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金庸作品集•天龙八部 by Jin Yong
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRe-publication of Jin Yong¡¯s kung fu epic ¡°Eight Demigods and Devils¡± in a set of five volumes. This new edition contains many revisions and has expanded on background stories... -
![Red Skies by Kay Bratt]()
Red Skies by Kay Bratt
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the fourth book of the Tales of the Scavenger’s Daughters series, the fates of three people who’ve never met converge in profound and unexpected ways.Mari, the daughter of the town scavenger, grew up knowing hardship, but she never could have anticipated the struggles that now face her as an adult. Feeling alone and isolated, she dreams of a better life... -
![我行让我上 I Can Do It by Jiang Zi Bei, 酱子贝]()
我行让我上 I Can Do It by Jiang Zi Bei, 酱子贝
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFor a certain LOL competition, a certain online streamer famous for pissing people off was currently explaining and broadcasting it at the same time.Streamer: This support, so tr*sh.Streamer: If that jungler was my teammate, I would already be idling at the fountain and playing piano for him by now.Streamer: I recommend that this player go back and properly practice how to last hit... -
![網內人 by Chan Ho-Kei, 陳浩基]()
網內人 by Chan Ho-Kei, 陳浩基
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsChan Ho-Kei’s The Borrowed was one of the most acclaimed international crime novels of recent years, a vivid and compelling tale of power, corruption, and the law spanning five decades of the history of Hong Kong. Now he delivers Second Sister, an up-to-the-minute tale of a Darwinian digital city where everyone from tech entrepreneurs to teenagers is struggling for the top... -
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![Waiting for Fear by Oğuz Atay]()
Waiting for Fear by Oğuz Atay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOğuz Atay (1934-1977), one of the most influential figures of 20th-century Turkish literature, was not only a writer and a professor, but also a civil engineer. Aside from his widely acclaimed novels, in this book of collected stories, Atay engineers the language of a historically multilayered society that was in the midst of a cultural and political transition... -
![Sırça Köşk by Sabahattin Ali]()
Sırça Köşk by Sabahattin Ali
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSabahattin Ali’nin 1944-1947 yılları arasında yazdığı hikâyelerden derlediği Sırça Köşk, hayatını altüst eden, kendisini ölüme kadar götüren o keskin devrede yaşadığı ve hayatını şiddetle etkilemiş olayları da yansıtmaktadır. Ayrıca Sinop Cezaevi’nde karşısına çıkan mahkûmun başından geçenler gibi Rıfat Ilgaz’ın emniyetteki bir sorgusu da bu hikâyelere girmiştir... -
![People's Republic: Book 13 by Robert Muchamore]()
People's Republic: Book 13 by Robert Muchamore
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsTwelve-year-old Ryan is CHERUB's newest recruit. He's got his first mission: infiltrating the billion-dollar Aramov criminal empire. But he's got got no idea that this routine job will lead him into an explosive adventure involving drug smugglers, illegal immigrants and human trafficking, or that his first mission will turn into one of the biggest in CHERUB's history... -
![Pure Ecstasy by Aja James]()
Pure Ecstasy by Aja James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJade: She is a ruthless, cunning vampire queen, the most powerful amongst all the Hives in the world. Beautiful, predatory, and alluringly dangerous, she’s a huntress who revels in blood and sexual pleasure. Seth: He is calm, cool, and level-headedness personified, as the most effective negotiator and mediator amongst the Pure Ones... -
![The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel]()
The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn Japanese-occupied Shanghai, two people from different cultures are drawn together by fate and the freedom of music...1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers... -
![The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna]()
The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRecommended reading as part of the Chief of Naval Operation's Professional Reading Program!This now-classic novel by Richard McKenna enjoyed great critical acclaim and commercial success when it was first published in 1962... -
![The Living Reed: A Novel of Korea by Pearl S. Buck]()
The Living Reed: A Novel of Korea by Pearl S. Buck
