East Asian

Disappoint Me (2025) -Nicola Dinan

Dinan presents hard-to-answer questions about gender and sexuality and deliberately refuses to indulge readers with a neat answer

Mar 8 •

Natural Beauty (2023) -Ling Ling

This book would be a perfect introduction to “weird fiction” and speculative horror

Oct 6, 2024 •

Woman Eating (2022) -Claire Kohda

This book did more of less what I hoped it would but also what I expected

Aug 24, 2024 •

Bellies (2023) -Nicola Dinan

I was a bit let down midway through the book, but it is a solid read

Jul 28, 2024 •

Phoenix Extravagant (2020)-Yoon Ha Lee

If you’re a fan of fictional world-building and fantasy this is probably one of the few that I would recommend

Mar 20, 2024 •

Yellowface-R.F. Kuang

This is a story that increasingly reveals its protagonist to be an expertly crafted villain

Mar 20, 2024 •

The Memory Police (2019)-Yoko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder)

You need to have strong suspension of disbelief to enjoy this book

Mar 20, 2024 •

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