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1000 Asian Books to Read

This is a list of one thousand books by Asian writers, both on the continent, and the diaspora. Enjoy!
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The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
1
Arundhati Roy
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
2
Celeste Ng
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
3
Khalid Hosseini
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
4
Kazuo Ishiguro
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
5
Jhumpa Lahiri
Milk and Honey (Rupi Kaur)
Milk and Honey
6
Rupi Kaur
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
7
Han Kang
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
8
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
The Three-Body Problem
9
Cixin Liu
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Dai Sijie)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
10
Dai Sijie
The Sun and Her Flowers (Rupi Kaur)
The Sun and Her Flowers
11
Rupi Kaur
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
12
Marjane Satrapi
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Arundhati Roy)
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
13
Arundhati Roy
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
14
Min Jin Lee
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient
15
Michael Ondaatje
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
16
Amy Tan
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
17
Rohinton Mistry
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
18
Salman Rushdie
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
19
Haruki Murakami
The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
20
Kobo Abe
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
21
Khaled Hosseini
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
22
Sayaka Murata
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
23
Jhumpa Lahiri
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
24
Haruki Murakami
The Strange Library (Haruki Murakami)
The Strange Library
25
Haruki Murakami
One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
One Thousand and One Nights
26
Anonymous
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
27
Celeste Ng
The Leavers (Lisa Ko)
The Leavers
28
Lisa Ko
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
29
Sun Tzu
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
30
Haruki Murakami
The Ghost Bride (Yangsze Choo)
The Ghost Bride
31
Yangsze Choo
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
32
Sei Shonagon
Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Madeleine Thien)
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
33
Madeleine Thien
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
The Housekeeper and the Professor
34
Yoko Ogawa
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
35
Khaled Hosseini
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
36
Aravind Adiga
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans
37
Jung Chang
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
38
Kiran Desai
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
39
Kazuo Ishiguro
Family Matters (Rohinton Mistry)
Family Matters
40
Rohinton Mistry
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