Big Books of 2026

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Kira-Kira by Cynthia KadohataAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangGirl in Translation by Jean KwokEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellBorn Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
Best Asian-American Teen Fiction
277 books — 335 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickKorea Unmasked by Won-bok RhiePlease Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook ShinThe Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-HwanSkin Food by Type A
Understanding Korea and Korean culture
47 books — 43 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeA Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Little Piece of Ground by Elizabeth Laird
JPGS RAW Y10 - Asia - Fiction
48 books — 3 voters
The Blind Man's Garden by Nadeem AslamThe City of Devi by Manil SuriPOW! by Mo YanHow to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin HamidFive Star Billionaire by Tash Aw
2013 Asian Literary Prize Candidates
7 books — 4 voters

Married to Bhutan by Linda LeamingBeyond the Sky and the Earth by Jamie ZeppaRadio Shangri-La by Lisa NapoliSamu-Shamu by Suzie Sims-FletcherA Painter's Year in the Forests of Bhutan by A.K. Hellum
Books Set in Bhutan
10 books — 13 voters
The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. BorosonIndian Folktales And Legends by Nath PratibhaCerita Rakyat dari Bali by James DanandjajaStrange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu SonglingChinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Moss Roberts
Asian Folktales
117 books — 37 voters

The Devil's Road To Kathmandu by Tom VaterThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe White Man and the Pachinko Girl by Vann ChowThe Cambodian Book of the Dead by Tom VaterCelebrated Cases Of Judge Dee by Robert van Gulik
Asian Crime Fiction
49 books — 16 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangRainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Capitalist in North Korea by Felix AbtWhen My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park
Eastern Asian Themed Books
95 books — 89 voters

In Search of the Return by Joshua RaymondQuiet American by Graham GreeneLotusland by David JoinerThe Lover by Marguerite DurasTree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Fictitious Vietnam
54 books — 31 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Lotus Palace by Jeannie LinButterfly Swords by Jeannie LinRainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanThe Dragon and the Pearl by Jeannie Lin
Romance in East/Southeast Asia (and/or) East/Southeast Asian Heroes and Heroines
405 books — 204 voters

Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu XiaolongOut by Natsuo KirinoThe Skull Mantra by Eliot PattisonThe Coroner's Lunch by Colin CotterillDragon Bones by Lisa See
Asian Mystery
181 books — 68 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
Cultural reads
399 books — 158 voters


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