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Asia Book Summaries

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
Life and Death in Shanghai Summary
Life and Death in Shanghai
by Nien Cheng 1986 547 pages
4.32
13k+ ratings
China
History
Memoir
Dreaming in Chinese Summary
Dreaming in Chinese
Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, And Language
by Deborah Fallows 2010 208 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
China
Language
Travel
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
Travel
Biography
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
The Japanese Mind Summary
The Japanese Mind
Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
by Roger J. Davies 2002 280 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Japan
History
Cultural
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
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
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
Wave Summary
Wave
by Sonali Deraniyagala 2013 274 pages
3.79
22k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
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
History
The Billionaire Raj Summary
The Billionaire Raj
A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
by James Crabtree 2018 416 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
India
Economics
Business
A Beginner's Guide to Japan Summary
A Beginner's Guide to Japan
Observations and Provocations
by Pico Iyer 2019 240 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Travel
Japan
Memoir
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
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 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
Samsung Rising Summary
Samsung Rising
The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech
by Geoffrey Cain 2020 416 pages
3.65
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
History
The New Silk Roads Summary
The New Silk Roads
The Present and Future of the World
by Professor 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
4.27
1k+ ratings
China
Economics
Politics
In Order to Live Summary
In Order to Live
A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
by Yeonmi Park 2015 273 pages
4.49
94k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Pakistan on the Brink Summary
Pakistan on the Brink
The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
by Ahmed Rashid 2012 256 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Politics
Pakistan
History
Lost on Planet China Summary
Lost on Planet China
by J. Maarten Troost 2008 382 pages
3.77
11k+ ratings
Travel
China
Humor
First They Killed My Father Summary
First They Killed My Father
A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by Loung Ung 2000 238 pages
4.35
50k+ ratings
History
Memoir
Biography
Confucianism Summary
Confucianism
A Very Short Introduction
by Daniel K. Gardner 2014 136 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Philosophy
China
Religion
Ogni giorno è un buon giorno Summary
Ogni giorno è un buon giorno
Quindici gioie che il tè mi ha insegnato
by Noriko Morishita 2002 248 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Japan
Tea
Japanese Literature
Moral, Immoral, Amoral Summary
Moral, Immoral, Amoral
What Is Right and What Is Wrong?
by Osho 2013 208 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Asia
The Shortest History of China Summary
The Shortest History of China
by Linda Jaivin 2021 263 pages
3.99
2k+ ratings
History
China
Asia
Black Box Summary
Black Box
by Shiori Itō 2017 256 pages
4.47
1k+ ratings
Japan
Memoir
Feminism
Pachinko Summary
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee 2017 496 pages
4.34
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Japan
From Third World to First Summary
From Third World to First
The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
by Lee Kuan Yew 2000 752 pages
4.45
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
The Good Earth Summary
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck 1931 418 pages
4.01
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
China
Classics
The Sound of Waves Summary
The Sound of Waves
by Yukio Mishima 1954 183 pages
3.77
21k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Memoirs of a Geisha Summary
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden 1997 434 pages
4.16
2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
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
12k+ ratings
History
Politics
Asia
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
The Sympathizer Summary
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 371 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Asia
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
Historical
China
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
Life for Sale Summary
Life for Sale
by Yukio Mishima 1968 192 pages
3.71
11k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
If I Had Your Face Summary
If I Had Your Face
by Frances Cha 2020 288 pages
3.74
55k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Feminism
The Golden Road Summary
The Golden Road
How Ancient India Transformed the World
by William Dalrymple 2024 432 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
History
India
Ancient History
The Turtle House Summary
The Turtle House
by Amanda Churchill 2024 304 pages
4.04
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Family
Dream of the Red Chamber Summary
Dream of the Red Chamber
by Cao Xueqin 1761 329 pages
4.19
5k+ ratings
China
Historical Fiction
Chinese Literature
Diary Of A Murderer Summary
Diary Of A Murderer
And Other Stories
by Young-ha Kim 2019 200 pages
3.73
10k+ ratings
Short Stories
Thriller
Mystery
JFK's Forgotten Crisis Summary
JFK's Forgotten Crisis
Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War
by Bruce Riedel 2015 177 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
History
Politics
India
A House Without Windows Summary
A House Without Windows
by Nadia Hashimi 2016 415 pages
3.99
14k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Cultural
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