Asian Classics

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The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,370 ratings
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Dream of the Red Chamber
Dream of the Red Chamber 4.01 avg rating — 2,775 ratings
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The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book 4.02 avg rating — 9,588 ratings
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Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating — 176,925 ratings
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The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights
by: Anonymous
4.03 avg rating — 80,396 ratings
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Love in a Fallen City
Love in a Fallen City 3.94 avg rating — 4,334 ratings
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The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea
The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea 4.02 avg rating — 923 ratings
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The Analects
The Analects
by: Confucius
3.81 avg rating — 23,508 ratings
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating — 114,176 ratings
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Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 4.05 avg rating — 2,454 ratings
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Masks
Masks 3.68 avg rating — 3,851 ratings
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The Art of War
The Art of War
by: Sun Tzu
3.95 avg rating — 550,594 ratings
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Sultana's Dream: A Feminist Utopia and Selections from The Secluded Ones
Sultana's Dream: A Feminist Utopia and Selections from The Secluded Ones 3.95 avg rating — 471 ratings
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The Tale of the Heike
The Tale of the Heike
by: Anonymous
4.05 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
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Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not)
Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not) 4.22 avg rating — 8,544 ratings
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The Tale of Kiều
The Tale of Kiều 4.30 avg rating — 1,717 ratings
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Journey to the West (4-Volume Boxed Set)
Journey to the West (4-Volume Boxed Set) 4.34 avg rating — 2,581 ratings
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Paradise of the Blind
Paradise of the Blind 3.78 avg rating — 2,966 ratings
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Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hô Xuân Huong
Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hô Xuân Huong 4.14 avg rating — 368 ratings
20.
Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyám
Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyám 4.17 avg rating — 22,744 ratings
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by: Liu Cixin
4.08 avg rating — 460,860 ratings
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days 4.20 avg rating — 2,418 ratings
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Three Kingdoms (4-Volume Boxed Set)
Three Kingdoms (4-Volume Boxed Set) 4.38 avg rating — 6,321 ratings
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Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating — 121,497 ratings
25.
The Confessions of Lady Nijō
The Confessions of Lady Nijō 3.95 avg rating — 697 ratings
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Musashi
Musashi 4.47 avg rating — 22,912 ratings
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Novel Without a Name
Novel Without a Name 3.81 avg rating — 1,414 ratings
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Ramayana
Ramayana
by: Vālmīki
4.19 avg rating — 5,257 ratings
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches 4.02 avg rating — 6,178 ratings
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Akira, Vol. 1
Akira, Vol. 1 4.40 avg rating — 38,200 ratings
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Mahabharata
Mahabharata
by: Anonymous
4.32 avg rating — 11,794 ratings
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Gitanjali
Gitanjali 4.30 avg rating — 11,597 ratings
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The Selected Poems of Li Po
The Selected Poems of Li Po
by: Li Po
4.27 avg rating — 1,063 ratings
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The Waiting Years
The Waiting Years 3.95 avg rating — 2,952 ratings
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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 — 727 ratings
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Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna
Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna 4.23 avg rating — 375 ratings
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Complete Poems
Complete Poems 4.24 avg rating — 143 ratings
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Vis and Ramin
Vis and Ramin 3.96 avg rating — 287 ratings
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Tales of Moonlight and Rain
Tales of Moonlight and Rain 3.79 avg rating — 2,870 ratings
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If Cats Disappeared from the World
If Cats Disappeared from the World 3.79 avg rating — 113,358 ratings
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The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
by: Xinran
4.31 avg rating — 12,973 ratings
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Asleep
Asleep 3.77 avg rating — 15,368 ratings
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Goodbye Tsugumi
Goodbye Tsugumi 3.77 avg rating — 14,914 ratings
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by: Loung Ung
4.35 avg rating — 52,425 ratings
45.
Outlaws of the Marsh (4-Volume Boxed Set)
Outlaws of the Marsh (4-Volume Boxed Set) 4.12 avg rating — 3,007 ratings
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Sky Dancer: The Secret Life and Songs of Lady Yeshe Tsogyel
Sky Dancer: The Secret Life and Songs of Lady Yeshe Tsogyel 4.26 avg rating — 105 ratings
47.
Dumb Luck
Dumb Luck 4.17 avg rating — 3,521 ratings
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Bushido: The Soul of the samurai [a graphic novel]
Bushido: The Soul of the samurai [a graphic novel] 3.57 avg rating — 102 ratings
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Barlaam and Josaphat: A Christian Tale of the Buddha
Barlaam and Josaphat: A Christian Tale of the Buddha 3.15 avg rating — 47 ratings
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The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,410 ratings
51.
The Recognition of Sakuntala
The Recognition of Sakuntala 3.86 avg rating — 1,969 ratings
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Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings 4.51 avg rating — 5,517 ratings
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Half a Lifelong Romance
Half a Lifelong Romance 4.07 avg rating — 2,114 ratings
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Tales of Old Japan: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Ghost Stories and Legends of the Samurai
Tales of Old Japan: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Ghost Stories and Legends of the Samurai 3.71 avg rating — 1,013 ratings
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The Rig Veda
The Rig Veda
by: Anonymous
3.92 avg rating — 1,701 ratings
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The Life of Milarepa
The Life of Milarepa 4.26 avg rating — 2,298 ratings
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Six Records of a Floating Life
Six Records of a Floating Life
by: Shěn Fù
3.82 avg rating — 1,809 ratings
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The Upanishads
The Upanishads
by: Anonymous
4.25 avg rating — 17,327 ratings
59.
