Books set all or part in South Asia (except India) including Bangladesh, The Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka
South Asia (except India)
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The Return of Faraz Ali: A Novel
by Aamina Ahmad
Hardcover: Apr 2022
Paperback: Apr 2023
Sent back to his birthplace - Lahore's notorious red-light district - to hush up the murder of a girl, a man finds himself in an unexpected reckoning with his past.
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The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation
by Scott Carney , Jason Miklian
Hardcover: Mar 2022
Paperback: Mar 2023
The deadliest storm in modern history ripped Pakistan in two and led the world to the brink of nuclear war when American and Soviet forces converged in the Bay of Bengal.
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Unmarriageable
by Soniah Kamal
Hardcover: Jan 2019
Paperback: Feb 2020
In this one-of-a-kind retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in modern-day Pakistan, Alys Binat has sworn never to marry - until an encounter with one Mr. Darsee at a wedding makes her reconsider.
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The Bones of Grace
by Tahmima Anam
Hardcover: Jun 2016
Paperback: Jun 2017
From the award-winning, nationally bestselling author of A Golden Age and The Good Muslim comes a lyrical, deeply moving modern love story about belonging, migration, tragedy, survival, and the mysteries of origins.
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What Lies Between Us
by Nayomi Munaweera
Hardcover: Feb 2016
Paperback: Apr 2017
From Nayomi Munaweera, the award-winning author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors, comes the confession of a woman, driven by the demons of her past to commit a single and possibly unforgivable crime.
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An Unrestored Woman
by Shobha Rao
Hardcover: Mar 2016
Paperback: Mar 2017
The twelve paired stories in Shobha Rao's An Unrestored Woman trace their origins to the formation of India and Pakistan in 1947, but they transcend that historical moment.
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Island of a Thousand Mirrors
by Nayomi Munaweera
Hardcover: Sep 2014
Paperback: Jan 2016
A stunning literary debut of two young women on opposing sides of the devastating Sri Lankan Civil War—winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize for Asia, longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize
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The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
by Jenny Nordberg
Hardcover: Sep 2014
Paperback: Jul 2015
An investigative journalist uncovers a hidden custom that will transform your understanding of what it means to grow up as a girl.
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And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini
Hardcover: May 2013
Paperback: Jun 2014
Khaled Hosseini has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations
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A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story
by Qais Akbar Omar
Hardcover: Apr 2013
Paperback: Apr 2014
With all the emotional power of The Kite Runner, this is the very first true life account of growing up in Afghanistan, by a writer who still lives in Kabul.
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Above All Things
by Tanis Rideout
Hardcover: Feb 2013
Paperback: Feb 2014
"Tell me the story of Everest," she said, a fervent smile sweeping across her face, creasing the corners of her eyes. "Tell me about this mountain that's stealing you away from me."
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Wave
by Sonali Deraniyagala
Hardcover: Mar 2013
Paperback: Jan 2014
A brave, intimate, beautifully crafted memoir by a survivor of the tsunami that struck the Sri Lankan coast in 2004 and took her entire family.
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