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All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Sam Betts and David Boyd (Europa Editions) ~Janet Brown
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Milky Way Railroad by Kenji Miyazaki, translated by Joseph Sigrist and D.M. Stroud (Stone Bridge Press) ~Ernie Hoyt
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The Place of Shells by Mai Ishizawa, translated by Polly Barton (New Directions) ~Ernie Hoyt
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Myanmar. Books we read.

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After the Last Border by Jessica Goudeau (Viking)
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You’ve Changed: Fake Accents, Feminism, and Other Comedies from Myanmar by Pyae Moe Thet War (Catapult)
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Clash of Honour by Robert Mendelsohn (Prion)
Thailand, Singapore, Burma, Japan, Myanmar
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Gold Leaf and Terra-Cotta : Burmese Crafts throughout History by Ma Thanegi (ThingsAsian Press)
Myanmar
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Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig (Grove Atlantic)
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Defiled on the Ayeyarwaddy by Ma Thanegi (ThingsAsian Press)
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Burmese Light by Tom Vater and Hans Kemp (Visionary Press)
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Burma: Rivers of Flavor by Naomi Duguid (Artisan Books)
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To Myanmar With Love: A Travel Guide for the Connoisseur edited by Morgan Edwardson and photographs by Steve Goodman (ThingsAsian Press)
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Myanmar Architecture: Cities of Gold by Ma Thanegi and photographs by Barry Broman (Marshall Cavendish)
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Thailand, Bangkok
Very Bangkok (Updated Second Edition) by Philip Cornwel-Smith (River Books} ~Janet Brown
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Bangkok Babylon by Jerry Hopkins (Tuttle Publishing)
Thailand, Bangkok
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Cambodia, Thailand, Bangkok, Angkor Wat, SEA
The Red Chapels of Banteai Srei by Sachaverell Sitwell (Weidenfeld and Nicolson)
Cambodia, Thailand, Bangkok, Angkor Wat, SEA
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Bangkok Shophouses by Louis Sketcher
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The Glass Kingdom by Lawrence Osborne (Hogarth)
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Another Bangkok: Reflections on the City by Alex Kerr (Penguin Random House UK)
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Welcome to the Bangkok Slaughterhouse by Father Joseph Maier (Periplus Editions)
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Bangkok 8 by John Burdett (Vintage)
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Red-Light Nights, Bangkok Daze : Chronicles of Sexuality Across Asia by William Sparrow (Monsoon Books)
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Bangkok, Thailand
Vanishing Bangkok: The Changing Face of the City by Ben Davies (River Books)
Bangkok, Thailand
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Tokyo
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Japan, Tokyo
Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami, translated by Stephen Snyder (Kodansha)
Japan, Tokyo
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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa, translated by Eric Ozawa (Harper Perennial)
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Tokyo on Foot : Travels in the City's Most Colorful Neighborhoods by Florent Chavouet (Tuttle)
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Shopping by Gavin Kramer (Fourth Estate)
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Japan, Tokyo
My Falling Down House by Jayne Joso (Seren Books)
Japan, Tokyo
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Japan, Tokyo
A Tokyo Romance by Ian Buruma (Penguin Press)
Japan, Tokyo
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Japan, Tokyo
Mistress Oriku : Stories from a Tokyo Teahouse by Matsutaro Kawaguchi (Tuttle)
Japan, Tokyo
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Japan, Tokyo
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri {Riverhead Books)
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Tokyo, Japan
Getting Genki in Japan : The Adventures and Misadventures of an American Family in Tokyo by Karen Pond (Tuttle)
Tokyo, Japan
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Tokyo, Japan
Tabloid Tokyo : 101 Tales of Sex, Crime and the Bizarre from Japan's Wild Weeklies compiled by Mark Schreiber (Kodansha International)
Tokyo, Japan
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Pretty Good Number One : An American Family Eats Tokyo by Matthew Amster-Burton (Viaduct Music)
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Tokyo, Japan
The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones (Picador)
Tokyo, Japan
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Tokyo, Japan
My Eyes Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
マイ・アイズ・トウキョウ [My Eyes Tokyo] by 徳橋 功 (Isao Tokuhashi) 「幻冬舎 ルネッサンス」 (Gentosha Renaissance)
Tokyo, Japan
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Tokyo Vice
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Vice : An American Reporter On The Police Beat In Japan by Jake Adelstein (Pantheon Books)
Tokyo, Japan
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Tokyo: City on the Edge by Todd Crowell and Stephanie Forman Morimura (Asia2000)
Tokyo, Japan
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Hong Kong
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The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee (Penguin Books) ~Janet Brown
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World Class by Teru Clavel (Simon & Schuster) ~Janet Brown
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Where Strange Gods Call: Harry Hervey's 1920s Hong Kong, Macau and Canton Sojourns (Blacksmith Books)
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Asia In Seattle: Mam's Books
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Asia in Seattle: Chinatown Choy Chang 2022
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