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Must-Read Books Set in Asia

These are some of my favourite books set in Asia. I have tried to include books from different countries and of different genres e.g. poems, fiction, magical realism etc. Asia is the biggest and most culturally diverse continent. I am hoping to read books from more countries soon.
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The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
1
Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
2
Khaled Hosseini
Kartography (Kamila Shamsie)
Kartography
3
Kamila Shamsie
Yesterday I Was the Moon (Noor Unnahar)
Yesterday I Was the Moon
4
Noor Unnahar
Points of Entry: Encounters at the Origin Sites of Pakistan (Nadeem Farooq Paracha)
Points of Entry: Encounters at the Origin Sites of Pakistan
5
Nadeem Farooq Paracha
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
6
Aravind Adiga
Sea Prayer (Khaled Hosseini)
Sea Prayer
7
Khaled Hosseini
The Empty Room (Sadia Abbas)
The Empty Room
8
Sadia Abbas
The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories (Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin)
The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories
9
Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Please Look After Mom (Kyung-Sook Shin)
Please Look After Mom
10
Kyung-Sook Shin
Samarkand
Samarkand
11
The Moor's Account (Laila Lalami)
The Moor's Account
12
Laila Lalami
The Crow Eaters (Bapsi Sidhwa)
The Crow Eaters
13
Bapsi Sidhwa
Ice Candy Man (Bapsi Sidhwa)
Ice Candy Man
14
Bapsi Sidhwa
The Architect's Apprentice (Elif Shafak)
The Architect's Apprentice
15
Elif Shafak
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanfi
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanfi
16
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
17
Haruki Murakami
Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree (Tariq Ali)
Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree
18
Tariq Ali
The Wandering Falcon (Jamil Ahmad)
The Wandering Falcon
19
Jamil Ahmad
The Far Pavillions (M M Kaye)
The Far Pavillions
20
M M Kaye
The Orphan Master's Son (Adam Johnson)
The Orphan Master's Son
21
Adam Johnson
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
22
Pearl S. Buck
The Hungry Tide
The Hungry Tide
23
The Wish Maker (Ali Sethi)
The Wish Maker
24
Ali Sethi
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
25
Arthur Golden
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Arundhati Roy)
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
26
Arundhati Roy
The Palace of Illusions (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni)
The Palace of Illusions
27
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chinaman (Shehan Karunatilaka)
Chinaman
28
Shehan Karunatilaka
Beauty Is a Wound (Eka Kurniawan)
Beauty Is a Wound
29
Eka Kurniawan
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