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Living Reed follows four generations of one family, the Kims, beginning with Il-han and his father, both advisors to the royal family in Korea. When Japan invades and the queen is killed, Il-han takes his family into hiding. In the ensuing years, he and his family take part in the secret war against the Japanese occupation. Pearl S... -
![China by Edward Rutherfurd]()
China by Edward Rutherfurd
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe internationally bestselling author of Paris and New York takes on an exhilarating new world with his trademark epic style in China: The Novel Edward Rutherfurd has enthralled millions of readers with his grand, sweeping historical sagas that tell the history of a famous place over multiple generations... -
![The Magic Paintbrush by Julia Donaldson, Joel Stewart]()
The Magic Paintbrush by Julia Donaldson, Joel Stewart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith her magic paintbrush, Shen can paint steaming pots full of fish and oysters to feed the hungry people in her village, but when the evil emperor hears of her gift he commands Shen to paint gold for him instead...Categorized as:
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![Firefly by India Millar]()
Firefly by India Millar
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere are some who believe that the honor of a samurai is reserved for men. But they are wrong.Keiko was born the daughter of a samurai. But as a mere younger sister, her future was to run errands for her lovely elder sister and obey her father. Until the day her brother thought it would be amusing to teach Keiko the way of an onna-bugeisha—a warrior woman of the samurai... -
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![The Art of Us by Hilaria Alexander]()
The Art of Us by Hilaria Alexander
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo years ago, his kiss left her reeling, but she pushed him away and they never spoke of it again. Lena Andrews is bad at love, and has no intention of getting better at it. Men are good for one thing, and love isn’t it. She’s perfectly okay with finding happiness in her job as a comic book artist. Yet, she can’t shake the memory of her coworker’s kiss. Amos St... -
![I Am Tama, Lucky Cat by Wendy Henrichs]()
I Am Tama, Lucky Cat by Wendy Henrichs
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA monk with little more than a few grains of rice to share welcomes a feline visitor into his humble home and place of worship. Little does he know that the hungry, shivering animal he names Tama would bring him both friendship and good fortune beyond his dreams. Illustrations... -
![The Three Kingdoms, Volume 3: Welcome The Tiger by Luo Guanzhong]()
The Three Kingdoms, Volume 3: Welcome The Tiger by Luo Guanzhong
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis exciting new translation will appeal to modern readers who find the twists and turns of Game of Thrones so compelling.The Three Kingdoms is an epic Chinese novel written over six centuries ago...Categorized as:
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![Seven Steps in the Sky by Kundanika Kapadia]()
Seven Steps in the Sky by Kundanika Kapadia
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings'સાત પગલાં આકાશમાં' આ નવલકથામાં આલેખાયેલી મોટા ભાગની પરિસ્થિતિઓ પાછળ સત્ય ઘટનાઓનો આધાર છે; અને એ રીતે આ લગભગ દસ્તાવેજી કથા છે. આ દુનિયામાં સ્ત્રીઓનું સ્થાન હમેશા બીજા દરજ્જાનું રહ્યું છે, એ હકીકતના કાંઈ પુરાવા શોધવા જવું પડે તેમ નથી. આ દેશમાં જ નહિ, દુનિયાના બધા દેશોમાં આ સ્થિતિ રહી છે.આ નવલકથા માં સ્ત્રી વિષે જુદી જુદી રીતે ભુજ રસપંદ વાતો કહી છે. ને સત્ય ઘટના પર આધારિત છે... -
![The Patriot by Pearl S. Buck]()
The Patriot by Pearl S. Buck
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis swift and timely story covers the events of twelve years. It begins with the revolution sweeping down the Yangtze, when young students, fired with new patriotism, went singing to jail or to the beheading ground... -
![Ghost Girl, Banana by Wiz Wharton]()
Ghost Girl, Banana by Wiz Wharton
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSet between the last years of the "Chinese Windrush" in 1966 and Hong Kong's Handover to China in 1997, a mysterious inheritance sees a young woman from London uncovering buried secrets in her late mother's homeland in this captivating, wry debut about family, identity, and the price of belonging.Hong Kong, 1966. Sook-Yin is exiled from Kowloon to London with orders to restore honor to her family... -
![Autumn Bridge by Takashi Matsuoka]()
Autumn Bridge by Takashi Matsuoka
