Reading Across Asia 2023 - hosted by bookswithlee

A book written by a Burmese author
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Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring: Witness poems and essays from Burma/Myanmar (1988-2021) by ko ko thett, Brian Haman

Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring: Witness poems and essays from Burma/Myanmar (1988-2021)

ko ko thett, Brian Haman

266 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging dark sad medium-paced
First, They Erased Our Name: a Rohingya speaks by Habiburahman, Sophie Ansel, Andrea Reece

First, They Erased Our Name: a Rohingya speaks

Habiburahman, Sophie Ansel, Andrea Reece

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir challenging emotional informative slow-paced
Crossing the Farak River by Michelle Aung Thin

Crossing the Farak River

Michelle Aung Thin

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction middle grade informative fast-paced
Born and Bred in Myanmar: A Book of Five Short Stories by Moe Moe Inya

Born and Bred in Myanmar: A Book of Five Short Stories

Moe Moe Inya

176 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction short stories
Who Killed the King of Bagan? by Jame Dibiasio

Who Killed the King of Bagan?

Jame Dibiasio

224 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction fantasy
Giving Alms by Khin Chan Myae Maung

Giving Alms

Khin Chan Myae Maung

75 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
You've Changed: Fake Accents, Feminism, and Other Comedies from Myanmar by Pyae Moe Thet War

You've Changed: Fake Accents, Feminism, and Other Comedies from Myanmar

Pyae Moe Thet War

214 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective medium-paced
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

The Glass Palace

Amitav Ghosh

512 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Burmese Family by Mi Mi Khaing

Burmese Family

Mi Mi Khaing

173 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

nonfiction memoir
Golden Parasol: A Daughter's Memoir of Burma by Wendy Law-Yone

Golden Parasol: A Daughter's Memoir of Burma

Wendy Law-Yone

320 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced