by Liang Ming, social worker, lover of literature and all things Asian

Asia is so vast with so many beautiful countries and where better to learn about different cultures than through literature. As a student of Asian culture one can be overwhelmed by all the various lands and social customs. By reading well written fiction and non-fiction the serious student as well as the lover of literature is bound to be rewarded by reading the words of the various authors who have chosen to set their stories in an Asian setting. A list of Asian related books would be
impossible to compile so I have found it a great benefit to rely on the suggestions of others and now I am including the names of the books I especially enjoyed on a list that can be a starting point for anyone interested not only in Asia, but in the well written word.

'Falling Leaves : The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter'. 'Infinity and the South China Sea (Fourteen Stories)'. 'Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China'.

'Paradise of the Blind : A Novel'. 'Story-Wallah : Short Fiction from South Asian Writers'. 'The Lioness in Bloom: Modern Thai Fiction About Women (Voices from Asia, 9)'.
'Asian American Short Story Writers : An A-to-Z Guide'. 'The Stars, The Earth, The River : Short Stories by Le Minh Khue (Voices from Vietnam)'. 'Letters from Thailand'.
'Behind the Red Mist : Short Fiction by Ho Anh Thai (Voices from Vietnam)'. 'Making More Waves : New Writing by Asian American Women'. 'Contours of the Heart: South Asians Map North America'.
'We Should Never Meet : Stories'. 'The Accidental Asian : Notes of a Native Speaker'. 'Crossing the River : Short Fiction by Nguyen Huy Thiep (Voices from Vietnam)'.
'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan : A Novel'. 'Vietnamese Voices: Gender and Cultural Identity in the Vietnamese Francophone Novel (Monograph Series on Southeast Asia, No. 6)'. 'Children of the River (Laurel-Leaf Contemporary Fiction)'.

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