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the year 1311, in the highest tower of Cloud of Sparrows Castle, a beautiful woman sits by the window, watching as enemies gather below and fires spread through the night. As she calmly awaits her fate, she begins to write, carefully setting down on a scroll the secret history of the Okumichi clan…of the gift of prophecy they share and the extraordinary destiny that awaits them... -
![The Little Teashop in Tokyo: A feel-good, romantic comedy to make you smile and fall in love! by Julie Caplin]()
The Little Teashop in Tokyo: A feel-good, romantic comedy to make you smile and fall in love! by Julie Caplin
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGrab your passport and escape to the land of dazzling skycrapers, steaming bowls of comforting noodles, and a page-turning love story that will make you swoon!For travel blogger Fiona, Japan has always been top of her bucket list so when she wins an all-expenses paid trip, it looks like her dreams of the Far East are coming true... -
![L'assassinio del Commendatore. Libro primo: Idee che affiorano by Haruki Murakami]()
L'assassinio del Commendatore. Libro primo: Idee che affiorano by Haruki Murakami
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsUna borsa con qualche vestito e le matite per disegnare. Quando la moglie gli dice che lo lascia, il protagonista di questa storia non prende altro: carica tutto in macchina e se ne va di casa... -
![Le Problème à trois corps by Liu Cixin, Gwennaël Gaffric]()
Le Problème à trois corps by Liu Cixin, Gwennaël Gaffric
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsPremier volume d'une trilogie culte, récompensé par le Hugo du meilleur roman en 2015, Le Problème à trois corps signale l’arrivée d’un auteur majeur sur la scène de la hard SF... -
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![Peony: A Novel of China by Pearl S. Buck, Kirsten Potter]()
Peony: A Novel of China by Pearl S. Buck, Kirsten Potter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsYoung Peony is sold into a rich Chinese household as a bondmaid - an awkward role in which she is more a servant, but less a daughter. As she grows into a lovely, provocative young woman, Peony falls in love with the family's only son. However, tradition forbids them to wed... -
![The Chinese Groove by Kathryn Ma]()
The Chinese Groove by Kathryn Ma
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAnne Tyler meets Jade Chang in this buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithely optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects, and a fractured extended family in need of his help—even if they don't know it yetEighteen-year-old Shelley, born into a much-despised branch of the Zheng family in Yunnan Province and living in the shadow of his widowed father’s grief,... -
![The Prisoner's Gold by Chris Kuzneski]()
The Prisoner's Gold by Chris Kuzneski
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE TREASURE:At the end of the 13th century, Chinese Emperor Kublai Khan gave an Italian merchant unfettered access to his kingdom. The traveler was Marco Polo, and his journey would become legendary. Aided by a special passport that protected him throughout the land, Polo amassed unbelievable wealth and hid it before his return to Italy... -
![The Two Sisters of Borneo by Ian Hamilton]()
The Two Sisters of Borneo by Ian Hamilton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sixth installment in the wildly popular Ava Lee series from Arthur Ellis Award winner, Ian Hamilton.Ava has been in Hong Kong looking after Uncle. She has also set up an investment company with May Ling Wong and her sister-in-law, Amanda Yee. One of their first investments — a furniture company owned by two sisters in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo — runs into immediate problems with a Dutch customer... -
![A Girl Divided by Ellen Lindseth]()
A Girl Divided by Ellen Lindseth
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRural China, 1942. Twenty-two-year-old Eugenia Baker exists in a bubble as yet untouched by WWII. Content to help her father with his missionary work, Genie sees her future as a straight, if narrow, road—until an American pilot arrives, warning them of the approaching Japanese army.Lieutenant Ted Younan is one of the Flying Tigers, volunteer fighters protecting China from aerial attacks... -
![Idol Worship by J.S. Lee]()
Idol Worship by J.S. Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA K-Pop Reverse HaremThe hardest part of being in love with K-Pop stars is having to share them.I had one job: get K-Pop group, H3RO, a number one single. Then I had to open my mouth and promise two. It’s only because of a technicality that the Vice Chairman of Atlantis Entertainment, (AKA my demon-spawn-half-brother, Sejin), didn’t terminate their contracts... -
