My Top Ten (Books) for the Past Ten (Years):

1. Meeting Faith by Faith Adiele (Thailand– memoir)

2. The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng (Malaysia– novel)

3. Mandarins: Stories by Ruyunosuke Akutagawa (Japan– short stories)

4. Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra (Mumbai–novel)

5. The Gate by Francois Bizot (Cambodia–memoir)

6. The Last Days of Old Beijing by Michael Meyer (Beijing–memoir)

7. Sichuan Cooking by Fuchsia Dunlop (China–cookbook)

8. India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha (India–history)

9. Red Dust by Ma Jian (China–travel memoir)

10. The Girl from the Coast by Pramoedya Ananta Toer (Java–novel)