Asia Book Summaries

Lost on Planet China Summary
Lost on Planet China
by J. Maarten Troost 2008 382 pages
3.77
11.9K ratings
Travel
China
Humor
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
186 ratings
Memoir
China
Biography
The Billionaire Raj Summary
The Billionaire Raj
A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
by James Crabtree 2018 416 pages
3.84
2.2K ratings
India
Economics
Business
Becoming Kim Jong Un Summary
Becoming Kim Jong Un
A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator
by Jung H. Pak 2020 336 pages
3.77
1.3K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Pakistan on the Brink Summary
Pakistan on the Brink
The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
by Ahmed Rashid 2012 256 pages
3.78
901 ratings
Politics
Pakistan
History
Marco Polo Summary
Marco Polo
From Venice to Xanadu
by Laurence Bergreen 2007 415 pages
3.85
3.1K ratings
History
Biography
Travel
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 Summary
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
by Cho Nam-Joo 2016 163 pages
4.17
175.1K ratings
Feminism
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Refugees Summary
The Refugees
by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 209 pages
3.87
21.5K ratings
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
China After Mao Summary
China After Mao
The Rise of a Superpower
by Frank Dikötter 2022 416 pages
3.91
848 ratings
China
History
Politics
Comfort Women Summary
Comfort Women
Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II
by Yoshimi Yoshiaki 1995 262 pages
3.97
148 ratings
History
Japan
World War II
Has the West Lost It? Summary
Has the West Lost It?
A Provocation
by Kishore Mahbubani 2018 112 pages
3.70
931 ratings
Politics
China
History
Sovietistan Summary
Sovietistan
Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
by Erika Fatland 2014 477 pages
4.28
7.4K ratings
Travel
History
Asia
Dreaming in Chinese Summary
Dreaming in Chinese
Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, And Language
by Deborah Fallows 2010 208 pages
3.63
2.2K ratings
China
Language
Travel
The Ends of the Earth Summary
The Ends of the Earth
From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy
by Robert D. Kaplan 1996 496 pages
4.12
1.5K ratings
Travel
History
Politics
Flawless Summary
Flawless
Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital
by Elise Hu 2023 310 pages
4.07
2.3K ratings
Feminism
Sociology
Asia
Independence Summary
Independence
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 2023 288 pages
4.11
10.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
India
Historical
The Shadow of the Great Game Summary
The Shadow of the Great Game
The Untold Story of India's Partition
by Narendra Singh Sarila 2006 320 pages
4.15
281 ratings
History
India
Politics
Eastward to Tartary Summary
Eastward to Tartary
Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
by Robert D. Kaplan 2000 384 pages
4.04
1.7K ratings
Travel
History
Politics
The Great Wall Summary
The Great Wall
China Against the World, 1000 BC - AD 2000
by Julia Lovell 1981 432 pages
3.47
326 ratings
History
China
Asia
Some People Need Killing Summary
Some People Need Killing
A Memoir of Murder in My Country
by Patricia Evangelista 2023 428 pages
4.19
8.0K ratings
History
Memoir
Politics
India Summary
India
A History
by John Keay 2000 578 pages
3.93
3.9K ratings
History
India
Asia
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Summary
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
by Jack Weatherford 2004 352 pages
4.06
79.9K ratings
History
Biography
Asia
China's Gilded Age Summary
China's Gilded Age
The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption
by Yuen Yuen Ang 2021 266 pages
4.19
275 ratings
China
Economics
Politics
Wealth and Power Summary
Wealth and Power
China's Long March to the Twenty-first Century
by Orville Schell 2013 478 pages
4.24
1.1K ratings
China
History
Politics
Letters from Burma Summary
Letters from Burma
by Aung San Suu Kyi 1995 209 pages
3.91
1.7K ratings
Politics
History
Asia
1971 Summary
1971
A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India
by Anam Zakaria 2019 402 pages
4.13
174 ratings
History
Bangladesh
India
A History of Bangladesh Summary
A History of Bangladesh
by Willem van Schendel 2009 374 pages
4.21
234 ratings
History
Bangladesh
Asia
The Perfect Police State Summary
The Perfect Police State
An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future
by Geoffrey Cain 2021 304 pages
4.22
1.0K ratings
Politics
China
History
Death of a Red Heroine Summary
Death of a Red Heroine
by Qiu Xiaolong 2000 482 pages
3.82
6.1K ratings
Mystery
China
Crime
Reef Summary
Reef
by Romesh Gunesekera 1994 190 pages
3.75
2.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Asia
Literary Fiction
Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories Summary
Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories
by Cho Nam-Joo 2021 223 pages
3.74
6.2K ratings
Short Stories
Contemporary
Feminism
Mina's Matchbox Summary
Mina's Matchbox
by Yōko Ogawa 2006 282 pages
3.77
5.4K ratings
Japan
Historical Fiction
Japanese Literature
The Old Capital Summary
The Old Capital
by Yasunari Kawabata 1962 160 pages
3.73
7.3K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Genghis Khan Summary
Genghis Khan
Life, Death, and Resurrection
by John Man 2004 400 pages
3.72
1.7K ratings
History
Biography
China
Bending Adversity Summary
Bending Adversity
Japan and the Art of Survival
by David Pilling 2013 416 pages
4.10
1.2K ratings
Japan
History
Asia
The Original Daughter Summary
The Original Daughter
by Jemimah Wei 2025 368 pages
3.87
1.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Third Revolution Summary
The Third Revolution
Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State
by Elizabeth C. Economy 2018 359 pages
3.77
1.2K ratings
China
Politics
History
Thief of Souls Summary
Thief of Souls
by Brian Klingborg 2021 304 pages
3.78
1.4K ratings
Mystery
China
Mystery Thriller
Kashmir Summary
Kashmir
A Case of Freedom
by Tariq Ali 2011 140 pages
3.93
569 ratings
History
India
Politics
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet Summary
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell 2010 479 pages
4.03
66.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Historical
A Brief History of Indonesia Summary
A Brief History of Indonesia
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation
by Tim Hannigan 2015 288 pages
4.03
1.3K ratings
History
Asia
Travel
Revolusi Summary
Revolusi
Indonesië en het ontstaan van de moderne wereld
by David Van Reybrouck 2020 640 pages
4.54
3.8K ratings
History
Asia
Politics
Beyond the Sky and the Earth Summary
Beyond the Sky and the Earth
A Journey into Bhutan
by Jamie Zeppa 1999 320 pages
4.16
4.4K ratings
Travel
Memoir
Asia
A Great Place To Have A War Summary
A Great Place To Have A War
America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
by Joshua Kurlantzick 2017 336 pages
3.90
751 ratings
History
War
Politics
On the Trail of Genghis Khan Summary
On the Trail of Genghis Khan
An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
by Tim Cope 2013 528 pages
4.14
1.9K ratings
Travel
History
Adventure
Not Forgotten Summary
Not Forgotten
The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea
by Kenneth Bae 2016
4.12
950 ratings
Memoir
Christian
Biography
Fire in the Lake Summary
Fire in the Lake
The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
by Frances FitzGerald 1972 500 pages
4.08
2.4K ratings
History
War
Asia
The Hidden History of Burma Summary
The Hidden History of Burma
Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
by Thant Myint-U 2019 304 pages
4.14
1.5K ratings
History
Asia
Politics
The Latehomecomer Summary
The Latehomecomer
A Hmong Family Memoir
by Kao Kalia Yang 2008 277 pages
4.17
8.3K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
History
Black Garden Summary
Black Garden
Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War
by Thomas de Waal 2003 400 pages
4.25
788 ratings
History
Politics
War
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