awesome reads from southeast asia

1.
The Garden of Evening Mists
The Garden of Evening Mists 4.15 avg rating — 28,994 ratings
2.
House of Glass (Buru Quartet, #4)
House of Glass (Buru Quartet, #4) 4.35 avg rating — 4,315 ratings
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The Harmony Silk Factory
The Harmony Silk Factory
by: Tash Aw
3.46 avg rating — 2,718 ratings
4.
The Forgotten Promise: A captivating gripping escapist WW2 Malaya historical fiction novel
The Forgotten Promise: A captivating gripping escapist WW2 Malaya historical fiction novel 4.43 avg rating — 68 ratings
5.
The Gift of Rain
The Gift of Rain 4.28 avg rating — 17,823 ratings
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The Piano Tuner
The Piano Tuner 3.62 avg rating — 15,691 ratings
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Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not)
Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not) 4.22 avg rating — 8,543 ratings
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Lotusland
Lotusland 4.31 avg rating — 58 ratings
9.
Man Tiger
Man Tiger 4.04 avg rating — 7,052 ratings
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Child of All Nations (Buru Quartet, #2)
Child of All Nations (Buru Quartet, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 7,733 ratings
11.
Ministry of Moral Panic
Ministry of Moral Panic 4.06 avg rating — 4,274 ratings
12.
Evening is the whole day
Evening is the whole day 3.63 avg rating — 1,808 ratings
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The Ghost Bride
The Ghost Bride 3.81 avg rating — 36,618 ratings
14.
The Bondmaid
The Bondmaid 3.49 avg rating — 542 ratings
15.
Edensor
Edensor 4.13 avg rating — 14,837 ratings
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The Ten Thousand Things
The Ten Thousand Things 3.80 avg rating — 1,832 ratings
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The Rice Mother
The Rice Mother 4.16 avg rating — 7,841 ratings
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The Hunt for the Heart: Selected Tales from the Dutch East Indies
The Hunt for the Heart: Selected Tales from the Dutch East Indies really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
18.
Beauty Is a Wound
Beauty Is a Wound 4.06 avg rating — 17,146 ratings
18.
This Earth of Mankind (Buru #1)
This Earth of Mankind (Buru #1) 4.43 avg rating — 21,801 ratings
21.
The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma
The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma 4.02 avg rating — 1,543 ratings
22.
Malay Sketches
Malay Sketches 3.91 avg rating — 1,194 ratings
23.
Following the Wrong God Home
Following the Wrong God Home 3.35 avg rating — 282 ratings
24.
Magdalena
Magdalena 4.02 avg rating — 164 ratings
24.
Moon Princess, The: Memories of the Shan States
Moon Princess, The: Memories of the Shan States
by: Sao Sanda
3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings
24.
The Acid Diary
The Acid Diary 4.21 avg rating — 56 ratings
24.
The Puppet Master of Java
The Puppet Master of Java 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
24.
The Last Gods of Indochine
The Last Gods of Indochine 4.29 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Altered Straits
Altered Straits 3.60 avg rating — 57 ratings
24.
Spirits Abroad
Spirits Abroad
by: Zen Cho
4.17 avg rating — 1,965 ratings
24.
Sugarbread
Sugarbread 4.03 avg rating — 1,383 ratings
24.
Elmer
Elmer 4.11 avg rating — 1,455 ratings
24.
Me In Your Melody
Me In Your Melody 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings
34.
When the Rainbow Goddess Wept
When the Rainbow Goddess Wept 3.83 avg rating — 378 ratings
34.
How the Man in Green Saved Pahang, and Possibly the World
How the Man in Green Saved Pahang, and Possibly the World 3.27 avg rating — 148 ratings
36.
Finding George Orwell in Burma
Finding George Orwell in Burma 3.96 avg rating — 3,664 ratings
36.
Five Star Billionaire
Five Star Billionaire
by: Tash Aw
3.47 avg rating — 4,664 ratings
38.
The Mute's Soliloquy: a Memoir
The Mute's Soliloquy: a Memoir 4.19 avg rating — 1,067 ratings
38.
Evening Is the Whole Day
Evening Is the Whole Day 3.63 avg rating — 1,808 ratings
38.
Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
by: Zoya Phan
4.03 avg rating — 662 ratings
38.
Of Bees and Mist
Of Bees and Mist 3.76 avg rating — 7,806 ratings
42.
Tales from Djakarta
Tales from Djakarta 3.98 avg rating — 312 ratings
42.
Confrontation
Confrontation 3.51 avg rating — 47 ratings
42.
Burmese Days
Burmese Days 3.87 avg rating — 31,289 ratings
45.
Letters of a Javanese Princess
Letters of a Javanese Princess 4.08 avg rating — 1,579 ratings
45.
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats (The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, #1)
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats (The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 87,066 ratings
45.
Land of a Thousand Eyes: The Subtle Pleasures of Everyday Life in Myanmar
Land of a Thousand Eyes: The Subtle Pleasures of Everyday Life in Myanmar 3.63 avg rating — 60 ratings
48.
Salina
Salina 4.26 avg rating — 1,174 ratings
48.
A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family
A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family 3.53 avg rating — 1,009 ratings
48.
Katya & the Prince of Siam
Katya & the Prince of Siam 3.96 avg rating — 54 ratings
51.
Don Vicente: Two Novels (Rosales Saga, #2-3)
Don Vicente: Two Novels (Rosales Saga, #2-3) 3.92 avg rating — 64 ratings
51.
Frog Under a Coconut Shell
Frog Under a Coconut Shell 4.04 avg rating — 79 ratings
53.
If We Dream Too Long
If We Dream Too Long 3.64 avg rating — 495 ratings
54.
Perang Sangkil
Perang Sangkil
by: Akiya
2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings