Directory of Asian Books [Asian Readathon] - hosted by readwithcindy

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The Lost Word by Oya Baydar

The Lost Word

Oya Baydar

240 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction emotional reflective medium-paced
My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar

My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq

Ariel Sabar

332 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Freedom Fighter: My War Against Isis on the Frontlines of Syria by Joanna Palani

Freedom Fighter: My War Against Isis on the Frontlines of Syria

Joanna Palani

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics challenging emotional informative slow-paced
When the World Goes Quiet by Gian Sardar

When the World Goes Quiet

Gian Sardar

315 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction historical
Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System by Safdar Ahmed

Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System

Safdar Ahmed

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir politics sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State by Ava Homa, Muharrem Erbey, Sema Kaygusuz, Jîl Şwanî, Qadir Agid, Yildiz Cakar, Omer Dilsoz, Meral Simsek, Jahangir Mahmoudveysi, Huseyin Karabey, Nariman Evdike, Selahattin Demirtaş, Karzan Kardozi

Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State

Futures Past

Ava Homa, Muharrem Erbey, Sema Kaygusuz, Jîl Şwanî, Qadir Agid, Yildiz Cakar, Omer Dilsoz, Meral Simsek, Jahangir Mahmoudveysi, Huseyin Karabey, Nariman Evdike, Selahattin Demirtaş, Karzan Kardozi

192 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction short stories
Die Sommer by Ronya Othmann

Die Sommer

Ronya Othmann

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Wir wissen, was wir wollen: Frauenrevolution in Nord-und Ostsyrien by Herausgeber_innenkollektiv

Wir wissen, was wir wollen: Frauenrevolution in Nord-und Ostsyrien

Herausgeber_innenkollektiv

560 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction politics
The Viking's Kurdish Love: Females of Valor by Widad Akreyi

The Viking's Kurdish Love: Females of Valor

Viking's Kurdish Love

Widad Akreyi

340 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction classics play emotional reflective fast-paced
Jamilia by James Riordan, Chingiz Aïtmatov

Jamilia

James Riordan, Chingiz Aïtmatov

96 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced