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East and Southeast Asian Books Recommended to Bibliagirl

My reading theme for next year is fiction set in East and Southeast Asia or about people with those ethnicities living in other countries. Any genre is ok as long as it's not non-fiction. I am mostly excluding Korea because that was one of my themes this year. I posed a request in the Facebook group, Women Reading Great Books, since it has a huge membership and is a good place to start. I compiled a list of all their recommendations here.
I decided to pick a different part of the world each year and reading a lot of fiction set in or about that area. I want to learn about history and culture and social issues through fiction!
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The Poppy War (R. F. Kuang)
The Poppy War
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R. F. Kuang
Shogun (James Clavell)
Shogun
2
James Clavell
Tai-Pan (James Clavell)
Tai-Pan
3
James Clavell
Noble House (James Clavell)
Noble House
4
James Clavell
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
5
Min Jin Lee
Lady Tan's Circle of Women (Lisa See)
Lady Tan's Circle of Women
6
Lisa See
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
7
Haruki Murakami
IQ84 (Haruki Murakami)
IQ84
8
Haruki Murakami
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
9
Haruki Murakami
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
10
Amy Tan
The Kitchen God's Wife (Amy Tan)
The Kitchen God's Wife
11
Amy Tan
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
12
Pearl S. Buck
China (Edward Rutherfurd)
China
13
Edward Rutherfurd
She Who Became the Sun (Shelley Parker-Chan)
She Who Became the Sun
14
Shelley Parker-Chan
Ghost Girl, Banana (Wiz Wharton)
Ghost Girl, Banana
15
Wiz Wharton
Girl in Translation (Jean Kwok)
Girl in Translation
16
Jean Kwok
The Coroner's Lunch (Colin Cotterill)
The Coroner's Lunch
17
Colin Cotterill
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
18
Lisa See
Shanghai Girls (Lisa See)
Shanghai Girls
19
Lisa See
Pearl of China (Anchee Min)
Pearl of China
20
Anchee Min
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans
21
Jung Chang
The Silk Merchant's Daughter (Dinah Jeffries)
The Silk Merchant's Daughter
22
Dinah Jeffries
The Lotus Eaters (Tatjana Soli)
The Lotus Eaters
23
Tatjana Soli
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
24
Arthur Golden
The Garden of Evening Mists (Tan Twan Eng)
The Garden of Evening Mists
25
Tan Twan Eng
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being
26
Ruth Ozeki
The Buddha of Suburbia (Hanif Kureishi)
The Buddha of Suburbia
27
Hanif Kureishi
Intimacy (Hanif Kureishi)
Intimacy
28
Hanif Kureishi
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out
29
Natsuo Kirino
Woman Running in the Mountains (Yūko Tsushima)
Woman Running in the Mountains
30
Yūko Tsushima
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
31
Sayaka Murata
Breasts and Eggs (Mieko Kawakami)
Breasts and Eggs
32
Mieko Kawakami
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
33
Julie Otsuka
Peony (Pearl Buck)
Peony
34
Pearl Buck
Spring Moon (Betty Bao Lord)
Spring Moon
35
Betty Bao Lord
The Gift of Rain (Tan Twan Eng)
The Gift of Rain
36
Tan Twan Eng
Land of Big Numbers (Te-Ping Chen)
Land of Big Numbers
37
Te-Ping Chen
Swimming Back to Trout River (Linda Rui Feng)
Swimming Back to Trout River
38
Linda Rui Feng
Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories (Gish Jen)
Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories
39
Gish Jen
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Sonny Liew)
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
40
Sonny Liew
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