Asian Literature

This page serves as a working bibliography of Asian literary sources that can be explored through the lens of Gothic criticism. I do not intend to suggest that these works should be categorized as “Gothic”; rather, they can help us conceptualise Gothic as a broader, non-Western category. Please note that the page is currently incomplete. It will take me some time to list all the books in my collection, but I hope it will eventually grow into a valuable digital resource.

China

  • Liao, Yiwu. 2009. The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up. New York: Anchor Books.
  • Mian Mian. 2003. Candy. Translated by Andrea Lingenfelter. New York: Little Brown and Company.
  • Mo Yan. 2012. Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out. Translated by Howard Goldblatt. New York: Arcade.
  • Mo Yan. 1996. Red Sorghum. Translated by Howard Goldblatt. London: Penguin Books.
  • Mo Yan. 2011. Shifu, You’ll Do Anything for a Laugh. Translated by Howard Goldblatt. New York: Arcade.
  • Mo Yan, 2012. The Garlic Ballads. Translated by Howard Goldblatt. New York: Arcade.
  • Mo Yan. 2012. The Republic of Wine. Translated by Howard Goldblatt. New York: Arcade.
  • Pu Songling. 2006. Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Translated by J. Minford. London: Penguin.
  • Su Tong. 2007. Binu and the Great Wall. Translated by Howard Goldblatt. Edinburgh: Canongate.
  • Su Tong. 2008. Madwoman on the Bridge. Translated by Josh Stenberg. London: Black Swan.
  • Su Tong. 2004. Raise the Red Lantern. Translated by Michael S. Duke. New York: Harper.
  • Su Tong. 2004. Rice. Translated by Howard Goldblatt. New York: Harper.
  • Su Tong. 2019. The Boat to Redemption. Translated by Howard Goldblatt. New York: The Overlook Press.
  • Tang Xianzu. 2009. Dream in Peony Pavilion. Translated by Xu Yuanchong and Xu Ming. Beijing: China Translation and Publishing Corporation.
  • Yan Lianke, 2012. Dream of Ding Village. Translated by Cindy Carter. London: Corsair.
  • Yan Lianke. 2012. Lenin’s Kisses. Translated by Carlos Rojas. New York: Grove Press.
  • Yan Lianke. 2007. Serve the People! Translated by Julia Lovell. New York Black Cat.
  • Yan Lianke. 2019. The Day the Sun Died. Translated by Carlos Rojas. New York: Vintage.
  • Yan Lianke. 2016. The Explosion Chronicles. Translated by Carlos Rojas. New York: Grove Press.
  • Yan Lianke. 2017. The Years, Months, Days: Two Novellas. Translated by Carlos Rojas. New York: Black Cat.
  • Yu Hua. 2003. Chronicle of a Blood Merchant. Translated by Andrew F. Jones. New York: Pantheon Books.
  • Yu Hua. 2015. The Seventh Day. Translated by Allan Hepburn Barr. New York: Pantheon Books.
  • Yu Hua. 2003. To Live. Translated by Michael Berry. New York: Anchor Books.
  • Yu, Yi Izzy, and John E. Branscum, eds. 2021. The Shadow Book of Ji Yun: The Chinese Classic of Weird True Tales, Horror Stories, and Occult Knowledge. Empress Wu Books.

India

  • Agarwal, Shilpa. 2009. Haunting Bombay, New York: Soho.
  • Desai, Kiran. 2006. The Inheritance of the Loss. New York: Grove Press.

Indonesia

  • Kurniawan, Eka. 2015. Beauty is a Wound. Translated by Annie Tucker. London: Pushkin Press.
  • Kurniawan, Eka. 2019. Kitchen Curse: Stories. Translated by Annie Tucker, Tiffany Tsao, Maggie Tiojakin, and Benedict R. O’G Anderson. London: Verso.
  • Kurniawan, Eka. 2015. Man Tiger. Translated by Labodalih Sembiring. London; New York: Verso.
  • Kurniawan, Eka. 2017. Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash. Translated by Annie Tucker. New York: New Directions.
  • Toer, Pramoedya Ananta. 1991. This Earth of Mankind. Translated by Max Lane. New York: Morrow.
  • Toer, Pramoedya Ananta. 1992. House of Glass. Translated by Max Lane. New York: Penguin Books.
  • Toer, Pramoedya Ananta. 1993. Child of All Nations. Translated by Max Lane. New York: W. Morrow.
  • Toer, Pramoedya Ananta. 1994. Footsteps. Translated by Max Lane. New York: W. Morrow.
  • Toer, Pramoedya Ananta. 2002. The King, the Witch, and the Priest: A Twelfth Century Javanese Tale. Translated by Willem Samuels. Jakarta: Equinox Pub.
  • Toer, Pramoedya Ananta. 2004. All That Is Gone. Translated by Max Lane. New York: Hyperion East.
  • Toer, Pramoedya Ananta. 2004. All That is Gone. Translated by Willem Samuels. New York: Penguin.

