Books Written by Asian Authors

1.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating β€” 582,639 ratings
2.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating β€” 813,210 ratings
3.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating β€” 703,407 ratings
4.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating β€” 344,054 ratings
5.
Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere 4.07 avg rating β€” 1,279,624 ratings
6.
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman 3.68 avg rating β€” 349,145 ratings
7.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating β€” 95,647 ratings
8.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating β€” 120,282 ratings
9.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating β€” 87,070 ratings
10.
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 131,941 ratings
11.
Descendant of the Crane
Descendant of the Crane
by: Joan He
3.63 avg rating β€” 12,093 ratings
12.
Empress of All Seasons
Empress of All Seasons 3.56 avg rating β€” 5,378 ratings
13.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,681,670 ratings
14.
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 696,627 ratings
15.
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 536,391 ratings
16.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 224,932 ratings
17.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating β€” 280,152 ratings
17.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 132,986 ratings
19.
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating β€” 598,255 ratings
20.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating β€” 382,946 ratings
21.
The Garden of Evening Mists
The Garden of Evening Mists 4.15 avg rating β€” 28,994 ratings
22.
Waiting
Waiting
by: Ha Jin
3.54 avg rating β€” 23,309 ratings
23.
A Spy in the House (The Agency #1)
A Spy in the House (The Agency #1)
by: Y.S. Lee
3.79 avg rating β€” 18,096 ratings
24.
The Nakano Thrift Shop
The Nakano Thrift Shop 3.37 avg rating β€” 14,371 ratings
25.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating β€” 3,402,045 ratings
26.
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo 3.69 avg rating β€” 49,428 ratings
27.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating β€” 320,357 ratings
28.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating β€” 156,850 ratings
29.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) 3.67 avg rating β€” 624,912 ratings
30.
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Do Not Say We Have Nothing 3.92 avg rating β€” 23,795 ratings
31.
The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters 4.03 avg rating β€” 11,389 ratings
32.
Goodbye, Vitamin
Goodbye, Vitamin 3.74 avg rating β€” 29,236 ratings
32.
Komoreby
Komoreby
by: Su Vida
4.90 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
34.
Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune
Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune 3.47 avg rating β€” 9,155 ratings
35.
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 419,992 ratings
36.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating β€” 91,303 ratings
37.
All You Can Ever Know
All You Can Ever Know 3.85 avg rating β€” 26,098 ratings
38.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating β€” 131,691 ratings
39.
The Buried Giant
The Buried Giant 3.59 avg rating β€” 117,636 ratings
39.
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
by: Lisa See
3.92 avg rating β€” 160,770 ratings
41.
The Best We Could Do
The Best We Could Do
by: Thi Bui
4.36 avg rating β€” 38,830 ratings
42.
If Cats Disappeared from the World
If Cats Disappeared from the World 3.79 avg rating β€” 113,347 ratings
43.
The Vagrants
The Vagrants
by: Yiyun Li
3.89 avg rating β€” 4,521 ratings
44.
A Place for Us
A Place for Us 4.17 avg rating β€” 64,121 ratings
45.
The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses 3.71 avg rating β€” 70,302 ratings
46.
Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1) 4.16 avg rating β€” 22,255 ratings
47.
Free Food for Millionaires
Free Food for Millionaires 3.85 avg rating β€” 35,245 ratings
48.
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts 3.73 avg rating β€” 33,276 ratings
49.
Human Acts
Human Acts
by: Han Kang
4.27 avg rating β€” 61,886 ratings
50.
An Artist of the Floating World
An Artist of the Floating World 3.78 avg rating β€” 43,679 ratings
50.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,157 ratings
52.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating β€” 121,488 ratings
53.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth 4.14 avg rating β€” 95,612 ratings
54.
Revolution: 80 Days
Revolution: 80 Days 4.62 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
55.
Everything Here Is Beautiful
Everything Here Is Beautiful 3.93 avg rating β€” 19,982 ratings
55.
Concerning My Daughter
Concerning My Daughter 3.70 avg rating β€” 11,098 ratings
57.
