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author spotlight: r.f. kuang
R.F. Kuang is a Chinese American novelist and has won many accolades for her work. Born in Guangzhou, China, she immigrated to the U.S....
May 72 min read
author spotlight: ana huang
Ana huang is a Chinese-American author who primarily writes steamy adult/new adult romance books. Growing up, her Chinese immigrant...
May 72 min read
magic, dragons, and political intrigue: 9 exciting chinese fantasy novels
Babel by R.F. Kuang Summary: In an alternate 19th-century Oxford, a Chinese orphan discovers the dark side of language, colonialism, and...
May 72 min read
red string theory and other things about love: 7 chinese romance books
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Summary: Rachel Chu travels to Singapore with her boyfriend Nick, only to discover he’s from one of...
May 72 min read
strangers in a new land: 4 korean fiction books about immigration and displacement
Exhibit by R.O. Kwon Summary: A provocative and lyrical novel about a Korean American woman navigating the intersections of art,...
May 71 min read
4 korean fiction books about family and identity
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang Summary: A barnyard hen named Sprout escapes her life of laying eggs to chase her...
May 71 min read
author spotlight: hanya yanagihara
Hanya Yanagihara is an American author who grew up in Hawaii and who is best known for her novel, A Little Life . She suggested the book...
May 71 min read
dive deep into one's mind: 7 korean psychological fiction books
The Fetishist by Katherine Min Summary: In this posthumously published novel, a Korean American woman recounts her romantic...
May 72 min read
seoulmates and other things: 5 korean love stories
Angel & Hannah by Ishle Yi Park Summary: A novel-in-verse retelling of Romeo and Juliet , set in 1990s NYC. Angel, a Puerto Rican teen...
May 72 min read
paws, whiskers, and whimsy: 7 japanese books that'll curl up in your heart
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa Summary: A grieving teen is whisked away by a talking tabby to rescue books from people who...
May 71 min read
author spotlight: haruki murakami
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer whose novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and around the world,...
May 73 min read
author spotlight: mieko kawakami
Mieko Kawakami is a Japanese writer and poet from Osaka. She started working as a hostess and bookstore clerk before pursuing a singing...
May 71 min read
whispers of the past: melancholic japanese stories full of feeling
Dead-End Memories by Banana Yoshimoto Summary: A collection of quietly emotional short stories about women healing from heartbreak,...
May 61 min read
ordinary bizarre: japanese fiction where the mundane gets weird
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata Summary: A woman who has worked at the same convenience store for 18 years challenges...
May 61 min read
exploring the psyche: japanese fiction that dives deep into the self
Masks by Fumiko Enchi Summary: A complex web of manipulation and feminine power unfolds as three people become entangled in a...
May 61 min read
historical non-fiction books by chinese authors
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang Summary: In this revisionist biography, Jung Chang presents...
May 61 min read
historical fiction books by chinese authors
Forbidden City by Vanessa Hua Summary: A teenage girl is selected from her rural village to serve Mao Zedong in the final years of his...
May 61 min read
memoirs written by chinese authors
Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang Summary: Qian Julie Wang recounts her childhood as an undocumented immigrant in 1990s New York...
May 61 min read
chinese dystopian novels
The Fat Years by Chan Koonchung Summary: In near-future China, a month has gone missing from collective memory—and only a few people...
May 61 min read
chinese mythology: 2 retellings of the moon goddess legend
Chang'e is the spirit of the moon, also known as the Moon Goddess, who, after supposedly stealing and subsequently drinking an elixir of...
May 61 min read
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