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Five More to Go: Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise [in The Booklist Reader]

10 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British Asian, Fiction, Filipina/o American, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese, Korean, Korean American, Lists, Pakistani, Repost, South Asian, Translation

Trust Exercise by Susan Choi “That whole thing about fiction not being the truth is a lie,” one character admonishes another in Susan Choi’s fifth (and finest) novel. Returning to the multilayered teacher-student power struggles that were seared into My Education (2013), Trust Exercise immediately puts...

14 Japanese Thrillers in Translation [in The Booklist Reader]

31 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Lists, Repost, Translation

Mysteries and thrillers make up a sizable portion of the Japanese literary market. Thanks to the international success of Keigo Higashino, Natsuo Kirino, and Miyuki Miyabe – and, just as importantly, their translators – contemporary Japanese crime fiction proliferates on Western shelves. Below is a list...

A Midsummer’s Equation [Detective Galileo 3] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith [in Library Journal]

07 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

The third installment of Keigo Higashino's Japan-set Detective Galileo series (after Salvation of a Saint) lands stateside, with plenty of didn't-see-that-coming surprises to keep listeners entranced straight to the end. Brilliant and eccentric physicist Manabu Yukawa – called Detective Galileo because of the sharp, unexpected...

Malice [Detective Kaga series] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye Alexander

06 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Translation

Just before Kumihiko Hidaka is to move from Tokyo to Vancouver, he's found in his home office ...

The Salvation of a Saint [Detective Galileo 2] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander

05 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Translation

Just like last year's The Devotion of Suspect X, mega-award winning Keigo Higashino will expertly manipulate you, making you constantly rethink your suspicions. While the final exposition might not be as drop-jaw shocking as Devotion, Salvation is still unquestionably an addictive page-turner, enticingly paced to keep you reading...

The Devotion of Suspect X [Detective Galileo 1] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander

11 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Translation

I had quite the challenging training day on Tuesday – five hours of driving to the mountains and back, with 5.5 hours running up and down two summits in the rain, rain, rain – but the miles couldn't have gone faster thanks to Suspect X stuck in my...

The Guin Saga | Book Two: Warrior in the Wilderness by Kaoru Kurimoto, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

Guin Saga2 The fantasy epic, begun in Book One: The Leopard Mask, about the platinum-haired orphaned royal twins protected by the mysterious man-beast Guin, continues into Nospherus, a no-man’s land into which the twins...

The Guin Saga | Book One: The Leopard Mask by Kaoru Kurimoto, translated by Alexander O. Smith and Elye J. Alexander [in AsianWeek]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

Guin Saga Move over, Harry Potter – here’s a totally different kind of fantasy series. While this is the first available installment in English, the Japanese version has up to 89 titles! [Publisher Vertical, Inc. has...

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Five More to Go: Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise [in The Booklist Reader]

14 Japanese Thrillers in Translation [in The Booklist Reader]

A Midsummer’s Equation [Detective Galileo 3] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith [in Library Journal]

Malice [Detective Kaga series] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye Alexander

The Salvation of a Saint [Detective Galileo 2] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander

The Devotion of Suspect X [Detective Galileo 1] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander

The Guin Saga | Book Two: Warrior in the Wilderness by Kaoru Kurimoto, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander [in AsianWeek]

The Guin Saga | Book One: The Leopard Mask by Kaoru Kurimoto, translated by Alexander O. Smith and Elye J. Alexander [in AsianWeek]

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