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Pachinko Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1046 times as asia)
avg rating 4.34 — 667,510 ratings — published 2017
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Memoirs of a Geisha Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 746 times as asia)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,132,596 ratings — published 1997
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The Vegetarian The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 654 times as asia)
avg rating 3.65 — 430,822 ratings — published 2007
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Convenience Store Woman Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 584 times as asia)
avg rating 3.67 — 397,659 ratings — published 2016
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Norwegian Wood Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 534 times as asia)
avg rating 3.98 — 756,465 ratings — published 1987
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 509 times as asia)
avg rating 4.09 — 391,209 ratings — published 2005
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 499 times as asia)
avg rating 4.46 — 103,083 ratings — published 2009
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Paperback)
by (shelved 489 times as asia)
avg rating 4.30 — 127,208 ratings — published 1991
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Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1) Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)
by (shelved 473 times as asia)
avg rating 3.91 — 557,917 ratings — published 2013
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 440 times as asia)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,568,942 ratings — published 2003
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The Joy Luck Club The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 438 times as asia)
avg rating 3.97 — 715,849 ratings — published 1989
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82년생 김지영 82년생 김지영 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 438 times as asia)
avg rating 4.16 — 196,863 ratings — published 2016
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Kafka on the Shore Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 409 times as asia)
avg rating 4.11 — 566,388 ratings — published 2002
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The God of Small Things The God of Small Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 404 times as asia)
avg rating 3.96 — 335,671 ratings — published 1997
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The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
by (shelved 398 times as asia)
avg rating 4.00 — 142,558 ratings — published 2015
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The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
by (shelved 397 times as asia)
avg rating 4.01 — 263,524 ratings — published 1931
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 367 times as asia)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,787,961 ratings — published 2007
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The Island of Sea Women The Island of Sea Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 356 times as asia)
avg rating 4.32 — 180,437 ratings — published 2019
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 345 times as asia)
avg rating 4.14 — 321,702 ratings — published 1994
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Human Acts Human Acts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 338 times as asia)
avg rating 4.27 — 85,250 ratings — published 2014
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Kitchen Kitchen (Paperback)
by (shelved 336 times as asia)
avg rating 3.89 — 135,943 ratings — published 1988
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 324 times as asia)
avg rating 3.65 — 746,707 ratings — published 2015
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A Tale for the Time Being A Tale for the Time Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 320 times as asia)
avg rating 4.06 — 138,646 ratings — published 2013
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (Paperback)
by (shelved 317 times as asia)
avg rating 4.36 — 55,854 ratings — published 2000
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The Mountains Sing The Mountains Sing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 310 times as asia)
avg rating 4.31 — 67,160 ratings — published 2020
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Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 298 times as asia)
avg rating 4.41 — 218,190 ratings — published 1975
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 297 times as asia)
avg rating 4.08 — 522,005 ratings — published 2006
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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 292 times as asia)
avg rating 3.95 — 345,916 ratings — published 2009
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Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1) Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
by (shelved 287 times as asia)
avg rating 3.92 — 164,630 ratings — published 2009
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The Garden of Evening Mists The Garden of Evening Mists (Hardcover)
by (shelved 281 times as asia)
avg rating 4.15 — 31,082 ratings — published 2011
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 277 times as asia)
avg rating 4.06 — 86,507 ratings — published 2004
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Paperback)
by (shelved 276 times as asia)
avg rating 3.64 — 69,111 ratings — published 2000
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The Orphan Master's Son The Orphan Master's Son (Hardcover)
by (shelved 276 times as asia)
avg rating 4.07 — 105,550 ratings — published 2012
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Crying in H Mart Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 272 times as asia)
avg rating 4.22 — 632,136 ratings — published 2021
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博士の愛した数式 [新潮CD] 博士の愛した数式 [新潮CD] (Hardcover)
by (shelved 270 times as asia)
avg rating 4.04 — 102,847 ratings — published 2003
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The Memory Police The Memory Police (Hardcover)
by (shelved 262 times as asia)
avg rating 3.69 — 151,987 ratings — published 1994
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China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians, #2) China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians, #2)
by (shelved 250 times as asia)
avg rating 3.84 — 231,572 ratings — published 2015
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Lady Tan's Circle of Women Lady Tan's Circle of Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 247 times as asia)
avg rating 4.35 — 223,049 ratings — published 2023
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The Art of War The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 243 times as asia)
avg rating 3.94 — 588,675 ratings — published -500
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The White Tiger The White Tiger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 241 times as asia)
avg rating 3.77 — 205,478 ratings — published 2008
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Please Look After Mom Please Look After Mom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 240 times as asia)
avg rating 3.92 — 49,779 ratings — published 2008
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 237 times as asia)
avg rating 3.98 — 118,600 ratings — published 2012
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 233 times as asia)
avg rating 4.00 — 432,025 ratings — published 2019
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II (Paperback)
by (shelved 233 times as asia)
avg rating 4.25 — 56,693 ratings — published 1997
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Midnight’s Children Midnight’s Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 225 times as asia)
avg rating 3.97 — 135,419 ratings — published 1981
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 216 times as asia)
avg rating 4.29 — 131,613 ratings — published 2017
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Life of Pi Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 216 times as asia)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,775,801 ratings — published 2001
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The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 213 times as asia)
avg rating 4.43 — 104,286 ratings — published 2014
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After Dark After Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 210 times as asia)
avg rating 3.74 — 194,359 ratings — published 2004
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Snow Country Snow Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 208 times as asia)
avg rating 3.55 — 43,540 ratings — published 1948
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The Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasThe Blue Monsoon by Damyanti BiswasLife of Pi by Yann MartelShantaram by Gregory David RobertsUntil Our Voices Meet by Biswatosh Sinha
Fiction Books Set in India
153 books — 161 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Women Around the World
1,179 books — 438 voters

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“There were quite a few returnees from Hong Kong and Macau, but... most of the two thousand plus students at our school came from South and Southeat Asia: Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines. They had all come back for pretty much the same reason: a strong anti-Chinese sentiment mushrooming in their countries, which had recently freed themselves from colonialism… Chinese were targeted for attack by the newly empowered natives because under colonial rule the Chinese had enjoyed a social and economic status higher than that of the indigenous population.”
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“A nation disappears first in its stories, long before it disappears from the map.”
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