Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Carman Chew (12 Lists)



The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp SendkerAlexander's Infinity by Lidija StankovikjThe Piano Tuner by Daniel MasonSaving Fish from Drowning by Amy TanThe Jewel Trader of Pegu by Jeffrey Hantover
Fictitious Burma
21 books — 14 voters
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThe SEA Is Ours by Nghi VoThe Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Aliette de BodardThe Terracotta Bride by Zen ChoDwellers by Eliza Victoria
Amazing South-east Asian SFF
36 books — 10 voters

Sightseeing by Rattawut LapcharoensapBangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya SudbanthadFour Reigns by Kukrit PramojPattaya Youtuber by Walt GleesonLetters from Thailand by Botan
Thai Fiction
26 books — 26 voters
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà LạiTangled Threads by Pegi Deitz SheaMist Bound by Daryl KhoListen, Slowly by Thanhhà LạiThe Stone Goddess by Minfong Ho
Southeast Asians in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
91 books — 32 voters

When the Future Comes Too Soon by Selina Siak Chin YokeThe Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin YokeThe Forgotten Promise by Paula GreenleesThe Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThe Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Historical Fiction - Southeast Asia
83 books — 83 voters
Rainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanIf Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki KawamuraThis Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta ToerFootsteps by Pramoedya Ananta ToerHouse of Glass by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Novels with an East Asian or South-East Asian Male Lead(POV)
180 books — 54 voters

Dế Mèn Phiêu Lưu Ký by Tô HoàiCánh Đồng Bất Tận by Nguyễn Ngọc TưVừa Nhắm Mắt Vừa Mở Cửa Sổ by Nguyễn Ngọc ThuầnNỗi buồn chiến tranh by Bảo NinhTuổi Thơ Dữ Dội by Phùng Quán
Tác phẩm Văn xuôi Việt Hay nhất (Best Vietnamese Fiction written in Vietnamese)
117 books — 376 voters
Vampires of Portlandia by Jason TanamorAru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani ChokshiMist Bound by Daryl KhoDaughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn TanChinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Moss Roberts
Asian Mythology, Legends and Folklore
279 books — 55 voters

First They Killed My Father by Loung UngIn the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey RatnerNever Fall Down by Patricia McCormickThe Gate by François BizotSurvival in the Killing Fields by Haing Ngor
Cambodia
83 books — 41 voters
The Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesDispatches by Michael Herr
Cambodia and Vietnam
214 books — 161 voters

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThe Merchant of Stories by Dipa SanataniThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan EngThe Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
Enjoyable and Good Books of South East Asia
304 books — 159 voters
Though I Get Home by YZ ChinThe Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThe Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan EngIban Dream by Golda MoweEvening Is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan
Malaysian Fiction
42 books — 34 voters


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