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1000 Asian Books to Read - Page 2

This is a list of one thousand books by Asian writers, both on the continent, and the diaspora. Enjoy!
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Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country
41
Yasunari Kawabata
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
Brick Lane
42
Monica Ali
Killing Commendatore (Haruki Murakami)
Killing Commendatore
43
Haruki Murakami
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
44
Kazuo Ishiguro
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being
45
Ruth Ozeki
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
46
Salman Rushdie
Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Adib Khorram)
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
47
Adib Khorram
They Called Us Enemy (George Takei)
They Called Us Enemy
48
George Takei
Obasan (Joy Kogawa)
Obasan
49
Joy Kogawa
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
50
Murasaki Shikibu
Chinese Cinderella (Adeline Yen Mah)
Chinese Cinderella
51
Adeline Yen Mah
Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
Love in a Fallen City
52
Eileen Chang
Warlight (Michael Ondaatje)
Warlight
53
Michael Ondaatje
The Bastard of Istanbul (Elif Shafak)
The Bastard of Istanbul
54
Elif Shafak
The Vagrants (Yiyun Li)
The Vagrants
55
Yiyun Li
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
56
Vikram Seth
Men Without Women (Haruki Murakami)
Men Without Women
57
Haruki Murakami
Inside Out and Back Again (Thanhha Lai)
Inside Out and Back Again
58
Thanhha Lai
A Burning (Megha Majumdar)
A Burning
59
Megha Majumdar
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Haruki Murakami)
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
60
Haruki Murakami
My Name Is Red (Orhan Pamuk)
My Name Is Red
61
Orhan Pamuk
The Forty Rules of Love (Elif Shafak)
The Forty Rules of Love
62
Elif Shafak
The Refugees (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Refugees
63
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
64
Banana Yoshimoto
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
65
Haruki Murakami
The Island of Sea Women (Lisa See)
The Island of Sea Women
66
Lisa See
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
67
Kahlil Gibran
Girls of Riyadh (Rajaa Alsanea)
Girls of Riyadh
68
Rajaa Alsanea
Human Acts (Han Kang)
Human Acts
69
Han Kang
The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Buried Giant
70
Kazuo Ishiguro
Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights (Salman Rushdie)
Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
71
Salman Rushdie
The Kitchen God's Wife (Amy Tan)
The Kitchen God's Wife
72
Amy Tan
An Unnecessary Woman (Rabih Alameddine)
An Unnecessary Woman
73
Rabih Alameddine
Everything Here Is Beautiful (Mira T. Lee)
Everything Here Is Beautiful
74
Mira T. Lee
The Piano Teacher (Janice Y. K. Lee)
The Piano Teacher
75
Janice Y. K. Lee
Strange Weather in Tokyo (Hiromi Kawakami)
Strange Weather in Tokyo
76
Hiromi Kawakami
The Blind Owl (Sadegh Hedayat)
The Blind Owl
77
Sadegh Hedayat
The Bonesetter's Daughter (Amy Tan)
The Bonesetter's Daughter
78
Amy Tan
The Pearl That Broke It's Shell (Nadia Hashimi)
The Pearl That Broke It's Shell
79
Nadia Hashimi
The Dragon Republic (R.F. Kuang)
The Dragon Republic
80
R.F. Kuang
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