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100 Books by Asian Women Everyone Must Read

We've rounded up 100 amazing novels by Asian women authors (living on the continent or part of the diaspora) to read this month (or any time!).
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Animal Eye (Paisley Rekdal)
Animal Eye (Paisley Rekdal)
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Becoming Madame Mao (Anchee Min)
Becoming Madame Mao (Anchee Min)
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The Best We Could Do (Thi Bui)
The Best We Could Do (Thi Bui)
4
Bone (Fae Myenne Ng)
Bone (Fae Myenne Ng)
5
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
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The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic
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Butterfly Season (Natasha Ahmed)
Butterfly Season (Natasha Ahmed)
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Champion
Champion
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9
China Dolls (Lisa See)
China Dolls (Lisa See)
10
China Men (Maxine Hong Kingston)
China Men (Maxine Hong Kingston)
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Clear Light of Day
Clear Light of Day
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The Color of Our Sky (Amita Trasi)
The Color of Our Sky (Amita Trasi)
13
Dance Dance Revolution (Cathy Park Hong)
Dance Dance Revolution (Cathy Park Hong)
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Dear Jenny, We Are All Find (Jenny Zhang)
Dear Jenny, We Are All Find (Jenny Zhang)
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Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur
Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur
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Dogeaters (Jessica Hagedorn)
Dogeaters (Jessica Hagedorn)
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Empress Orchid (Anchee Min)
Empress Orchid (Anchee Min)
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Engine Empire (Cathy Park Hong)
Engine Empire (Cathy Park Hong)
19
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
20
The Far Pavilions
The Far Pavilions
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21
Fasting, Feasting (Anita Desai)
Fasting, Feasting (Anita Desai)
22
Forgotten Country (Catherine Chung)
Forgotten Country (Catherine Chung)
23
Free Food for Millionaires (Min Jin Lee)
Free Food for Millionaires (Min Jin Lee)
24
The Ghost Bride (Yangsze Choo)
The Ghost Bride (Yangsze Choo)
25
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
26
Goodbye, Vitamin (Rachel Khong)
Goodbye, Vitamin (Rachel Khong)
27
Green Island (Shawna Yang Ryan)
Green Island (Shawna Yang Ryan)
28
Heat and Dust
Heat and Dust
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I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
30
In the Country (Mia Alvar)
In the Country (Mia Alvar)
31
In Custody (Anita Desai)
In Custody (Anita Desai)
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The Incarnations (Susan Barker)
The Incarnations (Susan Barker)
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33
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
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Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
35
Jasmine
Jasmine
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The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
37
Kinder Than Solitude
Kinder Than Solitude
38
The Last Communist Virgin (Wang Ping)
The Last Communist Virgin (Wang Ping)
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The Last Days of Café Leila (Donia Bijan)
The Last Days of Café Leila (Donia Bijan)
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The Leavers (Lisa Ko)
The Leavers (Lisa Ko)
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