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
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Feminism
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Marco Polo
From Venice to Xanadu
History
Biography
Travel
China After Mao
The Rise of a Superpower
China
History
Politics
Becoming Kim Jong Un
A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator
History
Biography
Politics
I Stand Corrected
How Teaching Western Manners in China Became Its Own Unforgettable Lesson
Memoir
China
Biography
Lost on Planet China
Travel
China
Humor
The Billionaire Raj
A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
India
Economics
Business
The Refugees
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Pakistan on the Brink
The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Politics
Pakistan
History
Sovietistan
Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
Travel
History
Asia
Has the West Lost It?
A Provocation
Politics
China
History
Comfort Women
Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II
History
Japan
World War II
Independence
Historical Fiction
India
Historical
1971
A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India
History
Bangladesh
India
Dreaming in Chinese
Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, And Language
China
Language
Travel
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
History
Biography
Asia
Flawless
Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital
Feminism
Sociology
Asia
The Ends of the Earth
From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy
Travel
History
Politics
Some People Need Killing
A Memoir of Murder in My Country
History
Memoir
Politics
The Original Daughter
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Great Wall
China Against the World, 1000 BC - AD 2000
History
China
Asia
The Shadow of the Great Game
The Untold Story of India's Partition
History
India
Politics
Eastward to Tartary
Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
Travel
History
Politics
Wealth and Power
China's Long March to the Twenty-first Century
China
History
Politics
Reef
Historical Fiction
Asia
Literary Fiction
India
A History
History
India
Asia
China's Gilded Age
The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption
China
Economics
Politics
Genghis Khan
Life, Death, and Resurrection
History
Biography
China
Letters from Burma
Politics
History
Asia
A History of Bangladesh
History
Bangladesh
Asia
A Brief History of Indonesia
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation
History
Asia
Travel
Mina's Matchbox
Japan
Historical Fiction
Japanese Literature
Death of a Red Heroine
Mystery
China
Crime
The Perfect Police State
An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future
Politics
China
History
Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories
Short Stories
Contemporary
Feminism
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Historical Fiction
Japan
Historical
Bending Adversity
Japan and the Art of Survival
Japan
History
Asia
The Old Capital
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
The Third Revolution
Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State
China
Politics
History
Revolusi
Indonesië en het ontstaan van de moderne wereld
History
Asia
Politics
Thief of Souls
Mystery
China
Mystery Thriller
Fire in the Lake
The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
History
War
Asia
Black Garden
Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War
History
Politics
War
Kashmir
A Case of Freedom
History
India
Politics
A Great Place To Have A War
America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
History
War
Politics
Beyond the Sky and the Earth
A Journey into Bhutan
Travel
Memoir
Asia
The Hidden History of Burma
Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
History
Asia
Politics
Not Forgotten
The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea
Memoir
Christian
Biography
On the Trail of Genghis Khan
An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
Travel
History
Adventure
History of the Philippines
From Indios Bravos to Filipinos
History
Historical
Asia
