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
176
Pornsak Pichetshote, "The Good Asian, Volume 1"...
An interview with Pornsak Pichetshote
27 min
177
Tom Lin, "The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu" (Lit...
An interview with Tom Lin
30 min
178
Chris Miller, "We Shall Be Masters: Russian Piv...
An interview with Chris Miller
43 min
179
Tonio Andrade, "The Last Embassy: The Dutch Mis...
An interview with Tonio Andrade
49 min
180
Suchitra Vijayan, "Midnight's Borders: A People...
An interview with Suchitra Vijayan
37 min
181
Marie Favereau, "The Horde: How the Mongols Cha...
An interview with Marie Favereau
46 min
182
Larry Feign, "The Flower Boat Girl: A Novel Bas...
An interview with Larry Feign
40 min
183
Namit Arora, "Indians: A Brief History of a Civ...
An interview with Namit Arora
37 min
184
Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, "Empire's Mistress,...
An interview with Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez
38 min
185
Samira Shackle, "Karachi Vice: Life and Death i...
An interview with Samira Shackle
40 min
186
Catherine Menon, "Fragile Monsters" (Viking, 2021)
An interview with Catherine Menon
29 min
187
Emei Burell, "We Served the People: My Mother's...
An interview with Emei Burell
32 min
188
Mehr Afshan Farooqi, "Ghalib: a Wilderness at M...
An interview with Mehr Afshan Farooqi
38 min
189
Jenny White, "Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured L...
An interview with Jenny White
40 min
190
Amit Chaudhuri, "Finding the Raga: An Improvisa...
An interview with Amit Chaudhuri
40 min
191
Razeen Sally, "Return to Sri Lanka: Travels in ...
An interview with Razeen Sally
38 min
192
Raza Mir, "Murder at the Mushaira: A Novel" (Al...
An interview with Raza Mir
35 min
193
Jonathan Chatwin, "Long Peace Street: A Walk in...
An interview with Jonathan Chatwin
39 min
194
Timon Screech, "Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and M...
An interview with Timon Screech
41 min
195
Eugenia Cheng, "x + y: A Mathematician's Manife...
An interview with Eugenia Cheng
39 min
196
Janet M. Hartley, "The Volga: A History" (Yale ...
An interview with Janet M. Hartley
36 min
197
Te-Ping Chen, "Land of Big Numbers: Stories" (M...
An interview with Te-Ping Chen
30 min
198
Wu Cheng'en, "Monkey King: Journey to the West,...
An interview with Julia Lovell
31 min
199
Priya Basil, "Be My Guest: Reflections on Food,...
An interview with Priya Basil
46 min
200
Debashree Mukherjee, "Bombay Hustle: Making Mov...
An interview with Debashree Mukherjee
40 min