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Award-winning writer Paul Theroux explores the darker underside of the community of expatriates in South-East Asia in his compelling and strikingly honest novel Saint Jack. Jack Flowers, saint or sinner, caught a passing bumboat into Singapore and got a...

As seen on The Today Show! One of the best fall reads!"A cinematic, charming heart-squeeze-of-a-book that has found its way to my Ultimate Comfort Reads shelf." -Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling authorFrom the author of the "genuinely funny"...

'Absolutely electric' Garth Greenwell 'A major talent' Financial Times'Reminiscent of Donna Tartt's The Secret History' New YorkerPhoebe Lin and Will Kendall fall in love at university.Phoebe is a glamorous girl who doesn't tell anyone she blames...

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'I loved this book so much' REESE WITHERSPOON'Suspenseful and deeply felt...raises questions about the reality of the American dream and illuminates stories that often go untold, in life as well as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593447345Author K-Ming ChangFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint One World BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

When twenty-year-old Anna Carlson travels from America to a Korean orphanage to locate her birth mother, she's devastated to learn the woman is already dead. But just when it seems her search is over, a stranger hands her a parcel containing an antique...

'Endearing... enlightening... an affecting and suspenseful portrait of contemporary Bangkok' Literary Review 'Emma Larkin richly and vividly brings her characters to life... a captivating tour de force' Alaa Al Aswany An overlooked patch of jungle...

PARADE's Best Books to Read this Summer"A rich historical novel that illustrates why connection is more important and more vital than ever." -New York Times bestselling author Lisa SeeDaniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to...

From the bestselling author of Daughters of the Dragon comes the story of one of the most extraordinary queens in history. As tensions rise on the Korean peninsula, US diplomat Nate Simon is sent to Seoul to gauge the political situation and advise...

'The funniest novel I've read all year' - Aravind Adiga, author of The White TigerDisorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou is a bighearted satire - alive with sharp edges, immense warmth, and a cast of unforgettable characters - that asks: who gets to tell...

In a compelling novel that takes the reader on a strange journey from Indochina to Paris, the Vietnamese cook for Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas reveals his own fascinating story-Paris, 1934. Binh has accompanied his employers to the station for...

'Fantastic' The Sunday Times * 'Beautiful, brilliant, powerful' Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe Part ghost story, part searing exploration of Vietnam's colonial past, Violet Kupersmith's debut novel is a must read for fans of Cecile...

The gorgeously illustrated contemporary edition of an ancient Chinese text-for fans of fantastic beasts everywhere Fantastic Creatures of the Mountains and Seas is a new translation for contemporary readers of a classic Chinese text that is at once the...

'If Jane Austen and Kevin Kwan had a love child, it might well be Lucie Yi Is Not A Romantic' JODI PICOULT 'Funny as heck but also real and relatable, Lucie Yi Is Not A Romantic redefines the romcom' RED ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593296042Author Jean Chen HoFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Viking Press IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

* SOON TO BE A MINDY KALING TV SERIES ** A Book of the Month pick by CNN, Bustle, PopSugar, Entertainment Weekly and Vox ** One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2021 ** Longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize *'Achingly...

From the bestselling author of Daughters of the Dragon comes an epic novel of a star-crossed couple who must defy tradition, war, and prejudice to keep their love alive. At the urging of a Los Angeles detective, international rights lawyer Anna...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!"A powerful debut that proves the threads that interweave our lives can withstand time and any tide, and bind our hearts forever."-Susanna Kearsley, New York Times bestselling author of Belleweather and The Vanished DaysA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062951847Author Alexandra ChangFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

'A richly emotional portrait of a family that had me spellbound from page one' Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of WildThe night before Janie's sister, Hannah, is born, her grandmother tells her a story: Since the Japanese occupation of Korea, their...

Ariadne Hui thrives on routine. So what if everything in her life is planned down to the minute: that's the way she likes it. If she's going to make partner in Toronto's most prestigious law firm, she needs to stay focused at all times.But when she comes...

'In Korea in those days, newborn girls were not deemed important enough to be graced with formal names, but were instead given nicknames, which often reflected the parents' feelings on the birth of a daughter: I knew a girl named Anger, and another...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593296066Author Jean Chen HoFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

A NEW YORK TIMES 2023 SUMMER READ Meet Tony: the first Indian to set foot on American soil. Among the settlers, slaves, and indentured servants that make the treacherous journey across the Atlantic to the New World in the early 1600s - for some, an...

In Depression-era New York, Mr Nut is an oblivious American everyman, who wants to strike it rich. Over the course of a single night he meets a cast of strange characters - disgruntled workers at a Communist cafeteria, lecherous old men, sexually...

Just before her twenty-seventh birthday, Jazzy hatches a plan. Before the year is out, she and her best girlfriends will all have spectacular weddings to rich ang moh - Western expat - husbands, with Chanel babies to follow. As Jazzy - razor-sharp and...

The humorous and heart-wrenching story of a woman's re-entry into life on the outside after twenty years in incarceration, told over one whirlwind Fourth of July weekend. "There's no one quite like Carlotta Mercedes, the transgender Black Colombian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593793756Author Angie KimFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Random House Large PrintPublisher Diversified PublishingWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm)...

Sometimes you have to go a long way to find what you're looking for. And sometimes a little beginner's luck is all you need... * Welcome to the First Class India USA Destination Vacation Tour Company** One fixed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594634574Author Chang-rae LeeFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint Hudson Street Press (an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc)Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063090248Author Sara Nisha AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 224mm...

Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland in this blazing debut of one family's queer desires, violent impulses and buried secrets.One evening, Mother tells Daughter a story about a tiger spirit who lived in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Mark Twain American Voice In Literature Award 2020. Commended for PEN/Faulkner Award 2020 and Kirkus Prize (Fiction) 2019. Short-listed for National Book Awards...

_______________________________SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A dazzling tale... woven with poetry and storyteller magic.' AMY TANTilo, an immigrant from India, runs a spice shop in Oakland, California. While she supplies the ingredients...

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018Longlisted for the National Book Award for FictionMiss Burma tells the story of modern-day Burma through the eyes of Benny and Khin, husband and wife, and their daughter Louisa. After attending school in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358062684Author Jhumpa LahiriFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Mariner Books ClassicsPublisher Mariner Books ClassicsWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641294805Author Ed LinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Soho PressPublisher Soho Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593201695Author Mia P. ManansalaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063240254Author Sonora JhaFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593549162Author Mia P. ManansalaFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc