Books from Asia: Recommendations for Winter Reading 2026Like this list

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• The House of Doors

  a Novel

  Tan, Twan Eng, 1972-

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  Historical Fiction. Tan is from Malaysia.

• Island Witch

  Jayatissa, Amanda,

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  Historical Fiction. Jayatissa is from Sri Lanka.

• Nothing But Blackened Teeth

  Khaw, Cassandra

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  Science Fiction/Fantasy. Khaw is from Malaysia.

• Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

  A Novel

  Yagisawa, Satoshi

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  Fiction. Yagisawa is Japanese.

• Your Utopia

  Chung, Bora, 1976-

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  Short Stories. Chung was born in South Korea.

• Pick a Color

  A Novel

  Thammavongsa, Souvankham

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  Fiction. Thammavongsa was born in a Lao refugee camp in Thailand.

• Horse Barbie

  A Memoir

  Rocero, Geena

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  Memoir. Rocero was born and raised in the Philippines.

• Kakigori Summer

  [Kakigori No Natsu]

  Itami, Emily,

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  Fiction. Itami was born in Tokyo, Japan.

• Code Dependent

  Living in the Shadow of AI

  Murgia, Madhumita,

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  Nonfiction. Murgia grew up in Mumbai, India.

• Hirayasumi. 1

  Shinzo, Keigo,

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  Graphic Novel. Shinzo was born in Japan.

• Linghun

  Jiang, Ai,

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  Horror. Jiang was born in China.

• A Magical Girl Retires

  A Novel

  Seolyeon, Park

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  Fiction. Seolyeon is Korean.

• Honor

  Umrigar, Thrity

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  Fiction. Umrigar is from India.

• Dirty Kitchen

  a Memoir of Food and Family

  Damatac, Jill,

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  Memoir. Damatac was born in the Philippines.

• The World of Nancy Kwan

  a Memoir by Hollywood's Asian Superstar

  Kwan, Nancy, 1939-

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  Memoir. Kwan was born in China.

• Babel

  Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

  Kuang, R. F.

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  Science Fiction/Fantasy. Kuang was born in China.

• The Original Daughter

  a Novel

  Wei, Jemimah,

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  Fiction. Wei was born and raised in Singapore.

• The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

  a Novel

  Desai, Kiran, 1971-

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  Fiction. Desai is from India.

• Ma and Me

  a Memoir

  Reang, Putsata, 1974-

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  Memoir. Reang was born in Cambodia.

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