![Jin Ping Mei/ The Golden Lotus by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng]()
Jin Ping Mei/ The Golden Lotus by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe fullest translation of Jin Ping Mei available in English. This edition was derived from the Egerton translation, minus the Latin, with a few euphemisms thrown in, but is considerably more complete than the Olympia Press version most Westerners are familiar with... -
![Idol Gossip by J.S. Lee]()
Idol Gossip by J.S. Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA K-Pop Reverse HaremWhen I didn’t know I needed a H3RO, I got six…Six sexy, talented guys: H3RO’s popularity is rising and everyone is falling in love with them.But no one as much as me.I knew it was wrong. No one thinks all of us could be in a relationship … Until Jun suggests we try.Before we can begin to figure out how that would work, we’re whisked away to a tropical island... -
![Dream of the Walled City by Lisa Huang Fleischman]()
Dream of the Walled City by Lisa Huang Fleischman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarking the debut of a stunning new literary talent, Lisa Huang Fleischman's extraordinary saga -- inspired by her grandmother's life as an early feminist, political activist, and friend of Mao Zedong -- is a masterpiece about one clever and resourceful woman, growing up amidst the turmoil of twentieth-century China... -
![Truth by J.S. Lee]()
Truth by J.S. Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Access All Areas pass gave Kate more access than she expected…Offered the opportunity of a lifetime to be the official tour photographer for popular K-Pop group, Onyx, Kate can't say no... -
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![On Dangerous Ground by Jack Higgins]()
On Dangerous Ground by Jack Higgins
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJack Higgins, the bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed and Angel of Death, presents an explosive and timely thriller about the uncertain future of Hong Kong, China, and the world…1944. Mao Tse-tung signs a secret document that could delay the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong for an additional one hundred years. But all copies of the document disappear in a plane crash.1993... -
![Five Modern No Plays by Yukio Mishima, Kan'ami Kiyotsugu]()
Five Modern No Plays by Yukio Mishima, Kan'ami Kiyotsugu
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJapanese No drama is one of the great art forms that has fascinated people throughout the world... -
![Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke]()
Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOfficially censored upon its Chinese publication, and the subject of a bitter lawsuit between author and publisher, Dream of Ding Village is Chinese novelist Yan Lianke's most important novel to date. Set in a poor village in Henan province, it is a deeply moving and beautifully written account of a blood-selling ring in contemporary China... -
![Chasing China; A Daughter's Quest for Truth by Kay Bratt]()
Chasing China; A Daughter's Quest for Truth by Kay Bratt
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter an episode of prejudice rocks her usually secure world, Mia hops a plane back to the country of her birth to search for details about her birth parents, and confront the feelings of abandonment she has kept buried throughout her life... -
![The Perfumed Sleeve by Laura Joh Rowland]()
The Perfumed Sleeve by Laura Joh Rowland
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNovember 1694. The streets of Edo are erupting in violence as two factions struggle for control over the ruling Tokugawa regime. One is led by the shogun's cousin, Lord Matsudaira, and the other by the shogun's second-in-command, Chamberlain Yanagisawa. Each side pressures Sano Ichiro, the shogun's most honorable investigator, to join its ranks... -
![The Boy of the Three-Year Nap by Dianne Snyder]()
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap by Dianne Snyder
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLazy Taro gets his comeuppance when his wise mother uses his trick to avoid work to her own advantage... -
![The Iris Fan: A Novel of Feudal Japan by Laura Joh Rowland]()
The Iris Fan: A Novel of Feudal Japan by Laura Joh Rowland