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams 3.86 avg rating — 1,245 ratings
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The Epic of Gesar of Ling: Gesar's Magical Birth, Early Years, and Coronation as King
The Epic of Gesar of Ling: Gesar's Magical Birth, Early Years, and Coronation as King
by: Anonymous
4.68 avg rating — 25 ratings
61.
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes 4.34 avg rating — 749 ratings
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 4: The Debt of Tears
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 4: The Debt of Tears 4.33 avg rating — 764 ratings
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 3: The Warning Voice
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 3: The Warning Voice 4.44 avg rating — 877 ratings
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2: The Crab-Flower Club
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2: The Crab-Flower Club 4.35 avg rating — 1,024 ratings
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Five T'Ang Poets
Five T'Ang Poets 4.34 avg rating — 239 ratings
66.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating — 320,403 ratings
66.
Human Acts
Human Acts
by: Han Kang
4.27 avg rating — 61,895 ratings
66.
Tales of Ise
Tales of Ise
by: Anonymous
3.90 avg rating — 663 ratings
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The Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita 4.19 avg rating — 78,221 ratings
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Four Reigns
Four Reigns 4.19 avg rating — 924 ratings
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The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan 4.39 avg rating — 1,870 ratings
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The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
by: Wang Anyi
3.93 avg rating — 772 ratings
73.
The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters 4.03 avg rating — 11,390 ratings
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The Guide
The Guide 3.93 avg rating — 10,799 ratings
75.
Last Words from Montmartre
Last Words from Montmartre 3.85 avg rating — 2,527 ratings
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Mencius
Mencius
by: Mencius
3.84 avg rating — 1,882 ratings
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The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei: Vol. One: The Gathering
The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei: Vol. One: The Gathering 4.04 avg rating — 392 ratings
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The Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha: The Mahanipata of the Jātakatthavaṇṇanā, Volume One
The Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha: The Mahanipata of the Jātakatthavaṇṇanā, Volume One really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Way of the Buddha: The Illustrated Dhammapada
The Way of the Buddha: The Illustrated Dhammapada
by: Anonymous
4.27 avg rating — 30,406 ratings
78.
Obasan
Obasan 3.70 avg rating — 8,228 ratings
78.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating — 95,653 ratings
78.
The Book of Dede Korkut
The Book of Dede Korkut
by: Anonymous
3.91 avg rating — 1,525 ratings
78.
Jangar: The Heroic Epic of the Kalmyk Nomads
Jangar: The Heroic Epic of the Kalmyk Nomads 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
84.
I Ching: The Book of Change
I Ching: The Book of Change
by: Anonymous
4.19 avg rating — 20,537 ratings
84.
ສັງສິນໄຊ
ສັງສິນໄຊ
by: Pang Kham
2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
86.
Bumi Manusia (Tetralogi Buru, #1)
Bumi Manusia (Tetralogi Buru, #1) 4.43 avg rating — 21,803 ratings
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Hagakure (Shambhala Pocket Classic): The Book of the Samurai (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
Hagakure (Shambhala Pocket Classic): The Book of the Samurai (Shambhala Pocket Classics) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,477 ratings
86.
Astro Boy, Vol. 1
Astro Boy, Vol. 1 3.80 avg rating — 1,195 ratings
86.
ພຣະລັກພຣະຣາມ
ພຣະລັກພຣະຣາມ
by: Anonymous
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
90.
Dream of Ding Village
Dream of Ding Village 4.01 avg rating — 2,729 ratings
90.
The Ramayana: A New Retelling of Valmiki's Ancient Epic
The Ramayana: A New Retelling of Valmiki's Ancient Epic 4.25 avg rating — 355 ratings
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Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-Hsi: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi
Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-Hsi: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi
by: Kangxi
3.91 avg rating — 436 ratings
92.
Ghost in the Shell (Ghost in the Shell, #1)
Ghost in the Shell (Ghost in the Shell, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 13,264 ratings
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Enuma Elish: The Seven Tablets of the History of Creation
Enuma Elish: The Seven Tablets of the History of Creation
by: Unknown
3.83 avg rating — 1,643 ratings
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Buddha, Vol. 1: Kapilavastu (Buddha #1)
Buddha, Vol. 1: Kapilavastu (Buddha #1) 4.17 avg rating — 8,482 ratings
95.
Ring (Ring, #1)
Ring (Ring, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 28,631 ratings
95.
Red Azalea: A Memoir
Red Azalea: A Memoir 3.84 avg rating — 10,639 ratings
95.
The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro
The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro 3.70 avg rating — 496 ratings
99.
Ju-on Volume 1 (呪怨, #1)
Ju-on Volume 1 (呪怨, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 474 ratings
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
by: Lisa See
4.29 avg rating — 120,819 ratings
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