Asian Review of Books

The Asian Review of Books is the only dedicated pan-Asian book review publication. Widely quoted, referenced, republished by leading publications in Asian and beyond and with an archive of more than two thousand book reviews, the ARB also features long-format essays by leading Asian writers and thinkers, excerpts from newly-published books and reviews of arts and culture.

Books
History
Politics
76
Oliver Slow, "Return of the Junta: Why Myanmar’...
An interview with Oliver Slow
44 min
77
Zeno Sworder, "My Strange Shrinking Parents" (T...
An interview with Zeno Sworder
26 min
78
Weijian Shan, "Money Machine: A Trailblazing Am...
An interview with Weijian Shan
41 min
79
Lawrence Osborne, "On Java Road: A Novel" (Hoga...
An interview with Lawrence Osborne
29 min
80
Xin Wen, "The King’s Road: Diplomacy and the Re...
An interview with Xin Wen
43 min
81
Steve Kemper, "Our Man in Tokyo: An American Am...
An interview with Steve Kemper
40 min
82
Kyla Zhao, "The Fraud Squad" (Berkley Books, 2023)
An interview with Kyla Zhao
23 min
83
John D. Hosler, "Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuri...
An interview with John D. Hosler
44 min
84
Mark Eveleigh, "Kopi Dulu: Caffeine-Fuelled Isl...
An interview with Mark Eveleigh
31 min
85
Angela Hui, "Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood...
An interview with Angela Hui
41 min
86
Uther Charlton-Stevens, "Anglo-India and the En...
An interview with Uther Charlton-Stevens
37 min
87
Jeff Fearnside, "Ships in the Desert" (Santa Fe...
An interview with Jeff Fearnside
36 min
88
Jayita Sarkar, "Ploughshares and Swords: India'...
An interview with Jayita Sarkar
35 min
89
Ronald H. Spector, "A Continent Erupts: Decolon...
An interview with Ronald H. Spector
38 min
90
Tarun Khanna and Michael Szonyi, "Making Merito...
An interview with Tarun Khanna and Michael Szonyi
38 min
91
John D. Wong, "Hong Kong Takes Flight: Commerci...
An interview with John D. Wong
40 min
92
Michael X. Wang, "Lost in the Long March" (Over...
An interview with Michael X. Wang
39 min
93
Jamil Jan Kochai, "The Haunting of Hajji Hotak ...
An interview with Jamil Jan Kochai
28 min
94
Joseph Sassoon, "The Sassoons: The Great Global...
An interview with Joseph Sassoon
40 min
95
John Keay, "Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the...
An interview with John Keay
40 min
96
Eric Tagliocozzo, "In Asian Waters: Oceanic Wor...
An interview with Eric Tagliocozzo
31 min
97
Hua Hsu, "Stay True: A Memoir" (Doubleday, 2022)
An interview with Hua Hsu
27 min
98
Mark Vanhoenacker, "Imagine a City: A Pilot's J...
An interview with Mark Vanhoenacker
41 min
99
Anthony J. Barbieri-Low, "The Many Lives of the...
An interview with Anthony J. Barbieri-Low
34 min
100
Mansi Choksi, "The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marri...
An interview with Mansi Choksi
38 min