daphne Elizabeth 'DE' McKinley's senior year at Rosetta Academy — and things are going from bad to worse. Bad? The painful break-up she's trying to get over. Worse? A...

Spicy Recipes and Stories from Fly by Jing’s KitchenBorn in Chengdu and raised everywhere, chef and entrepreneur Jing Gao has introduced America to the hot, tingly sensation of chili crisp...

Following their award-winning debut, Fleche (2019), comes Mary Jean Chan's gleaming second collection: Bright Fear. Through poems which engage fearlessly with intertwined themes of identity, multilingualism and postcolonial legacy, Chan's...

Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building lies a shop filled with hundreds of second-hand books.Twenty-five-year-old Takako has never liked...

In this little treasure, Thich Nhat Hanh offers a Buddhist view of love along with techniques for manifesting it in our daily lives. In his characteristically direct, simple, and compassionate...

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'....

Translated by J. CohnNew in Penguin Japanese Classics — Japan's favourite novel about growing up and finding yourselfBotchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the...

Translated by Andrew ClareNew in Penguin Japanese Classics — a gripping novel about a love affair gone wrongKoji, a young student, has fallen hopelessly in love with the beautiful, enigmatic...

Translated by Geraldine HarcourtNew in Penguin Japanese Classics — an innovative feminist novel about motherhood and girlhoodKoko won't do what is expected of her. Defying her family's wishes, she has...

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...

Losing everything and finding Australia I lost my possessions, my salary, my status, my career, my country. And in that fall, I gained everything. Bhutan is known as the land...

Translated by Meredith Weatherby Long 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...

A graphic novel about the tale of Mulan The widespread of the folk song Ballad of Mulan immortalizes the legendary heroine Hua Mulan, who takes her aged father's place in...

She found magic in the most unlikely of places. Mika Moon follows three rules: hide your magic, keep your head down, and stay away from other witches. Mika is good...

Unleash the power of true love with the English translation of the captivating Japanese best-selling novel by Keisuke Uyama, Love Like the Falling Petals. This heart-wrenching tale takes you on...

The first volume in a new graphic novel horror trilogy from Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda — the creative team behind the New York Times bestselling series Monstress. Chinese American...

Translated by Makiko ItohAdapted by Chika Ito 'I've led a life full of shame. Human beings are a complete mystery to me.' This manga version of novelist Osamu Dazai's masterpiece...

In her debut poetry collection Christine Shamista reflects on her experiences living in Sri Lanka, England and Australia as part of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora. Shamista’s poems reveal layers...