David Shih

46 books

No-No Boy by John Okada

No-No Boy

John Okada

260 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction classics historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Nobu: A Memoir by Nobu Matsuhisa

Nobu: A Memoir

Nobu Matsuhisa

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure

River East, River West

Aube Rey Lescure

342 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Road to Sleeping Dragon: Learning China from the Ground Up by Michael Meyer

The Road to Sleeping Dragon: Learning China from the Ground Up

Michael Meyer

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous informative slow-paced
47 Ronin: The Classic Tale of Samurai Loyalty, Bravery and Retribution by John Allyn

47 Ronin: The Classic Tale of Samurai Loyalty, Bravery and Retribution

John Allyn

256 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction classics history literary adventurous medium-paced
The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama

The Samurai's Garden

Gail Tsukiyama

224 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino

Silent Parade

Detective Galileo #9

Keigo Higashino

344 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo

Somewhere Only We Know

Maurene Goo

336 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny lighthearted fast-paced
To Live by Yu Hua

To Live

Yu Hua

256 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York's Chinatown by Scott D. Seligman

Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York's Chinatown

Scott D. Seligman

368 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime challenging informative fast-paced