The Woman Who Had Two Navels, and Tales of the Tropical Gothic, Nick Joaquin, 2017
- Philippines, #14
- Paperback, $13.98 from Amazon
- Read January 2018
- Rating: 4.5/5
The Woman Who Had Two Navels: A very inaccurate synopsis
Fiction
The Bamboo Dancers
The Bamboo Dancers, N.V.M. Gonzalez, 1959
- Philippines, #13
- Borrowed from SF public library
- Read December 2017
- Rating: 3.5/5
- Recommended for: Zooey Glass in Manila
Philippine Short Stories 1925-1940
Philippine Short Stories 1925-1940, Leopoldo Y. Yabes, ed., 1975
- Philippines, #8
- Borrowed from SF public library
- Read December 2017
- Rating: 4/5
- Recommended for: completists
Noli Me Tangere: Yesterday’s news
Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal, 1887
- Philippines, #7
- paperback, received as a gift
- Read October 2017
- Rating: 4/5
- Recommended for: Harriet Beecher Stowe fan clubs
Cuentos Filipinos: Colonialism and condescension
Cuentos Filipinos, Jose Montero y Vidal, 1883, translated by Renan Prado
- Philippines, #5
- Borrowed from SF public library
- Read October 2017
- Rating: 2/5
- Recommended for: Miss Eleanor Lavish
Potions and Paper Cranes: a bunch of bad things happen to a bunch of unlikeable people
Potions and Paper Cranes, Lan Fang, 2013
- Indonesia, #21
- Kindle edition, $10
- Read August 2017
- Rating: 2/5
- Recommended for: an additional perspective on race and gender in World War II-era Indonesia (but only if you’ve already read everything else)
Daughters of Papua: Life’s a bitch. You know the rest.
Daughters of Papua, Anindita S. Thayf, 2009
- Indonesia, #18
- Borrowed from SF public library (via Link+)
- Read August 2017
- Rating: 2.5/5
- Recommended for: People who found Bambi just a bit too lighthearted
A Very Sleep-deprived Assessment of “The Rainbow Troops,” or, Adventures in Toddler Jet Lag
The Rainbow Troops, Andrea Hirata, 2005
- Indonesia, #16
- Kindle edition, $10.00 from Amazon
- Read July 2017
- Rating: 4/5
- Recommended for: Bad news bears
The Original Dream: A very inaccurate synopsis
The Original Dream, Nukila Amal, 2003, translated by Linda Owens, 2017
- Indonesia, #15
- Kindle edition, $1.99 from Amazon
- Read July 2017
- Rating: 2.5/5
- Recommended for: hot messes
Beauty is a Wound
Beauty is a Wound, Eka Kurniawan, 2002
- Indonesia, #14
- Borrowed from SF library
- Read August 2017
- Rating: 4.5/5
- Recommended for: Anyone longing for a 100 Years of Solitude update written by Chuck Palahniuk
- Content warning (after the jump): sexual assault
Around the World in 2000 Books 