Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles is an absolute favourite YA fantasy with themes of smashing sexism + rebelling against systems in the midst of romantic yearning and an air of mystery.
Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha is a a South Asian science-fiction dystopia that impressed me with its timely themes of climate change and classism around a revolution against technocracy.
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong has easily become one of the best reads of the year and taken a place in my list of absolute favourites. It’s a historical fantasy romance set in 1926 Shanghai.
Four Asian books: The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho, Last Tang Standing by Lauren Ho, The Royal Abduls by Ramiza Shamoun Koya, and The Black Tides of Heaven by J.Y. Yang.