Past Curations
Every week we curate a fresh selection of East Asian fiction. Here's a look back at what we've recommended.
July 20–26, 2026
Your Weekly Testimony
Fiction that bears witness. Political prisoners, disappeared neighbours, the quiet violence of authoritarian states. Five novels that refuse to let history be rewritten.
5 books
July 20–26, 2026
Your Weekly Fright
Five stories that will keep you awake. From a cursed apartment complex in Tokyo to shape-shifting creatures in Seoul — this week we explore the darkest corners of East Asian horror fiction.
5 books
July 13–19, 2026
Your Weekly Heartbreak
Love found and love lost. Relationships that burn bright and leave scars. This week’s selection will make you ache — in the best possible way.
5 books
July 13–19, 2026
Your Weekly Suspicion
Nothing is as it seems. Every character has a secret, every chapter peels back another layer. Five East Asian mysteries that will keep you guessing until the final page.
5 books
July 6–12, 2026
Your Weekly Escape
Leave this world behind. Five novels that transport you to places that don’t exist on any map — from floating cities to forests where time runs sideways.
5 books
July 6–12, 2026
Your Weekly Unraveling
Secrets peeled back one layer at a time. Each chapter reveals something you didn’t expect. Five novels engineered to keep you turning pages past midnight.
5 books
June 29 – July 5, 2026
Your Weekly Tenderness
Quiet kindness between strangers. A meal shared in silence. The small gestures that hold a life together. Five novels that are gentle without being soft.
5 books
June 29 – July 5, 2026
Your Weekly Memory
History lives in bodies, in buildings, in the things we refuse to forget. Five novels where the past is never past — it’s the air the characters breathe.
5 books
June 22–28, 2026
Your Weekly Haunting
Stories where the dead don’t rest and the past refuses to stay buried. Ghosts drift through these pages — some vengeful, some heartbroken, all unforgettable.
5 books
June 22–28, 2026
Your Weekly Solitude
Alone in a crowd, alone in a room, alone in a country that doesn’t feel like home. Five novels that understand what it means to be truly, profoundly alone.
5 books
June 15–21, 2026
Your Weekly Rebellion
Power challenged, systems broken, voices raised. Five novels about people who refuse to accept the world as it is — and pay the price for it.
5 books
June 15–21, 2026
Your Weekly Silence
Stories told in the spaces between words. The unsaid carries more weight than dialogue. Five novels that prove quiet can be the loudest thing in the room.
5 books
June 8–14, 2026
Your Weekly Testimony
Fiction that bears witness. Political prisoners, disappeared neighbours, the quiet violence of authoritarian states. Five novels that refuse to let history be rewritten.
5 books
June 8–14, 2026
Your Weekly Reverie
Dreamlike prose, blurred edges between real and imagined, stories that feel like waking from a nap you don’t remember falling into.
5 books
June 1–7, 2026
Your Weekly Reckoning
The past catches up. Buried truths surface. Characters face what they’ve spent years avoiding. Five novels about the moment you can no longer look away.
5 books
June 1–7, 2026
Your Weekly Fright
Five stories that will keep you awake. From a cursed apartment complex in Tokyo to shape-shifting creatures in Seoul — this week we explore the darkest corners of East Asian horror fiction.
5 books
May 25–31, 2026
Your Weekly Meditation
Slow novels that reward patience. Time stretches, seasons change, and meaning accumulates like snow. Five books best read with nowhere to be.
5 books
May 25–31, 2026
Your Weekly Inheritance
What our parents gave us — and what they couldn’t. Five novels about the weight of family, the stories passed down, and the ones deliberately buried.
5 books
May 18–24, 2026
Your Weekly Obsession
Love that consumes. Ambition that devours. Revenge that won’t let go. Five novels driven by characters who can’t stop — even when they know they should.
5 books
May 18–24, 2026
Your Weekly Longing
The space between wanting and having. These five novels are steeped in nostalgia, unrequited love, and the quiet pain of distance — emotional and physical.
