David Shih

57 books

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai

177 pages • paperback • 1948

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
No Wall Too High: One Man's Daring Escape from Mao's Darkest Prison by Erling Hoh, Xu Hongci

No Wall Too High: One Man's Daring Escape from Mao's Darkest Prison

Erling Hoh, Xu Hongci

336 pages • 2016

nonfiction history memoir informative sad slow-paced
No-No Boy by John Okada

No-No Boy

John Okada

260 pages • digital • 1957

fiction classics historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Nobu: A Memoir by Nobu Matsuhisa

Nobu: A Memoir

Nobu Matsuhisa

224 pages • 2017

nonfiction biography memoir informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America by Weijian Shan

Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America

Weijian Shan

496 pages • 2019

nonfiction biography memoir informative slow-paced
River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure

River East, River West

Aube Rey Lescure

342 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Road to Sleeping Dragon: Learning China from the Ground Up by Michael Meyer

The Road to Sleeping Dragon: Learning China from the Ground Up

Michael Meyer

320 pages • 2017

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous informative slow-paced
47 Ronin: The Classic Tale of Samurai Loyalty, Bravery and Retribution by John Allyn

47 Ronin: The Classic Tale of Samurai Loyalty, Bravery and Retribution

John Allyn

256 pages • paperback • 2006

nonfiction classics history literary adventurous medium-paced
The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama

The Samurai's Garden

Gail Tsukiyama

224 pages • paperback • 1994

fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Shikake: The Japanese Art of Shaping Behavior Through Design by Naohiro Matsumura

Shikake: The Japanese Art of Shaping Behavior Through Design

Naohiro Matsumura

192 pages • 2020

nonfiction design informative medium-paced