Asia Book Summaries

El Filibusterismo Summary
El Filibusterismo
by José Rizal 1891 360 pages
4.25
6k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
To Live Summary
To Live
by Yu Hua 1992 250 pages
4.34
22k+ ratings
China
Historical Fiction
Chinese Literature
Death by China Summary
Death by China
Confronting the Dragon - A Global Call to Action
by Peter Navarro 2011 303 pages
3.49
500+ ratings
China
Politics
Economics
From Third World to First Summary
From Third World to First
The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
by Lee Kuan Yew 2000 752 pages
4.46
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Medieval India Summary
Medieval India
From Sultanat To The Mughals 1526-1748
by Satish Chandra 1997 550 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
History
India
Asia
India After Gandhi Summary
India After Gandhi
The History of the World's Largest Democracy
by Ramachandra Guha 2007 912 pages
4.39
17k+ ratings
History
Politics
Indian Literature
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens Summary
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
by Jack Weatherford 2010 317 pages
3.93
4k+ ratings
History
Asia
Biography
The Sympathizer Summary
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 371 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
War
First They Killed My Father Summary
First They Killed My Father
A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by Loung Ung 2000 238 pages
4.35
51k+ ratings
History
Memoir
Biography
A House Without Windows Summary
A House Without Windows
by Nadia Hashimi 2016 415 pages
4.00
14k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
The Sound of Waves Summary
The Sound of Waves
by Yukio Mishima 1954 183 pages
3.77
22k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Pachinko Summary
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee 2017 496 pages
4.34
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Dream of the Red Chamber Summary
Dream of the Red Chamber
by Cao Xueqin 1761 329 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
Classics
China
Historical Fiction
The Jakarta Method Summary
The Jakarta Method
Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
by Vincent Bevins 2020 320 pages
4.61
13k+ ratings
History
Politics
Asia
JFK's Forgotten Crisis Summary
JFK's Forgotten Crisis
Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War
by Bruce Riedel 2015 177 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
History
India
Politics
The Japanese Mind Summary
The Japanese Mind
Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
by Roger J. Davies 2002 280 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Japan
History
Cultural
The Anarchy Summary
The Anarchy
The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
by William Dalrymple 2019 544 pages
4.20
16k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women Summary
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
by Lisa See 2023 352 pages
4.35
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Life and Death in Shanghai Summary
Life and Death in Shanghai
by Nien Cheng 1986 547 pages
4.33
13k+ ratings
China
History
Memoir
Little Princes Summary
Little Princes
One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
by Conor Grennan 2011 294 pages
4.26
23k+ ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Travel
The Golden Road Summary
The Golden Road
How Ancient India Transformed the World
by William Dalrymple 2024 432 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
Stranger in the Shogun's City Summary
Stranger in the Shogun's City
A Japanese Woman and Her World
by Amy Stanley 2020 352 pages
3.77
2k+ ratings
History
Japan
Biography
The Shortest History of China Summary
The Shortest History of China
by Linda Jaivin 2021 263 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
History
China
Asia
The Good Muslim Summary
The Good Muslim
by Tahmima Anam 2011 304 pages
3.71
2k+ ratings
Bangladesh
Historical Fiction
Asia
Black Box Summary
Black Box
by Shiori Itō 2017 256 pages
4.47
2k+ ratings
Japan
Memoir
Feminism
Daughters of the Samurai Summary
Daughters of the Samurai
A Journey from East to West and Back
by Janice P. Nimura 2015 352 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
History
Japan
Biography
Life for Sale Summary
Life for Sale
by Yukio Mishima 1968 192 pages
3.71
12k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Pakistan Summary
Pakistan
A Hard Country
by Anatol Lieven 2011 592 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Pakistan
History
Politics
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Summary
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by Lisa See 2005 269 pages
4.09
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
China
Moral, Immoral, Amoral Summary
Moral, Immoral, Amoral
What Is Right and What Is Wrong?
by Osho 2013 208 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Asia
Dogeaters Summary
Dogeaters
by Jessica Hagedorn 1990 272 pages
3.61
2k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Literature
Kokoro Summary
Kokoro
by Natsume Sōseki 1914 256 pages
4.04
38k+ ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
The New Silk Roads Summary
The New Silk Roads
The Present and Future of the World
by Peter Frankopan 2018 313 pages
3.58
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
China
China's Economy Summary
China's Economy
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Arthur R. Kroeber 2016 336 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
China
Economics
Politics
Nothing to Envy Summary
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
by Barbara Demick 2009 316 pages
4.45
94k+ ratings
History
Politics
Asia
The Secret Piano Summary
The Secret Piano
From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
by Zhu Xiao-Mei 2007 311 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Memoir
China
Biography
The Last Kings of Shanghai Summary
The Last Kings of Shanghai
The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
by Jonathan Kaufman 2020 384 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
History
China
Jewish
The Long Game Summary
The Long Game
China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order
by Rush Doshi 2021 432 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
China
Politics
History
Mao's America Summary
Mao's America
A Survivor’s Warning
by Xi Van Fleet 2023 320 pages
4.45
100+ ratings
Politics
History
China
How Asia Works Summary
How Asia Works
Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
by Joe Studwell 2013 320 pages
4.26
4k+ ratings
Economics
Business
History
A Beginner's Guide to Japan Summary
A Beginner's Guide to Japan
Observations and Provocations
by Pico Iyer 2019 240 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Travel
Japan
Memoir
Poorly Made in China Summary
Poorly Made in China
An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
by Paul Midler 2009 241 pages
4.09
2k+ ratings
China
Business
Economics
Asia's Cauldron Summary
Asia's Cauldron
The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
by Robert D. Kaplan 2014 256 pages
3.95
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
China
Confucianism Summary
Confucianism
A Very Short Introduction
by Daniel K. Gardner 2014 136 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Philosophy
China
Religion
The Avoidable War Summary
The Avoidable War
The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
by Kevin Rudd 2022 432 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
China
Politics
History
King Rat Summary
King Rat
by James Clavell 1962 368 pages
4.19
43k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
The Future Is Asian Summary
The Future Is Asian
by Parag Khanna 2019 448 pages
3.70
1k+ ratings
Politics
China
Economics
Lost on Planet China Summary
Lost on Planet China
by J. Maarten Troost 2008 382 pages
3.77
11k+ ratings
Travel
China
Humor
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap Summary
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap
by Yuen Yuen Ang 2016 503 pages
4.32
100+ ratings
China
Economics
History
I Stand Corrected Summary
I Stand Corrected
How Teaching Western Manners in China Became Its Own Unforgettable Lesson
by Eden Collinsworth 2014 272 pages
3.20
100+ ratings
Memoir
China
Biography
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