5 books
May 11–17, 2026
Your Weekly Solitude
Alone in a crowd, alone in a room, alone in a country that doesn’t feel like home. Five novels that understand what it means to be truly, profoundly alone.
5 books
May 11–17, 2026
Your Weekly Ache
Beautiful and painful in equal measure. These novels leave a bruise shaped like a story — the kind you press on just to feel it again.
5 books
May 4–10, 2026
Your Weekly Mischief
Sharp wit, dark humour, and characters who absolutely should not be doing what they’re doing. Five novels that make you laugh uncomfortably.
5 books
May 4–10, 2026
Your Weekly Stillness
The beauty of the ordinary. Tea ceremonies. Train rides. Rain on a window. Five novels that find the extraordinary in everyday moments.
5 books
April 27 – May 3, 2026
Your Weekly Reckoning
The past catches up. Buried truths surface. Characters face what they’ve spent years avoiding. Five novels about the moment you can no longer look away.
5 books
April 27 – May 3, 2026
Your Weekly Return
Going back to where it started — a childhood town, a family home, a country left behind. Five novels about what we find when we retrace our steps.
5 books
April 20–26, 2026
Your Weekly Unraveling
Secrets peeled back one layer at a time. Each chapter reveals something you didn’t expect. Five novels engineered to keep you turning pages past midnight.
5 books
April 20–26, 2026
Your Weekly Reverie
Dreamlike prose, blurred edges between real and imagined, stories that feel like waking from a nap you don’t remember falling into.
5 books
April 13–19, 2026
Your Weekly Belonging
Between two cultures, two languages, two selves. Five novels about the search for home — and the discovery that home might not be a place at all.
5 books
April 13–19, 2026
Your Weekly Nightmare
The horror here isn’t monsters — it’s the human mind turning against itself. Five novels that crawl under your skin through paranoia, obsession, and dread.
5 books
April 6–12, 2026
Your Weekly Silence
Stories told in the spaces between words. The unsaid carries more weight than dialogue. Five novels that prove quiet can be the loudest thing in the room.
5 books
April 6–12, 2026
Your Weekly Grief
Loss reshapes everything — identity, relationships, the way light falls in a room. Five novels that sit with grief honestly, without looking away.
5 books
March 30 – April 5, 2026
Your Weekly Meditation
Slow novels that reward patience. Time stretches, seasons change, and meaning accumulates like snow. Five books best read with nowhere to be.
5 books
March 30 – April 5, 2026
Your Weekly Reckoning
The past catches up. Buried truths surface. Characters face what they’ve spent years avoiding. Five novels about the moment you can no longer look away.
5 books
March 23–29, 2026
Your Weekly Return
Going back to where it started — a childhood town, a family home, a country left behind. Five novels about what we find when we retrace our steps.
5 books
March 23–29, 2026
Your Weekly Inheritance
What our parents gave us — and what they couldn’t. Five novels about the weight of family, the stories passed down, and the ones deliberately buried.
5 books
March 16–22, 2026
Your Weekly Suspicion
Nothing is as it seems. Every character has a secret, every chapter peels back another layer. Five East Asian mysteries that will keep you guessing until the final page.
5 books
March 16–22, 2026
Your Weekly Detour
Books that refuse to stay in their lane. Genre-bending, expectation-defying, impossible to categorise. Five novels for readers who are bored of predictable.
5 books
March 9–15, 2026
Your Weekly Stillness
The beauty of the ordinary. Tea ceremonies. Train rides. Rain on a window. Five novels that find the extraordinary in everyday moments.
5 books
March 9–15, 2026
Your Weekly Belonging
Between two cultures, two languages, two selves. Five novels about the search for home — and the discovery that home might not be a place at all.
5 books
March 2–8, 2026
Your Weekly Craving
Noodles at midnight. A grandmother’s recipe no one wrote down. The meal that changed everything. Five novels where food is memory, love, and survival.
6 books