Most Read This Week In Asia

Books that are set in Asia. Some popular settings for Asian books are China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, Phillipines, Vietnam, Iran, and Thailand

Most Read This Week Tagged "Asia"

We'll Prescribe You a Cat (We'll Prescribe You a Cat, #1)

Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block

Before I Knew I Loved You (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #6)

Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)

Before We Forget Kindness (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #5)

She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future

We'll Prescribe You Another Cat (We'll Prescribe You a Cat, #2)

Heart of the Sun Warrior (The Celestial Kingdom, #2)

The Amberglow Candy Store (The Night Alley, #1)

The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins

On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer

Abroad in Japan: Ten Years in the Land of the Rising Sun

The Cat Who Saved the Library (The Cat Who..., #2)

The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3)

Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories

A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang

Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company

The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan

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“ In Paris the cashiers sit rather than stand. They run your goods over a scanner, tally up the price, and then ask you for exact change. The story they give is that there aren't enough euros to go around. "The entire EU is short on coins." And I say, "Really?" because there are plenty of them in Germany. I'm never asked for exact change in Spain or Holland or Italy, so I think the real problem lies with the Parisian cashiers, who are, in a word, lazy. Here in Tokyo they're not just hard working ...more ”
― David Sedaris, When You Are Engulfed in Flames

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