Yaneura no nishojo [Two Virgins in the Attic] | Yoshiya Nobuko | In 1919’s Two Virgins in the Attic, the love story is between Akiko and Tamaki, two dormmates who move in together. Sabrina Imbler writes in Atlas Obs
Hana Monogatari [Tales of Flowers] | Yoshiya Nobuko | ‘The stories focus on friendship, the admiration of teachers, the warm affection between mother and daughter, and the adoration from one girl to anoth
Shadow Life | Hiromi Goto | When Kumiko’s well-meaning adult daughters place her in an assisted living home, the seventy-six-year-old widow gives it a try, but it’s not where she
The Empress Of Salt And Fortune | Nghi Vo | A fantasy novel of spring 2020 with the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama, Nghi Vo’s the Empress Of Salt And For
She Who Became The Sun | Shelley Parker-Chan | To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything ‘I refuse to be nothing…’
In a famine-stricken village on a dusty y
Nothing But Blackened Teeth | Cassandra Khaw | A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to
The Jasmine Throne | Tasha Suri | One is a vengeful princess seeking to depose her brother from his throne. The other is a priestess searching for her family. Together, they will chang
Kaweah; A. K. Lemeshewsky; Alison Kim; Cristy Chung | Between the Lines | This collection includes books, periodicals, newsletters and photographs relating to lesbianism and women’s issues in Asia, women’s communities and ot
Malinda Lo | A Line in the Dark | The line between best friend and something more is a line always crossed in the dark. Jess Wong is Angie Redmond’s best friend. And that’s the most
Emily Hashimoto | A World Between | ‘Emily Hashimoto’s debut novel follows the lives of Eleanor Suzuki and Leena Shah, two young immigrant women who meet and fall into a whirlwind romanc