Trade Me (Cyclone, #1)
Trade Me (Cyclone, #1) 3.76 avg rating β€” 5,671 ratings
58.
Memoirs of a Polar Bear
Memoirs of a Polar Bear 3.37 avg rating β€” 3,811 ratings
59.
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
by: Nghi Vo
3.92 avg rating β€” 42,140 ratings
60.
The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1)
The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1) 3.71 avg rating β€” 50,662 ratings
61.
Killing Commendatore
Killing Commendatore 3.91 avg rating β€” 66,584 ratings
61.
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
by: Ellen Oh
3.77 avg rating β€” 6,085 ratings
63.
War Trash
War Trash
by: Ha Jin
3.81 avg rating β€” 4,149 ratings
64.
The Incendiaries
The Incendiaries
by: R.O. Kwon
3.21 avg rating β€” 25,023 ratings
64.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating β€” 14,370 ratings
66.
Bad Friends
Bad Friends
by: Ancco
3.60 avg rating β€” 1,050 ratings
66.
One Part Woman
One Part Woman 3.81 avg rating β€” 6,935 ratings
66.
Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1)
Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1) 4.18 avg rating β€” 98,650 ratings
69.
Pearl of China
Pearl of China 3.86 avg rating β€” 8,563 ratings
70.
And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed 4.08 avg rating β€” 395,449 ratings
71.
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall 3.51 avg rating β€” 31,550 ratings
72.
Rashomon and Other Stories
Rashomon and Other Stories 4.01 avg rating β€” 11,727 ratings
73.
The Guest
The Guest 3.83 avg rating β€” 499 ratings
74.
Song of a Captive Bird
Song of a Captive Bird 4.21 avg rating β€” 6,046 ratings
75.
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
by: Lisa See
4.29 avg rating β€” 120,817 ratings
75.
Soul Mountain
Soul Mountain 3.60 avg rating β€” 5,712 ratings
77.
Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls, #2)
Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls, #2)
by: Lisa See
4.10 avg rating β€” 67,692 ratings
78.
The Island of Sea Women
The Island of Sea Women
by: Lisa See
4.32 avg rating β€” 154,782 ratings
79.
No Matter the Wreckage: Poems
No Matter the Wreckage: Poems
by: Sarah Kay
4.20 avg rating β€” 15,622 ratings
80.
Family Trust
Family Trust 3.21 avg rating β€” 7,492 ratings
81.
Sweet Bean Paste
Sweet Bean Paste 4.06 avg rating β€” 66,929 ratings
82.
Cursed Bunny
Cursed Bunny 3.76 avg rating β€” 37,413 ratings
83.
Red Azalea: A Memoir
Red Azalea: A Memoir 3.84 avg rating β€” 10,639 ratings
84.
Flower Net (Red Princess, #1)
Flower Net (Red Princess, #1)
by: Lisa See
3.55 avg rating β€” 7,609 ratings
84.
Shoko's Smile: Stories
Shoko's Smile: Stories 3.91 avg rating β€” 6,440 ratings
86.
A Pale View of Hills
A Pale View of Hills 3.79 avg rating β€” 41,029 ratings
87.
At Dusk
At Dusk 3.68 avg rating β€” 2,080 ratings
88.
The Gift of Rain
The Gift of Rain 4.28 avg rating β€” 17,823 ratings
88.
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida 3.82 avg rating β€” 4,343 ratings
90.
Sea of Strangers
Sea of Strangers
by: Lang Leav
3.67 avg rating β€” 14,307 ratings
91.
Empress
Empress
by: Shan Sa
3.69 avg rating β€” 6,393 ratings
91.
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book 4.02 avg rating β€” 9,588 ratings
93.
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 49,456 ratings
93.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating β€” 200,085 ratings
95.
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 4.24 avg rating β€” 50,743 ratings
96.
The Glass Palace
The Glass Palace really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 27,578 ratings
97.
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 29,067 ratings
98.
Number One Chinese Restaurant
Number One Chinese Restaurant liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 7,052 ratings
99.
The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1) 3.68 avg rating β€” 38,204 ratings
100.
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows 3.93 avg rating β€” 109,469 ratings
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