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Books set all or part in South-East Asia including Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, East Timor, Indonesia, Philippines & Singapore

South-East Asia

Recommended books found: 57

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Under Water

A Novel

by Tara Menon

Hardcover: Mar 2026

Critics' Consensus:

An intense, atmospheric novel about the devastating power of friendship, set against the backdrop of two cataclysmic events.

The Women

A Novel

by Kristin Hannah

Hardcover: Feb 2024 | Paperback: Feb 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From master storyteller Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes the story of a turbulent, transformative era in America: the 1960s.

Absolution

A Novel

by Alice McDermott

Hardcover: Oct 2023 | Paperback: Oct 2024

Critics' Consensus:

A riveting account of women's lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award.

The House of Doors

by Tan Twan Eng

Hardcover: Oct 2023 | Paperback: Oct 2024

Critics' Consensus:

From the bestselling author of The Garden of Evening Mists, a spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redemption.

Banyan Moon

A Novel

by Thao Thai

Hardcover: Jun 2023 | Paperback: Jun 2024

Critics' Consensus:

A sweeping, evocative debut novel following three generations of Vietnamese American women reeling from the death of their matriarch, revealing the family's inherited burdens, buried secrets, and unlikely love stories.

Sleeping Alone

Stories

by Ru Freeman

Paperback: Jun 2022

Critics' Consensus:

In this collection of rich and textured stories about crossing borders, both real and imagined, Sleeping Alone asks one of the fundamental questions of our times: What is the toll of feeling foreign in one's land, to others, or even to oneself?

Secrets of Happiness

by Joan Silber

Hardcover: May 2021 | Paperback: Jun 2022

Critics' Consensus:

When a man discovers his father in New York has long had another, secret, family - a wife and two kids - the interlocking fates of both families lead to surprise loyalties, love triangles, and a reservoir of inner strength.

Things We Lost to the Water

by Eric Nguyen

Hardcover: May 2021 | Paperback: Apr 2022

Critics' Consensus:

A stunning debut novel about an immigrant Vietnamese family who settles in New Orleans and struggles to remain connected to one another as their lives are inextricably reshaped.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

by Ocean Vuong

Hardcover: Jun 2019 | Paperback: Jun 2021

Critics' Consensus:

Poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling.

The Quiet Americans

Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War--A Tragedy in Three Acts

by Scott Anderson

Hardcover: Sep 2020 | Paperback: May 2021

Critics' Consensus:

From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a gripping history of the early years of the Cold War, the CIA's covert battles against communism, and the tragic consequences which still affect America and the world today.

The Mountains Sing

by Nguyen Phan Que Mai

Hardcover: Mar 2020 | Paperback: Mar 2021

Critics' Consensus:

Winner of the 2020 BookBrowse Debut Award

The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multi-generational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. "Both vast in scope and intimate in its telling ... Moving and ...

Run Me to Earth

by Paul Yoon

Hardcover: Jan 2020 | Paperback: Jan 2021

Critics' Consensus:

From award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a beautiful, aching novel about three kids orphaned in 1960s Laos - and how their destinies are entwined across decades, anointed by Hernan Diaz as "one of those rare novels that stays with us to become a ...

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