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
Amit Chaudhuri, "Finding the Raga: An Improvisa...
An interview with Amit Chaudhuri
40 min
177
Razeen Sally, "Return to Sri Lanka: Travels in ...
An interview with Razeen Sally
38 min
178
Raza Mir, "Murder at the Mushaira: A Novel" (Al...
An interview with Raza Mir
35 min
179
Jonathan Chatwin, "Long Peace Street: A Walk in...
An interview with Jonathan Chatwin
39 min
180
Timon Screech, "Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and M...
An interview with Timon Screech
41 min
181
Eugenia Cheng, "x + y: A Mathematician's Manife...
An interview with Eugenia Cheng
39 min
182
Janet M. Hartley, "The Volga: A History" (Yale ...
An interview with Janet M. Hartley
36 min
183
Te-Ping Chen, "Land of Big Numbers: Stories" (M...
An interview with Te-Ping Chen
30 min
184
Wu Cheng'en, "Monkey King: Journey to the West,...
An interview with Julia Lovell
31 min
185
Priya Basil, "Be My Guest: Reflections on Food,...
An interview with Priya Basil
46 min
186
Debashree Mukherjee, "Bombay Hustle: Making Mov...
An interview with Debashree Mukherjee
40 min
187
Dexter Roberts, "The Myth of Chinese Capitalism...
An interview with Dexter Roberts
42 min
188
Oliver Craske, "Indian Sun: The Life and Music ...
An interview with Oliver Craske
36 min
189
Ethan Lou, "Field Notes from a Pandemic: A Jour...
An interview with Ethan Lou
33 min
190
Ed Caesar, "The Moth and the Mountain: A True S...
An interview with Ed Caesar
31 min
191
Chloe Gong, "These Violent Delights" (Margaret ...
An interview with Chloe Gong
42 min
192
David Chaffetz, "Three Asian Divas: Women, Art ...
An interview with David Chaffetz
38 min
193
Devadas Krishnadas, "Confronting Covid-19: A St...
An interview with Devadas Krishnadas
39 min
194
Sophia Chang, "The Baddest Bitch in the Room" (...
An interview with Sophia Chang
38 min
195
Jonathan C. Slaght, "Owls of the Eastern Ice: A...
An interview with C. Slaght
35 min
196
Susie Yang, "White Ivy" (Simon & Schuster, 2020)
An interview with Susie Yang
28 min
197
Sunisa Manning, "A Good True Thai" (Epigram Boo...
In this interview, Sunisa and I discuss the historical setting of her book, and how much her characters represent the dynamics and emotions of Thailand’s student activists...
32 min
198
Diana Darke, "Stealing from the Saracens: How I...
Darke investigates the Islamic origins of Gothic architecture, tracing its history through pre-Islamic Syria through the Islamic empires to the tall European cathedrals between the 12th and 17th centuries...
34 min
199
Xiaowei Wang, "Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Oth...
Wang explores how rural China is not just adapting the technology used around the world, but innovating on it...
34 min
200
Aubrey Menard, "Young Mongols: Forging Democrac...
Mongolia is sometimes seen as one of the few examples of a successful youth-led revolution, where a 1990 movement forced the Soviet-appointed Politburo to resign....
40 min