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Read the World: Books Set in Asia by Asian Authors - Page 5

Not a comprehensive list, just the ones my library currently has for our annual Read the World challenge (plus a few more that I've read and liked).
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Funny Boy (Shyam Selvadurai)
Funny Boy
161
Shyam Selvadurai
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (Elif Shafak)
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
162
Elif Shafak
The Flea Palace (Elif Shafak)
The Flea Palace
163
Elif Shafak
Three Daughters of Eve (Elif Shafak)
Three Daughters of Eve
164
Elif Shafak
Pain (Zeruya Shalev)
Pain
165
Zeruya Shalev
The Girl Who Played Go (Shan Sa)
The Girl Who Played Go
166
Shan Sa
The Servant (Fatima Sharafeddine)
The Servant
167
Fatima Sharafeddine
Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet (Kashmira Sheth)
Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet
168
Kashmira Sheth
Clouds Above the Hill Vol 1 (Ryotaro Shiba)
Clouds Above the Hill Vol 1
169
Ryotaro Shiba
Cracking India (Bapsi Sidhwa)
Cracking India
170
Bapsi Sidhwa
The Court Dancer (Kyung-Sook Shin)
The Court Dancer
171
Kyung-Sook Shin
The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness (Kyung-Sook Shin)
The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness
172
Kyung-Sook Shin
Please Look After Mom (Kyung-Sook Shin)
Please Look After Mom
173
Kyung-Sook Shin
Violets (Kyung-Sook Shin)
Violets
174
Kyung-Sook Shin
Unmarriageable (Soniah Kamal)
Unmarriageable
175
Soniah Kamal
Sweet Bean Paste (Durian Sukegawa)
Sweet Bean Paste
176
Durian Sukegawa
Meatless Days (Sara Suleri)
Meatless Days
177
Sara Suleri
The River With No Bridge (Sue Sumii)
The River With No Bridge
178
Sue Sumii
Well That Was Unexpected Book 1 (Jesse Q. Sutanto)
Well That Was Unexpected Book 1
179
Jesse Q. Sutanto
My Brother's Husband (Gengoroh Tagame)
My Brother's Husband
180
Gengoroh Tagame
The Hungry Stones and Other Stories (Rabindranath Tagore)
The Hungry Stones and Other Stories
181
Rabindranath Tagore
Under the Naga Tail (Mae Bunseng Taing)
Under the Naga Tail
182
Mae Bunseng Taing
The House of Doors (Tan Twan Eng)
The House of Doors
183
Tan Twan Eng
The Color of Our Sky (Amita Trasi)
The Color of Our Sky
184
Amita Trasi
The Secrets Between Us (Thrity Umrigar)
The Secrets Between Us
185
Thrity Umrigar
The Space Between Us (Thrity Umrigar)
The Space Between Us
186
Thrity Umrigar
Idol, Burning (Rin Usami)
Idol, Burning
187
Rin Usami
Savi and the Memory Keeper (Bijal Vachharajani)
Savi and the Memory Keeper
188
Bijal Vachharajani
Afterland (Mai Der Vang)
Afterland
189
Mai Der Vang
The Bridge Home (Padma Venkatraman)
The Bridge Home
190
Padma Venkatraman
Fu Ping (Wang Anyi)
Fu Ping
191
Wang Anyi
The Heike Story (Eiji Yoshikawa)
The Heike Story
192
Eiji Yoshikawa
Monkey (Wu Cheng'en)
Monkey
193
Wu Cheng'en
Crystal Wedding (Xu Xiaobin)
Crystal Wedding
194
Xu Xiaobin
Talk to My Back (Yamada Murasaki)
Talk to My Back
195
Yamada Murasaki
Little Aunt Crane (Gelling Yan)
Little Aunt Crane
196
Gelling Yan
The Lover (A.B. Yehoshua)
The Lover
197
A.B. Yehoshua
Mr. Mani (A. B. Yehoshua)
Mr. Mani
198
A. B. Yehoshua
Meeting With My Brother (Mun-Yol Yi)
Meeting With My Brother
199
Mun-Yol Yi
Musashi (Eiji Yoshikawa)
Musashi
200
Eiji Yoshikawa
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