Masterworks of Asian Literature

1.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,721 ratings
2.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,371 ratings
3.
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book 4.02 avg rating — 9,590 ratings
3.
The Waiting Years
The Waiting Years 3.95 avg rating — 2,954 ratings
5.
Kokoro
Kokoro 4.04 avg rating — 39,437 ratings
6.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating — 37,527 ratings
7.
Masks
Masks 3.68 avg rating — 3,854 ratings
8.
The Recognition of Śakuntalā
The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.86 avg rating — 1,970 ratings
9.
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea 3.84 avg rating — 49,528 ratings
10.
The Confessions of Lady Nijō
The Confessions of Lady Nijō 3.95 avg rating — 698 ratings
11.
Ghazals of Ghalib
Ghazals of Ghalib
by: Ghalib
4.36 avg rating — 291 ratings
12.
Ramayana
Ramayana
by: Vālmīki
4.19 avg rating — 5,259 ratings
13.
Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man
Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man 3.90 avg rating — 2,371 ratings
14.
The Selected Poems of Wang Wei
The Selected Poems of Wang Wei
by: Wang Wei
4.25 avg rating — 315 ratings
15.
Collected Poems and Plays of Rabindranath Tagore
Collected Poems and Plays of Rabindranath Tagore 4.20 avg rating — 133 ratings
16.
Monkey: The Journey to the West
Monkey: The Journey to the West 4.04 avg rating — 7,823 ratings
17.
Snow Country
Snow Country 3.57 avg rating — 38,922 ratings
18.
The Meghadūta of Kālidāsa
The Meghadūta of Kālidāsa 4.25 avg rating — 573 ratings
19.
Gitagovinda of Jayadeva: Love Song of the Dark Lord
Gitagovinda of Jayadeva: Love Song of the Dark Lord 4.02 avg rating — 347 ratings
20.
Best of Manto: A Collection of his Short Stories
Best of Manto: A Collection of his Short Stories 4.27 avg rating — 661 ratings
21.
The Kabir Book: Forty-Four of the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir
The Kabir Book: Forty-Four of the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir
by: Kabir
4.25 avg rating — 955 ratings
22.
Fire on the Mountain
Fire on the Mountain 3.61 avg rating — 1,272 ratings
23.
Games at Twilight
Games at Twilight 3.45 avg rating — 446 ratings
24.
The Financial Expert
The Financial Expert 3.79 avg rating — 1,546 ratings
25.
Selected Stories of Premchand
Selected Stories of Premchand 4.19 avg rating — 107 ratings
26.
The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry
The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry 3.97 avg rating — 289 ratings
27.
Poems of Love and War: From the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Long Poems of Classical Tamil
Poems of Love and War: From the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Long Poems of Classical Tamil 4.40 avg rating — 86 ratings
27.
Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
by: Zhuangzi
4.27 avg rating — 2,839 ratings
29.
Mahabharata
Mahabharata
by: Vyasa
4.32 avg rating — 11,794 ratings
29.
The Selected Poems of Tu Fu
The Selected Poems of Tu Fu
by: Du Fu
4.25 avg rating — 552 ratings
31.
The Mountain Poems of Hsieh Ling-Yun
The Mountain Poems of Hsieh Ling-Yun 3.87 avg rating — 67 ratings
31.
The Selected Poems
The Selected Poems 4.16 avg rating — 116 ratings
31.
Dream of the Red Chamber
Dream of the Red Chamber 4.01 avg rating — 2,775 ratings
34.
The Selected Poems of Li Po
The Selected Poems of Li Po
by: Li Po
4.27 avg rating — 1,063 ratings
35.
The Selected Poems of Po Chü-i
The Selected Poems of Po Chü-i
by: Bai Juyi
4.38 avg rating — 134 ratings
36.
The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
by: Hanshan
4.39 avg rating — 885 ratings
37.
Kokinshu: A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (C & T Asian Languages Series.) (English and Japanese Edition)
Kokinshu: A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (C & T Asian Languages Series.) (English and Japanese Edition) 4.21 avg rating — 106 ratings
38.
Seven Japanese Tales
Seven Japanese Tales 3.84 avg rating — 2,073 ratings
39.
The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan
The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan 3.76 avg rating — 728 ratings
40.
Basho: The Complete Haiku
Basho: The Complete Haiku 4.45 avg rating — 1,017 ratings
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Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World
Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World 3.99 avg rating — 1,594 ratings
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Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu: The Love Suicides At Sonezaki, The Battles of Coxinga, The Uprooted Pine, The Love Suicides At Amijima
Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu: The Love Suicides At Sonezaki, The Battles of Coxinga, The Uprooted Pine, The Love Suicides At Amijima 3.85 avg rating — 311 ratings
43.
China Girl: And Other Stories
China Girl: And Other Stories
by: Ho Lin
4.12 avg rating — 24 ratings
44.
The Hermit and The Love-Thief
The Hermit and The Love-Thief 4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings
44.
Nuskha ha-e Wafa / نسخہ ہائے وفا
Nuskha ha-e Wafa / نسخہ ہائے وفا 4.58 avg rating — 925 ratings
46.
Great Urdu Ghazals
Great Urdu Ghazals 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
47.
The Little Clay Cart
The Little Clay Cart 3.49 avg rating — 303 ratings
48.
The First Emperor: Selections from the Historical Records
The First Emperor: Selections from the Historical Records
by: Sima Qian
3.45 avg rating — 166 ratings
49.
The Travels Of Lao Can
The Travels Of Lao Can
by: Liu E
3.75 avg rating — 149 ratings
50.
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
by: Lu Xun
3.90 avg rating — 2,456 ratings
51.
Rickshaw Boy
Rickshaw Boy
by: Lao She
3.90 avg rating — 2,630 ratings
52.
The Story of the Western Wing
The Story of the Western Wing 3.63 avg rating — 158 ratings
53.
An Anthology of Classical Japanese Poetry: From Man'yōshū to Shinkokinshū
An Anthology of Classical Japanese Poetry: From Man'yōshū to Shinkokinshū 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
54.
Atsumori
Atsumori
by: Zeami
3.26 avg rating — 178 ratings
55.
Dojo-ji Temple
Dojo-ji Temple 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings