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The Great Asian Novels - Page 2

This list is inspired by The Atlantic's recent list of their Great American Novels. For this list, I'm not abiding by The Atlantic's strict rule that all books must be published within the last 100 years (too many great novels would be left out) and thus have no time limit on their publication. I have 136 novels, just like The Atlantic's list, and I've tried to include novels from every Asian country, spreading from Indonesia to the Middle East. I'm sure many will disagree with some of my choices, but that's what we love about reading. Enjoy!
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The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
41
Pearl S. Buck
Green Island (Shawna Yang Ryan)
Green Island
42
Shawna Yang Ryan
The Guide (R.K. Narayan)
The Guide
43
R.K. Narayan
The Harmony Silk Factory (Tash Aw)
The Harmony Silk Factory
44
Tash Aw
Heaven Lake (John Dalton)
Heaven Lake
45
John Dalton
The Hilltop (Assaf Gavron)
The Hilltop
46
Assaf Gavron
A Horse Walks Into a Bar (David Grossman)
A Horse Walks Into a Bar
47
David Grossman
Human Acts (Han Kang)
Human Acts
48
Han Kang
The Hungry Tide (Amitav Ghosh)
The Hungry Tide
49
Amitav Ghosh
If We Dream Too Long (Goh Poh Seng)
If We Dream Too Long
50
Goh Poh Seng
Illustrado (Miguel Syjuco)
Illustrado
51
Miguel Syjuco
In Custody (Anita Desai)
In Custody
52
Anita Desai
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
53
Kiran Desai
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
54
Jhumpa Lahiri
Island of a Thousand Mirrors (Nayomi Munaweera)
Island of a Thousand Mirrors
55
Nayomi Munaweera
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
56
Haruki Murakami
Kanthapura (Raja Rao)
Kanthapura
57
Raja Rao
Khirbet Khizeh (S. Yizhar)
Khirbet Khizeh
58
S. Yizhar
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Cho Nam-Joo)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
59
Cho Nam-Joo
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
60
Banana Yoshimoto
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
61
Khaled Hosseini
Kokoro (Natsume Sōseki)
Kokoro
62
Natsume Sōseki
Land (Pak Kyung-Ni)
Land
63
Pak Kyung-Ni
The Last Song of Dusk (Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi)
The Last Song of Dusk
64
Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
Lesser Known Monster of the 21st Century (Kim Fu)
Lesser Known Monster of the 21st Century
65
Kim Fu
Let It Be Morning (Sayed Kashua)
Let It Be Morning
66
Sayed Kashua
Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
Love in a Fallen City
67
Eileen Chang
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters
68
Junichiro Tanizaki
The Man With the Compound Eyes (Wu Ming-Yi)
The Man With the Compound Eyes
69
Wu Ming-Yi
The Memory Police (Yōko Ogawa)
The Memory Police
70
Yōko Ogawa
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
71
Salman Rushdie
Ministry of Moral Panic (Amanda Lee Koe)
Ministry of Moral Panic
72
Amanda Lee Koe
Miss Burma (Charmaine Craig)
Miss Burma
73
Charmaine Craig
Moth Smoke (Mohsin Hamid)
Moth Smoke
74
Mohsin Hamid
Muna Madan (Laxmi Prasad Devkota)
Muna Madan
75
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
My Uncle Napoleon (Pezeshkzad)
My Uncle Napoleon
76
Pezeshkzad
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
77
Jhumpa Lahiri
Nectar in a Sieve (Kamala Markandaya)
Nectar in a Sieve
78
Kamala Markandaya
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
79
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Nine Cloud Dream (Kim Man-Jung)
The Nine Cloud Dream
80
Kim Man-Jung
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