Books like Land of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen

Rachel Chu’s quiet summer in Singapore turns into a whirlwind of affluence, family drama, and love as she meets her boyfriend Nick Young’s wealthy, traditional Chinese household and the expectations that come with it.

Balram Halwai rises from servant to entrepreneur, revealing the brutal path of ambition and survival in modern India.

A Chinese‑American woman discovers her family history and long‑lost sister while traveling from San Francisco to her father’s village in China.

After a divorce and a life of excess, a Wall Street hedge‑fund manager embarks on a Greyhound bus trip to rekindle a college romance and escape the pressures of SEC scrutiny and early autism diagnosis.

Mo Yan’s novel *Frog* charts modern China’s history through the lens of the one‑child policy, following a village midwife’s duty to enforce the controversial law.

A twelve‑story collection that paints a nuanced portrait of ordinary Chinese lives as the country shifts from Maoist control toward a more open society.

A collection of twelve short stories set during China’s Cultural Revolution, exploring the decay of morality and social life in a rural town as citizens grapple with honor, shame, and the absence of privacy.

A collection of diverse short stories blending Indian, Chinese, and Burmese settings with occult, fantasy, and supernatural themes.

Ha Jin’s collection of short stories set on the chilly China–Russia border in the early 1970s follows Chinese soldiers navigating suspicion, surveillance, and the looming threat of war, exploring themes of loyalty, censorship, and the human cost of conflict.

"Suzy Park is a twenty-nine-year-old Korean-American interpreter for the New York City courts. During one court case she inadvertently makes a startling and ominous discovery about her family's history that will send her on a chilling quest. Five years earlier, her parents - hardworking greengrocers who forfeited personal happiness for their children's gain - were brutally murdered in an apparent robbery of their store. Or so Suzy believed. But now the glint of this new lead entices Suzy into a dangerous Korean underworld in the hope of unraveling the mystery of her parents' homicide.". "Then come the hang-up calls on her answering machine and the anonymous delivery of irises on the anniversary of her parents' death. Suzy tries to reach her estranged sister, Grace, only to find that she has vanished. Grace was last seen renting a boat in Montauk. As Suzy searches for clues to her sister's disappearance, she finds both trails converging to reveal a devastating new perspective on her family's secret past."--BOOK JACKET.

A compact collection of nine short stories by Yiyun Li that explore the human condition through vivid, thought‑provoking vignettes.