Japan

  • Akinari, Ueda. 2007. Tales of Moonlight and Rain. Translated by Anthony H. Chambers. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke. 1971. Hell Screen and Other Stories. Translated by W.H.H. Norman. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
  • Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke. 2006. Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories. Translated by Jay Rubin. London: Penguin.
  • Hearn, Lafcadio. 1899. In ghostly Japan.Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
  • Hearn, Lafcadio. 1907. Shadowings. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
  • Ishikawa, Tomotake. 2013. Gray Men. Translated by J. Lloyd-Davies. New York: Vertical.
  • Kirino, Natsuo. 2005. Out. Translated by Stephen Snyder. New York: Vintage Books.
  • Kirino, Natsuo. 2008. Grotesque. Translated by Rebecca Copeland. New York: Vintage.
  • Kirino, Natsuo. 2009. Real World. Translated by Philip Gabriel. New York: Vintage Books.
  • Kirino, Natsuo. 2012. The Goddess Chronicle. Translated by Rebecca Copeland, Edinburgh: Cannongate.
  • Matsuda, Aoko. 2020. Where the Wild Ladies Are. Translated by Polly Barton. London: Tilted Axis Press.
  • Miyabe, Miyuki. 2013. Apparitions: Ghosts of old Edo. Translated by Daniel Huddleston. San Francisco: Haikasoru.
  • Murakami, Ryū. 2010. Audition. Translated by Ralph F. McCarthy. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
  • Murakami, Ryū. 2006. In the Miso Soup. Translated by Ralph F. McCarthy. New York: Penguin Books.
  • Murakami, Ryū. 2007. Piercing. Translated by Ralph F. McCarthy. New York, N.Y: Penguin Books.
  • Nakamura, Fuminori. 2013. Evil and the Mask. Translated by Satoko Izumo and Stephen Coates. New York: Soho Press
  • Nakamura, Fuminori. 2014. Last Winter We Parted. Translated by Allison Markin Powell. New York: Soho Press.
  • Ogawa, Yōko. 2010. Hotel Iris. Translated by Stephen Snyder. New York: Picador.
  • Ogawa, Yōko. 2013. Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales. Translated by Stephen Snyder. New York: Picador.
  • Ogawa, Yōko. 2008. The Diving Pool: Three Novellas. Translated by Stephen Snyder. New York: Picador.
  • Ogawa, Yōko. 2009. The Housekeeper and the Professor. Translated by Stephen Snyder. New York: Picador.
  • Otsuichi. 2009. Zoo. Translated by Terry Gallagher. San Francisco: Haikasoru.
  • Otsuichi. 2010. Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse. Translated by Nathan Collins. San Francisco: Haikasoru.
  • Otsuichi. 2015. Goth. Translated by Andrew Cunningham. San Francisco: Haikasoru.
  • Suzuki, Koji 2005. Spiral. Translated by Glynne Walley. London: Harper.
  • Suzuki, Koji. 2004. Ring. Translated by Robert B. Rohmer and Glynne Walley. New York: Vertical.
  • Suzuki, Koji. 2006. Loop. Translated by Glynne Walley. New York: Vertical.
  • Suzuki, Koji. 2007. Birthday. Translated by Glynne Walley. New York: Vertical.
  • Suzuki, Koji. 2017. S. Translated by Greg Gencorello. New York: Vertical.
  • Tsutsui, Yasutaka. 2008. Hell. Translated by Evan Emswiler. Richmond: Alma Books.
  • Tsutsui, Yasutaka. 2013. Paprika. Translated by Andrew Driver. New York: Vintage Contemporaries.
  • Tsutsui, Yasutaka. 2008. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno: Stories. Translated by Andrew Driver. New York: Pantheon Books.
  • Yamada, Taichi. 2003. Strangers. Translated by Wayne P. Lammers. London: Faber and Faber.

