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
Fire in the Lake
The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
History
War
Politics
The Orphan Master's Son
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Asia
Poorly Made in China
An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
China
Business
Economics
The Tunnels of Cu Chi
History
War
Military Fiction
Over the Edge
The True Story of Four American Climbers' Kidnap and Escape in the Mountains of Central Asia
Adventure
Climbing
Travel
엄마를 부탁해
Contemporary
Asia
Asian Literature
Eastward to Tartary
Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
Travel
History
Middle East
Japan Story
In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present
History
Japan
Asia
Child of All Nations
Historical Fiction
Novels
Indonesian Literature
The Hidden History of Burma
Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
History
Asia
Politics
Bangkok Days
Travel
Asia
Memoir
Not Forgotten
The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea
Memoir
Christian
Biography
The Latehomecomer
A Hmong Family Memoir
Memoir
Book Club
History
The Fourth Daughter
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Pakistan on the Brink
The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Politics
Pakistan
History
East Wind
West Wind
China
Classics
Historical Fiction
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Book Club
Historical Fiction
Romance
When Broken Glass Floats
Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
History
Memoir
Asia
A Great Place To Have A War
America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
History
Asia
Politics
Revolusi
Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World
History
Politics
Asia
Lost on Planet China
Travel
China
Humor
The Perfect Police State
An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future
Politics
China
History
The Healing Season of Pottery
Cozy
Contemporary
Asian Literature
What We Were Promised
China
Contemporary
Asia
Badjens
Roman
Feminism
Iran
Kashmir
A Case of Freedom
History
India
Politics
Bending Adversity
Japan and the Art of Survival
Japan
History
Asia
The Quiet American
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Dreaming in Chinese
Mandarin Lessons In Life, Love, And Language
China
Language
Travel
Thief of Souls
Mystery
China
Mystery Thriller
Mao Zedong and China in the Twentieth-Century World
A Concise History
China
History
Biography
Azul casi transparente
Japan
Japanese Literature
Horror
Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives
The Thai Cave Rescue
Biography
Memoir
Adventure
Letters from Burma
Politics
History
Asia
On the Trail of Genghis Khan
An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
Travel
History
Adventure
Brotherless Night
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Ali and Nino
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
Influence Empire
The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition
Business
China
Technology
Shopping for Bombs
Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network
Politics
History
Asia
Empress Orchid
Historical Fiction
China
Historical
Whole Numbers and Half Truths
What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India
India
Economics
Politics
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
India
Book Club
History
Smoke and Ashes
A Writer's Journey through Opium's Hidden Histories
History
China
India
Russia and the Russians
A History
History
Russia
Russian History
The Loom of Time
Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China
History
Politics
Middle East
Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
China
Politics
History
Wabi-Sabi
Japan
Romance
Japanese Literature
America's Greatest Challenge
Confronting the Chinese Communist Party
Politics
China
History
Love in the Big City
Queer
LGBT
Romance
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Historical Fiction
Book Club
China