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJapan, 1709. The shogun is old and ailing. Amid the ever-treacherous intrigue in the court, Sano Ichirō has been demoted from chamberlain to a lowly patrol guard. His relationship with his wife Reiko is in tatters, and a bizarre new alliance between his two enemies Yanagisawa and Lord Ienobu has left him puzzled and wary... -
![连城诀 by Jin Yong]()
连城诀 by Jin Yong
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe story happened in Wei and Jin Dynasties which was unstable, a batch of invaluable jewelry missed unaccountedly together with the treasure map. Eight hundred year later, the treasure map was turned into a gugyeol hided in the invincible Liancheng sword. The peerless Kongfu and invaluable treasures attrated dozens of people strived for... -
![The Twilight Years by Sawako Ariyoshi]()
The Twilight Years by Sawako Ariyoshi
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAkiko is a working wife and mother of a teenage son. When her mother-in-law suddenly dies of a stroke, Akiko becomes the sole caregiver for her selfish father-in-law Shegezo.The Twilight Years raises important issues about the quality of life at the end of life, caregiving for the old, and the dilemma of women who have both career and family obligations... -
![The Broken Hearts Honeymoon by Lucy Dickens]()
The Broken Hearts Honeymoon by Lucy Dickens
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe wedding is off, but adventure awaits... The perfect armchair escape for fans of Jo Thomas, Jenny Colgan and Phillipa Ashley.'Funny, inspirational and so evocative' CATHY BRAMLEY'The ultimate armchair adventure - I absolutely loved it!' HEIDI SWAIN'Will leave you feeling inspired' CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN'THE BROKEN HEARTS HONEYMOON is truly gorgeous... -
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![The Mountain Master of Sha Tin by Ian Hamilton]()
The Mountain Master of Sha Tin by Ian Hamilton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAva is in Shanghai with Pang Fai to visit her ailing friend Xu when a triad war breaks out in Hong Kong. Sammy Wing, an old enemy of Ava’s who has twice tried to kill her, has enlisted the aid of his nephew Carter — the new Mountain Master of Sha Tin — to reclaim control of his old territory, Wanchai, from Xu’s men.There is nothing subtle about the Wings’ methods... -
![Little Pear by Eleanor Frances Lattimore]()
Little Pear by Eleanor Frances Lattimore
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLittle Pear is a young boy who lives in a small village in China...Categorized as:
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![La perla y otros cuentos by Yukio Mishima]()
La perla y otros cuentos by Yukio Mishima
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsYukio Mishima, reconocido como uno de los mas importantes novelistas y dramaturgos japoneses, fue tambien aclamado como maestro del cuento... -
![Hong Kong by Stephen Coonts]()
Hong Kong by Stephen Coonts
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVisiting Hong Kong with his wife, who's attending a conference, Admiral Jake Grafton has come to the former British province expecting a chance to unwind. But soon Grafton is caught up in seismic political events beyond his control . . . possibly beyond anyone's contol. First, a series of political murders shakes Hong Kong's power structure to the core... -
![Swimming Back to Trout River: A Novel by Linda Rui Feng]()
Swimming Back to Trout River: A Novel by Linda Rui Feng
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA “beautifully written, poignant exploration of family, art, culture, immigration…and love” (Jean Kwok, author of Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation) set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution that follows a father’s quest to reunite his family before his precocious daughter’s momentous birthday, which Garth Greenwell calls “one of the most beautiful debuts I’ve read...Categorized as:
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![Tokyo: Falling by Sefryana Khairil, Ayuning]()
Tokyo: Falling by Sefryana Khairil, Ayuning
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPembaca tersayang, Musim panas di Tokyo selalu memiliki banyak warna. Sefryana Khairil, penulis Sweet Nothings dan Coba Tunjuk Satu Bintang mengajak kita berkeliling negeri sakura bersama dua wartawan bernama Thalia dan Tora. Keduanya dipertemukan oleh sebuah lensa. Lalu, Danau Shinobazu membuka mata keduanya tentang bahwa kenyataan sering sekali berbeda dengan asumsi mereka pada awalnya...
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