Korea

  • Chung, Bora. 2022. Cursed Bunny. Translated by Anton Hur. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books.
  • Ha, Sŏng-nan. 2019. Flowers of Mold: Stories. Translated by Janet Hong. Rochester: Open Letter.
  • Ha, Sŏng-nan. 2020. Bluebeard’s First Wife. Translated by Janet Hong. Rochester: Open Letter Books.
  • Han, Kang. 2016. Human Acts. Translated by Deborah Smith. London: Portobello Books.
  • Han, Kang. 2015. The Vegetarian. Translated by Deborah Smith. London; New York: Hogarth.
  • Hwang, Sok-yong. 2008. The Guest. Translated by Kyung-Ja Chun and Maya West. New York: Seven Stories Press.
  • Hwang, Sok-yong. 2018a. At Dusk. Translated by Sora Kim-Russell. London: Scribe.
  • Hwang, Sok-yong. 2018b. Familiar Things. Translated by Sora Kim-Russell. London: Scribe.
  • Pyun, Hye-young. 2018a. City of Ash and Red. Translated by Sora Kim-Russell. New York: Arcade Publishing.
  • Pyun, Hye-young. 2018b. The Hole. Translated by Sora Kim-Russell. New York: Arcade Publishing.

Malaysia

  • Choo, Yangsze. 2013. The Ghost Bride, New York: William Morrow.
  • Choo, Yangsze. 2019. The Night Tiger. New York: Flatiron Books.
  • Halim. Tunku. 1997. Dark Demon Rising. Petaling Jaya: Pelanduk Publications.
  • Halim. Tunku. 2001. The Woman Who Grew Horns & Other Works. Subang Jaya: Pelanduk Publications.
  • Halim. Tunku. 2007a. 44 Cemetery Road: The Best of Tunku Halim. Petaling Jaya: MPH Pub.
  • Halim. Tunku. 2007b. Gravedigger’s Kiss: More of Tunku Halim. Petaling Jaya: MPH Pub.
  • Halim. Tunku.  2014. Horror Stories. Petaling Jaya: Fixi Novo.
  • Yahp, Beth. 1992. The Crocodile Fury. Pymble: Angus & Robertson.

Philippines

  • Batacan, F. H. 2002. Smaller and Smaller Circles. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press.
  • Hontiveros, David. 2005. Craving. Makati City: Visual Print Images.
  • Hontiveros, David. 2005. Takod. Makati City: Visual Print Enterprises.
  • Joaquin, Nick. 1961. The Woman Who Had Two Navels. Regal Pub. Co.
  • Joaquin, Nick. 1972. Tropical Gothic. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press.
  • Tan, Yvette. 2021. Waking the Dead and Other Stories. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Anvil Publishing.

Singapore

  • Lim, Catherine. 1999. The Howling Silence,Singapore: Horizon Books.
  • Lim, Catherine. 2000. They Do Return… But Gently Lead Them Back. Singapore: Times Books International.
  • Seet, K.K. 1995. Death Rites. Singapore: Times Books International.
  • Tan, Sandi. 2012. The Black Isle. New York: Grand Central Publishing.
  • Teo, Sharlene. 2018. Ponti. London: Picador.

Thailand

  • Haemamool, Uthis. 2012. The Brotherhood of Kaeng Khoi. Translated by Peter Montalbano, Bangkok: Amarin.
  • Korbjitti, Chart. 2003. No Way Out. Translated by David Smyth. Nakhon Ratchasima: Howling Books.
  • Korbjitti, Chart. 2007. The Judgment. Translated by Phongdeit Jiangphattana-kit and Marcel Barang. Nahkon Rachasima: Howling Books.
  • Korbjitti, Chart. An Ordinary Story (And Other Less So). Trans. Marcel Barang. Nakhon Ratchasima: Howling Books, 2010
  • Korbjitti, Chart. Carrion Floating By. Trans Marcel Barang. Nakhon Ratchasima: Howling Books, 2010.
  • Korbjitti, Chart. Mad Dogs & Co. Trans. Marcel Barang. Nakhon Ratchasima: Howling Books, 2002.
  • Somtow, S.P. 1999. The Crow: Temple of Night. New York: HarperCollins.
  • Somtow, S.P. 2001. Jasmine Nights. Bangkok: Asia Books.
  • Somtow, S.P. 2002. Dragon’s Fin Soup. Bangkok: Asia Books.
  • Somtow, S.P. 2007. The Other City of Angels. Bangkok: Diplodocus Press.
  • Sudbanthad, Pitchaya. 2019. Bangkok Wakes to Rain. New York: Riverhead Books.
  • Sudham, Pira. 2002. Tales of Thailand. Bangkok: Shire Asia.

Vietnam

  • Bảo Ninh. 1995. The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam. Translated by Frank Palmos. New York: Pantheon Books.
  • Dương, Thu Hương. 1995. Novel without a Name. New York: W. Morrow.
  • Dương, Thu Hương. 2002. Paradise of the Blind. New York: Perennial.
  • Nguyen, Kien. 2004. The Tapestries. London: Abacus.