South East Asia

A dazzling, provocative debut story collection from celebrated Indonesian writer Intan Paramaditha, putting fierce female characters centre stage in brilliantly funny and sharp twists on fairy tale.Inspired by horror fiction,...

Translated by Nguyễn An Lý A Vietnamese woman living in Paris travels back to Sai Gon for her estranged mother's funeral. Her brother had recently built a new house and...

Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize 2018Shortlisted for the NUS Singapore History Prize 2021Shortlisted for the Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Fiction Title Siew Li leaves her husband and young...

The unmissable debut novel May 1998- Mimi Traung and her baby daughter Ngan wait restlessly at the gates of Philadelphia airport. There is still a day's travelling left before they...

A statement to the profound loneliness available to only those who commit to loveSingapore, where driven foreign women have a hard time finding work- a Harvard-educated mother struggles to find...

'An incredible debut' ROXANE GAY 'Wise and wonderful' PAUL BEATTY Who would you sacrifice on the altar of ambition? Singapore, 1996. Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living...

A mesmerising novel by the author of Rainbirds and The Perfect Worldof Miwako Sumida about a young man trying to escape his past in Japan. When Shouji Arai crosses one...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION‘A mighty achievement’ OCEAN VUONG‘Beautiful, brilliant’ R. F. KUANG‘Dazzling’ OBSERVER‘Will shatter your heart’ GLAMOUR‘Powerful’ SUNDAY TIMESAn extraordinary story of the journey of one young...

A masterful story of friendship and how much we're willing to risk to possess one of life's most treasured mercies- a second chance. Ocean Vuong returns with an achingly beautiful...

A radiant novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer – about family, desire, and what we inherit – from celebrated author Tash...

For readers of Small Island by Andrea Levy and Brooklyn by Colm Toibin, Bethnal Green vividly brings to life the experiences of women who came from across the world to...

Based on the true experiences of Bao Ninh and banned by the communist party, The Sorrow of War is revered as the 'All Quiet on the Western Front for our era'.Kien's job is...

Co-Winner of the 2021 Epigram Books Fiction PrizeWinner of the 2022 Singapore Book Award for Best Literary Work Miss Cassidy is no ordinary governess.She can tutor the most wayward child,...

Translated by Quyen Nguyen-Hoang  An incantatory poetic novel that interweaves the legends, tragedies, and histories of a village in Vietnam “The book bursts with characters, poetry, philosophy, romance, violence, and struggle....

A young woman, torn between two cultures, belonging to neither. A family, torn apart by a war they had no choice about. Kieu calls herself Kim because it's easier for...

They say a tiger that devours too many humans can take the form of a man and walk among us... In 1930s colonial Malaya, a dissolute British doctor receives a...

Moving between cities and generations, Amma follows three women on very different paths, against a backdrop of shifting cultures. As circumstance and misunderstanding force them apart, it will take the most profound love...

From the author of The Harmony Silk Factory and Five Star Billionaire, a compelling depiction of a man’s act of violence, set against the backdrop of Asia in flux. Ah...

*Highly Commended Fiction — Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021* 'Before I go into my grave,' she says out loud, 'I will kill that man.' A brilliant new novel from the...

*Shortlisted for the Small Press Network 2021 Book of the Year Award* The Tiniest House of Time is more than a family saga, ranging across continents and decades seamlessly, from...

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....

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...

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...

WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE 'Breathtaking' — Elle'Powerhouses of feeling and depth' — Mary Gaitskill'Sharp and vital' — Daisy Johnson'Excellent' — Margaret Atwood An ex-boxer turned nail salon worker...

A rite-of-passage novel in the life of a young gay man growing up in a colourful and chaotic dictatorship Riverrun is a novel that talks about the rite of passage...

‘Fortunes rise and fall. One day you have a lucky ticket and get a dinner so good and you eat so much that you think you’ll never need to eat...

Translated by Peter Dominique Mutuc A reluctant Filipino migrant takes a savage journey of life in Australia, working two jobs and surviving on a diet of weed, booze and little...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey...

The first novel from the internationally bestselling, Booker-shortlisted author of The Garden of Evening Mists. LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE Penang, 1939. Being half Chinese and half English, Philip Hutton...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2020FINALIST FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD 2020 ** The Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller ** Brilliant, heartbreaking and highly original, Ocean Vuong's...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION‘A mighty achievement’ OCEAN VUONG‘Beautiful, brilliant’ R. F. KUANG‘Dazzling’ OBSERVER‘Will shatter your heart’ GLAMOUR‘Powerful’ SUNDAY TIMESAn extraordinary story of the journey of one young...

In The Refugees, Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to lives led between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound...

A New York Times Editor's Choice An intimate, stirring portrait of a country at war and a family's battle to survive. Set against the backdrop of the Viet Nam War,...

A spellbinding literary debut set in Malaysia exploring family relationships, love and warMary is a difficult grandmother for Durga to love. Sharp-tongued and ferocious, Durga hopes simply to endure her...

A Sumatran Odyssey Translated by Jennifer LindsayRejection is an epic family drama by Ashadi Siregar set against the turbulent years following Indonesia's independence.The story follows Tondi who as a young...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZEWINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZETeoh Yun Ling was seventeen years old when she first heard about...

An intricate blend of mystery and horror with a feminist take on the roles of womanhood, especially motherhood, in contemporary time An unnamed young woman and her companion strike up...

A major literary event — the eagerly anticipated publication of a long-lost novel from legendary writer and three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee John Oliver Killens, hailed as the founding father of...

The third novel from the Booker-shortlisted author exploring love, betrayal and morality in 1920s Penang It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn...

The heart-rending story of survival and endurance in Japanese-occupied Singapore Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked, leaving only three survivors, one...

FOR FANS OF CELESTE NG and MIN JIN LEE. 'A riveting mother-daughter tale' Elle 'Spellbinding and intricately layered' E.M. Tran 'A gripping tale about motherhood' Heat 'This novel has everything you want' Meng...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

A mesmerising novel by the author of Rainbirds and The Perfect Worldof Miwako Sumida about a young man trying to escape his past in Japan. When Shouji Arai crosses one...

From award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a beautiful, aching novel about three kids orphaned in 1960s Laos — and how their destinies are entwined across decades, anointed by Hernan Diaz...

WINNER OF THE 2024 WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE A playful, ambitious...

A hauntingly beautiful love story about the ties that bind from award-winning author, Simone Lazaroo. Elspeth is full of inexpressible longings — to leave behind her beginnings in a small...