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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books
  • First Book:
    April 2005
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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Book List in Order: 6 titles



  • Joseph Conrad, W. Somerset Maugham, and Anthony Burgess have shaped our perceptions of Malaysia. In Tash Aw, we now have an authentic Malaysian voice that remaps this literary landscape.The Harmony Silk Factory traces the story of textile mercha...



  • From the author of the internationally acclaimed The Harmony Silk Factory comes an enthralling novel that evokes an exotic yet turbulent place and time -- 1960s Indonesia during President Sukarno’s drive to purge the country of its coloni...



  • An expansive, eye-opening novel that captures the vibrancy of China today Phoebe is a factory girl who has come to Shanghai with the promise of a job -- but when she arrives she discovers that the job doesn’t exist. Gary is a country boy turne...





  • From the author of The Harmony Silk Factory and Five Star Billionaire, a compelling depiction of a man’s act of violence, set against the backdrop of Asia in fluxAh Hock is an ordinary man of simple means. Born and raised in a Malaysian fishing vil...



  • A radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer -- about family, desire, and what we inherit.When his grandfather dies, Jay travels south with his family to the property they’ve inherited, a once ...




Award-Winning Books by Tash Aw

The Harmony Silk Factory
2005 Costa Book Award -- First Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Tash Aw has published 6 books.

The next book by Tash Aw, The South, will be published in June 2025.

The first book by Tash Aw, The Harmony Silk Factory, was published in April 2005.

No. Tash Aw does not write books in series.