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Past Curations

Every week we curate a fresh selection of East Asian fiction. Here's a look back at what we've recommended.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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