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Books set in Thailand:


Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Bangkok 8 by John Burdett (1st in a series set in Thailand)
The Beach by Alex Garland
Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski
Platform by Michel Houellebecq
Anna and the King by Margaret Landon
The Damage Done: Twelve Years of Hell in a Bangkok Prison by Warren Fellows
A Nail Through the Heart by Timothy Hallinan (1st of series set in Thailand)
Silk Umbrellas by Carolyn Marsden
The English Governess and the Siamese Court by Anna Harriette Leonowens
Bangkok Days by Lawrence Osborne
Killed at the Whim of a Hat by Colin Cotterill (1st of series set in Thailand)
A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants by Jaed Coffin
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle by Dorothy Gilman
Hit Hard by Amy J. Fetzer
Escaping the Tiger by Laura Manivong
The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej by Paul M. Handley
Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of A Black Buddhist Nun by Faith Adiele
The Moon in the Mango Tree by Pamela Binnings Ewen
Rice without Rain by Minfong Ho
The Happiness of Kati by Jane Vejjajiva
Jasmine Nights by S.P. Somtow
The Half-Child by Angela Savage
Private Dancer by Stephen Leather
Mai Pen Rai Means Never Mind by Carol Hollinger
Ladyboys: The Secret World of Thailand's Third Gender by Pornchai Sereemongkonpol
The Last Executioner: Memoirs of Thailand's Last Prison Executioner by Chavoret Jaruboon
Bombay Anna by Susan Morgan
Phra Farang by Phra Peter Pannapadipo
Spirit House by Christopher G. Moore (1st in a series set in Thailand)
Sing to the Dawn by Minfong Ho
Thai Girl by Andrew Hicks
Duangkaew: Thai Village Girl by Johnny Nuo
Send Them to Hell: The Brutal Horrors of Bangkok's Nightmare Jails by Sebastian Williams
My Name Lon. You Like Me? by Derek Sharron
Uncharted Passage by Julie Cannon
Male Bodies Women's Souls by Leeray M. Costa
Patpong Sisters: An American Woman's View of the Bangkok Sex World by Cleo Odzer
People of Esarn by Pira Sudham
Moonshine in the Morning by Andrea McNicoll
Tales from Thailand: Folklore, Culture and History by Marian Davies Toth
Travelers' Tales: Thailand by Larry Habegger
Touch the Dragon a Thai Journal by Karen Connelly
Very Thai by Philip Cornwel-Smith
Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-Body of a Nation by Thongchai Winichakul
Thaksin: The Business Of Politics In Thailand by Pasuk Phongpaichit
Democracy, Shaken & Stirred: A Novel by Win Lyovarin
One Fourteenth of an Elephant by Ian Denys Peek
Monsoon Country by Pira Sudham

More books set in Thailand:


Siam: Or the Woman Who Shot a Man by Lily Tuck
Dream of a Thousand Lives: A Sojourn in Thailand by Karen Connelly

The Orchid House: A Novel by Lucinda Riley

The Lioness in Bloom: Modern Thai Fiction about Women by Susan Fulop Kepner

The Judgement by Chard Kobjitti

Next Life in the Afternoon: A Journey Through Thailand by Carl Weaver

"Thai Lies" a memoir inspired novel.Secretly married to his Thai girlfriend right out of college, an expat's nine year struggle for acceptance. The journey bounces between the states and Europe and Cambodia and all over Thailand. It's the only travel guide of the country you will ever enjoy reading with stop offs in some secluded diving coves near Malaysia. The only foreigner crazy enough to train and fight muay Thai boxing in the 70's. Just don't forget the sunscreen if you're around the pool. It's over 500 pages. Out on Amazon January 1, 2013. And yeah, I'm still around, living the Peter Pan fantasy.

Cross Currents by John Shors

More books set in Thailand:


The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle
Bangkok Burn by Simon Royle
Bangkok Found: Reflections On The City by Alex Kerr
Bangkok Blondes by Bangkok Women's Writers Group
Catching the Sun by Tony Parsons
Confessions of a Bangkok Private Eye: True stories from the case files of Warren Olson
Divine City: Bangkok Fantasies by Scott B. Robinson
A Fighter's Heart: One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting by Sam Sheridan
The Fourth Watcher: A Novel of Bangkok by Timothy Hallinan
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang
Lost Girls by Ann Kelley
Mixed Foursome: The Zach Roper Mysteries by M H Burton
Noble Lies by Charles Benoit
Four Reigns by Kukrit Pramoj
Letters from Thailand by Botan

Thai Lottery... and Other Stories from Pattaya, Thailand

The Falcon Of Siam by Axel Aylwen

Opium Fiend: A 21st Century Slave to a 19th Century Addiction by Steven Martin

Tuk Tuk to the Road: Two Girls, Three Wheels, 12,500 Miles

Two books set in Thailand -

Thailand's Sickest - Hell To Pay

Thailand's Sickest

hi, i would like some suggestions about the thai authors and on Kindle! thnx. barbara

HEARTS of PARADISE
This account is based on true events set in Patong Beach, Thailand from 2012 from an Australian perspective. Thailand is a Paradise until darkness falls on your dreams.

The Day of the Tiger

Mortal Showdown

thnx everybody!

Down and Out in Kathmandu: Adventures in Backpacking by Jennifer S. Alderson. Don't let the title fool you, my novel is set in Nepal and Thailand!

Floating on Bamboo

Lotus Blood by Dean Norton

Lotus Power by Dean Norton

Burning Lotus by Dean Norton

The Sad Part Was by Prabda Yoon

Behind the Night Bazaar

The Dying Beach

A Tiger in Eden

A Tiger in Eden

Behind the Night Bazaar

The Dying Beach

Notes of a Naive Traveler: Nepal and Thailand by
Jennifer S. Alderson

The Secret of Siam

More books set in Thailand:


4,000 Days: My Life and Survival in a Bangkok Prison by Warren Fellows
Across the Mekong River by Elaine Russell
The Atlas of Us by Tracy Buchanan
Bamboo Heart by Ann Bennett
Bamboo Island by Ann Bennett
Bangkok Babylon by Jerry Hopkins
Bangkok Noir by Christopher G. Moore
Bangkok: The Journal by Moemoe Rizal
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
Behind the Painting: And Other Stories by Siburapha
Black Tiger by Jennifer Kewley Draskau
Borderlines: A Journey in Thailand and Burma by Charles Nicholl
Boxing Day by Lillian August
Brannan's Run by Stephen Cord
The Brotherhood of Kaeng Khoi by Uthis Haemamool
Burning Moon by Jo Watson (1st book in Destination Love series)

More books set in Thailand:


Cargo by D.V. Berkom (4th Leine Basso Thriller)
Carrion Floating By by ชาติ กอบจิตติ
Chang and Eng by Darin Strauss
A Child of the Northeast by Kampoon Boontawee
The Chinese Fire Drill by Les Roberts
Cockroaches by Jo Nesbø
The Day Of The Wave by Becky Wicks
Destination Thailand by Katy Colins

All at Sea by Julian Sayarer.

Nothing But the Truth by George Kershaw.

Moving Parts by Prabda Yoon.

Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana.

The Glass Kingdom by Lawrence Osborne.

Welcome Me to the Kingdom: Stories by Mai Nardone.

Bangkok Wakes to Rain