Asia
Ancient traditions and modern ambitions collide in the world's most populous continent, where centuries-old cultures shape tomorrow's innovations and power dynamics. Here you'll find sweeping accounts of economic transformation, intimate portraits of social change, and deep explorations of the forces driving Asia's pivotal role in the twenty-first century.
Asia Book Summaries
China After Mao
The Rise of a Superpower
China
History
Politics
Asia's Cauldron
The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
History
Politics
China
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
History
Politics
Asia
China's Economy
What Everyone Needs to Know
China
Economics
Politics
The Good Muslim
Bangladesh
Historical Fiction
Asia
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap
China
Economics
History
Moral, Immoral, Amoral
What Is Right and What Is Wrong?
Philosophy
Spirituality
Asia
Mao's America
A Survivor’s Warning
Politics
History
China
Marco Polo
From Venice to Xanadu
History
Biography
Travel
The Secret Piano
From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
Memoir
China
Biography
China's Gilded Age
The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption
China
Economics
Politics
Black Box
Japan
Memoir
Feminism
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Historical Fiction
Japan
Historical
Mina's Matchbox
Japan
Historical Fiction
Japanese Literature
Black Garden
Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War
History
Politics
War
India
A History
History
India
Asia
Sweet Bean Paste
Japan
Contemporary
Japanese Literature
Sovietistan
Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
Travel
History
Asia
The Old Capital
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
The Billionaire Raj
A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
India
Economics
Business
Daughters of the Samurai
A Journey from East to West and Back
History
Japan
Biography
The Gangster We Are All Looking For
Historical Fiction
Asian American
School
The Accidental Malay
Contemporary
Religion
Family
Beyond the Sky and the Earth
A Journey into Bhutan
Travel
Memoir
Asia
Has the West Lost It?
A Provocation
Politics
China
History
Comfort Women
Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II
History
Japan
World War II
Wealth and Power
China's Long March to the Twenty-first Century
China
History
Politics
A Brief History of Indonesia
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation
History
Asia
Travel
A Beginner's Guide to Japan
Observations and Provocations
Travel
Japan
Memoir
Some People Need Killing
A Memoir of Murder in My Country
History
Memoir
Politics
Without You, There Is No Us
My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
Memoir
History
Politics
Death of a Red Heroine
Mystery
China
Crime
The Third Revolution
Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State
China
Politics
History
Flawless
Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital
Feminism
Sociology
Asia
The Shadow of the Great Game
The Untold Story of India's Partition
History
India
Politics
The Second Chance Convenience Store
Contemporary
Asian Literature
Cozy
The Great Wall
China Against the World, 1000 BC - AD 2000
History
China
Asia
Monsoon
The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
History
Politics
Asia
Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories
Short Stories
Contemporary
Feminism
Poorly Made in China
An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
China
Business
Economics
The Ends of the Earth
From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy
Travel
History
Politics
Becoming Kim Jong Un
A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator
History
Biography
Politics
History of the Philippines
From Indios Bravos to Filipinos
History
Historical
Asia
I Stand Corrected
How Teaching Western Manners in China Became Its Own Unforgettable Lesson
Memoir
China
Biography
Fire in the Lake
The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
History
War
Asia
Eastward to Tartary
Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
Travel
History
Politics
Pakistan on the Brink
The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Politics
Pakistan
History
엄마를 부탁해
Contemporary
Asia
Asian Literature
Japan Story
History
Japan
Asia
Lost on Planet China
Travel
China
Humor
