Asian Literature

Asian literature is the literature produced by writers in Asia. Or by Asian American writers.

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
You've Found Oliver (You've Reached Sam, #2)
The Hunger We Pass Down
Pick a Color
The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang
Katabasis
What Hunger
The Fourth Daughter
These Memories Do Not Belong to Us
The Dragon Wakes with Thunder (The Dragon Spirit, #2)
House of Monstrous Women
The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)
Where Are You Really From
Sunbirth
Women, Seated
Strange Houses
Strange Pictures
The Emperor of Gladness
I Hope This Doesn't Find You
Julie Chan Is Dead
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
We'll Prescribe You a Cat (We'll Prescribe You a Cat, #1)
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
The Fourth Daughter
Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar
The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)
Park Avenue
We Do Not Part
Flashlight
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterShantaram by Gregory David RobertsThe Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Books Set in India
495 books — 412 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaShantaram by Gregory David RobertsSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
India
1,012 books — 864 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun Takami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
774 books — 3,242 voters

Pachinko
Convenience Store Woman
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
Norwegian Wood
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Vegetarian
The Joy Luck Club
82년생 김지영
Crying in H Mart
Kafka on the Shore

Amy Tan
If you want to take pictures of Chinese food, you have to taste real Chinese food. The flavors soak into your tongue, go into your stomach. The stomach is where your true feelings are. And if you take photos, these true feelings from your stomach can come out, so that everyone can taste the food just by looking at your pictures.
Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses

Matt Goulding
Dinner starts with a ceviche of beef, the love child of northern Italy's raw beef culture and the couple's interest in assertive flavors from around the world. Depending on the day, you may find lemongrass, cilantro, and miso- perfect strangers across Italy- canoodling with cured anchovies and handmade pastas. "It's not fusion," says Francesca. "We don't ever think 'How can we work a bit of Asia into this plate?' If it makes sense on the fork, then we go for it." From there Francesca takes me th ...more
Matt Goulding, Pasta, Pane, Vino: Deep Travels Through Italy's Food Culture

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