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1000 Asian Books to Read - Page 8

This is a list of one thousand books by Asian writers, both on the continent, and the diaspora. Enjoy!
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I Have the Right to Destroy Myself (Young-Ha Kim)
I Have the Right to Destroy Myself
281
Young-Ha Kim
Last Man in Tower (Aravind Adiga)
Last Man in Tower
282
Aravind Adiga
Paper Menagerie (Ken Liu)
Paper Menagerie
283
Ken Liu
Sacred Games (Vikram Chandra)
Sacred Games
284
Vikram Chandra
Selection Day (Aravind Adiga)
Selection Day
285
Aravind Adiga
Smile as They Bow (Nu Nu Yi)
Smile as They Bow
286
Nu Nu Yi
The Blue Sky (Galsan Tschinag)
The Blue Sky
287
Galsan Tschinag
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
288
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Plotters (Un-Su Kim)
The Plotters
289
Un-Su Kim
The Turtle of Oman (Naomi Shihab Nye)
The Turtle of Oman
290
Naomi Shihab Nye
What the Body Remembers (Shauna Singh Baldwin)
What the Body Remembers
291
Shauna Singh Baldwin
A Land Without Jasmine (Wajdi Al-Ahdal)
A Land Without Jasmine
292
Wajdi Al-Ahdal
Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction. (Arundhati Roy)
Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.
293
Arundhati Roy
Coming Through Slaughter (Michael Ondaatje)
Coming Through Slaughter
294
Michael Ondaatje
Guapa (Saleem Haddad)
Guapa
295
Saleem Haddad
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (Kiran Desai)
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
296
Kiran Desai
Malgudi Days (R.K. Narayan)
Malgudi Days
297
R.K. Narayan
Silence (Shusaku Endo)
Silence
298
Shusaku Endo
Temporary People (Deepak Unnikrishnan)
Temporary People
299
Deepak Unnikrishnan
The Circle of Karma (Kunzang Choden)
The Circle of Karma
300
Kunzang Choden
The Corpse Exhibition (Hassan Blasim)
The Corpse Exhibition
301
Hassan Blasim
The Gift of Rain (Tan Twan Eng)
The Gift of Rain
302
Tan Twan Eng
The Railway (Hamid Ismailov)
The Railway
303
Hamid Ismailov
Touba and the Meaning of Night (Shahrnush Parsipur)
Touba and the Meaning of Night
304
Shahrnush Parsipur
Aloft (Chang-Rae Lee)
Aloft
305
Chang-Rae Lee
Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS (Azadeh Moaveni)
Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS
306
Azadeh Moaveni
Ice Candy Man (Bapsi Sidhwa)
Ice Candy Man
307
Bapsi Sidhwa
The Corpse Walker (Liao Yiwu)
The Corpse Walker
308
Liao Yiwu
The Crow Eaters (Bapsi Sidhwa)
The Crow Eaters
309
Bapsi Sidhwa
The Fat Years (Chan Koonchung)
The Fat Years
310
Chan Koonchung
The Noodle Maker (Ma Jian)
The Noodle Maker
311
Ma Jian
The Sand Fish (Maha Gargash)
The Sand Fish
312
Maha Gargash
Undoing Border Imperialism (Anarchist Intervention Series #6) (Harsha Walia)
Undoing Border Imperialism (Anarchist Intervention Series #6)
313
Harsha Walia
Ways of Sunlight (Sam Selvon)
Ways of Sunlight
314
Sam Selvon
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
315
Haruki Murakami
Almond (Won-Pyung Sohn)
Almond
316
Won-Pyung Sohn
Beauty and Sadness (Yasunari Kawabata)
Beauty and Sadness
317
Yasunari Kawabata
Big Sister Little Sister Red Sister (Jung Chang)
Big Sister Little Sister Red Sister
318
Jung Chang
Everything Belongs to Us (Yoojin Grace Wuertz)
Everything Belongs to Us
319
Yoojin Grace Wuertz
Four Reigns (Kukrit Pramoj)
Four Reigns
320
Kukrit Pramoj
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