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
El Filibusterismo
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
To Live
China
Historical Fiction
Chinese Literature
Death by China
Confronting the Dragon - A Global Call to Action
China
Politics
Economics
From Third World to First
The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
History
Politics
Biography
India After Gandhi
The History of the World's Largest Democracy
History
Politics
Indian Literature
Medieval India
From Sultanat To The Mughals 1526-1748
History
India
Asia
A House Without Windows
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
The Sympathizer
Historical Fiction
Book Club
War
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
History
Asia
Biography
First They Killed My Father
A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
History
Memoir
Biography
Pachinko
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Sound of Waves
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Dream of the Red Chamber
Classics
China
Historical Fiction
The Japanese Mind
Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
Japan
History
Cultural
The Jakarta Method
Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
History
Politics
Asia
Lady Tanβs Circle of Women
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
JFK's Forgotten Crisis
Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War
History
India
Politics
The Anarchy
The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
History
India
Politics
Little Princes
One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
Memoir
Book Club
Travel
The Golden Road
How Ancient India Transformed the World
History
India
Politics
Life and Death in Shanghai
China
History
Memoir
The Shortest History of China
History
China
Asia
Stranger in the Shogun's City
A Japanese Woman and Her World
History
Japan
Biography
Pakistan
A Hard Country
Pakistan
History
Politics
The Good Muslim
Bangladesh
Historical Fiction
Asia
Life for Sale
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Black Box
Japan
Memoir
Feminism
Daughters of the Samurai
A Journey from East to West and Back
History
Japan
Biography
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Historical Fiction
Book Club
China
Moral, Immoral, Amoral
What Is Right and What Is Wrong?
Philosophy
Spirituality
Asia
Dogeaters
Historical Fiction
Novels
Literature
Kokoro
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
The Long Game
China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order
China
Politics
History
The New Silk Roads
The Present and Future of the World
History
Politics
China
The Secret Piano
From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
Memoir
China
Biography
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
History
Politics
Asia
China's Economy
What Everyone Needs to Know
China
Economics
Politics
The Last Kings of Shanghai
The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
History
China
Jewish
Mao's America
A Survivorβs Warning
Politics
History
China
Asia's Cauldron
The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
History
Politics
China
The Avoidable War
The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
China
Politics
History
How Asia Works
Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
Economics
Business
History
King Rat
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
Poorly Made in China
An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
China
Business
Economics
Confucianism
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
China
Religion
A Beginner's Guide to Japan
Observations and Provocations
Travel
Japan
Memoir
The Future Is Asian
Politics
China
Economics
The Hundred-Year Marathon
China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
China
Politics
History
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
History
Japan
Biography
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap
China
Economics
History
