Shan Sa Such is the voice of Shan Sa's unforgettable heroine in her latest literary masterpiece, Empress . Empress Wu, one of China's most controversial figures, was its first and...

Tash Aw Welcome to Shanghai. A Restless city where old traditions collide with new ambitions - a place where anything can happen and anyone can become somebody. Factory-girl-turned-golddigger, property magnate,...

Jing-Jing Lee A beautiful, stunningly ambitious tale of endurance, identity, and memory, for fans of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Georgia Hunter's We Were the Lucky Ones.Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down...

Tinling Choong The Chinese creation myth includes the battle between fire and water. As the battle continues, it shapes the lives and fates of every person. Some will know fire...

Sujit Saraf October 31, 1984 begins like any other day for Gopal Pandey as he sets up his tea stall in a lane off Chandni Chowk the most magnificent and...

Daniel Mason In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma...

Gao Xingjian Moving between the nightmare of the Cultural Revolution and the tentative, limited liberties of the China of the 1990s, ‘One Man’s Bible’ weaves memories of a Beijing boyhood...

Rachel DeWoskin “For a real insider’s look at life in modern China, readers should turn to Rachel DeWoskin.”—Sophie Beach, The Economist Determined to broaden her cultural horizons and live a...

*Young Reader's Edition* Malala Yousafzai When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her...

VS Naipaul This book provides a critical evaluation of the successes and failures of Indian government at many levels. Jayanta Kumar Ray argues that India cannot claim to have reached...

Vikas Swarup Former tiffinboy Ram Mohammad Thomas has just got twelve questions correct on a TV quiz-show to win a cool one billion rupees. But he is brutally slung in...

Anchee Min “Admirers of Empress Orchid will be interested in this sequel. Others may find the introduction to relatively modern Chinese history a revelation” ( Rocky Mountain News ). During...