Tag: Global passport

Books that are written by non-English, Australian or US writers and/or focus on the experience of someone adapting to a non-Anglophone ‘home’ country.

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

A powerful feminist take on body image, food and women’s pleasure

Didn’t See That Coming by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Moxie-influenced quick & easy Indonesian rom-com

Well, That Was Unexpected by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Hilarious Crazy Rich Asians-style rom-com set in Indonesia

Ghost Cities by Siang Lu

Funny & fabulous satire skewers power, bureaucracy & media

This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

A Cinderella romantasy in an Aladdin-esque fantasy world.

This Time It’s Real by Ann Liang

Well written sweet coming of age romance

Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean

A funny & romantic Japanese Princess Diaries (mini-review)

Shine by Jessica Jung

Page-turning K-pop romantic drama (mini-review)

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

A sensitive story about being torn between the old & the new (mini-review)

Violet Black by Eileen Merriman

Some teens have special psychic abilities in this dystopian adventure (mini-review)