My Asian Era

A curated journey through Asian literature

Thoughtful Reviews. Quiet Stories. Literary Depth.

For the past two years, I’ve been reading, reviewing, and quietly building a curated archive of books by Asian authors, mostly translated fiction, contemporary literature, and underrepresented voices that often get missed by mainstream reading lists.

What started as a personal reading habit has evolved into a full platform: a growing collection of spoiler-free reviews, thematic roundups, and quiet reflections meant to help more readers discover the emotional and cultural depth of Asian literature.

This isn’t a listicle site.
It’s not trend-based.
It’s intentional, built slowly, post by post, with care.

You’ll find:

  • Honest reviews from across Asia: Korean, Japanese, Southeast Asian, South Asian, Chinese, and Asian authors writing from around the world

  • Mini features for short books and chapbooks

  • Book club picks with community conversation prompts

  • Emotional clarity over academic critique

  • A calm space to discover books that linger

This is a living archive, part ongoing project, part reflective journal.
I’m in the process of centralizing older reviews and continuing to explore both contemporary releases and classic titles from across the region.

If you're tired of the same dozen titles getting recycled across book feeds — you're in the right place.

Welcome.

P.S. If you're looking to read along, I host a quiet book club through Fable. It's casual, thoughtful, and open to anyone curious about Asian literature.

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b, Book, and Me

Fragmented, strange, and emotionally sharp — b, Book, and Me is a surreal story of teenage isolation, quiet rage, and the fragile survival found in friendship.

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Convalescence

Quiet, strange, and emotionally raw, Convalescence is a sparse but unsettling meditation on isolation and the quiet disappearance of self.

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The Restaurant of Love Regained

A soft, food-filled novel about healing and connection, The Restaurant of Love Regained is a gentle reminder that comfort can be cooked one dish at a time.

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All the Lovers in the Night

A luminous and deeply interior novel about loneliness, invisibility, and the small, slow movements toward connection. All the Lovers in the Night lingers long after the last page.

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Klara and the Sun

Told through the voice of an Artificial Friend, Klara and the Sun is a tender, uncanny look at what it means to love, serve, and quietly disappear. Speculative fiction at its most human.

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Wandering Souls

A moving story of identity, grief, and resilience. Wandering Souls is a tender exploration of postwar displacement and the echoes that follow us across generations.

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