Recs if you like Elevator in Sài Gòn...

Influential literature from across Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam.

Often overshadowed by East Asian lit, these works are rich and diverse in theme, style, philosophical and religious influence, folklore and indigenous wisdom.

I’ve tried to include at least one historical work (mid-20th century and earlier) and one modern classic from each country. Works listed by country in the comments!

Recs welcome as always :)

Book covers with typography oriented in non-standard alignments, instead of the typical horizontal + left to right text alignment. Or: graphic design is my passion, and today we are learning about text paths 🙂‍↕️. This is an immensely silly List, and always open to suggestions—vertical text, circular, upside down, anything goes!

every book published in the UK by tilted axis press, a publishing house focusing on contemporary asian literature. collecting all their publications for my own reference

A (non-exhaustive) list of books translated into English from languages that are less commonly translated. Taking a fairly broad approach to ‘lesser translated’. Suggestions are welcome!

A self curated list of english language books from Vietnam, by Vietnamese authors or about Vietnam to read before visiting the country. Intended to focus on native writers but some diaspora and non-Viet authors are included.