Sense of Place Stars: Thailand

Fiction and Nonfiction Titles set in Thailand Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless noted.

Fiction & Crime Fiction

  • Bangkok 8
    Author: Burdett, John
    Publisher: Knopf $ 24 ISBN: 1400040442 Date: 2003
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    Burdett's thriller is razor-edged, darkly comic, crowded with astonishing characters, and thick with the authentic--hallucinogenic--atmosphere of Bangkok. Smart, skeptical, worldly and open-eyed, literary and wildly readable--Bangkok 8 is one of a kind.
    Updated 6.5.03
  • Bangkok Tattoo
    Author: Burdett, John
    Publisher: Knopf $ 24 ISBN: 1400040450 Date: 2005
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    From the author of     Bangkok 8 comes a head-spinning new novel that puts readers back in the company of the inimitable Royal Thai Police detective, Sonchai Jitpleecheep.
    Updated 4.25.05
  • The Beach
    Garland, Alex
    Publisher: Putnam List Price: $23.95 ISBN: 1573220485 Date: 1997
    starKirkus
    In this unforgettable novel of innocence and horror, a hand-drawn map and rumors of Eden lead a young traveler in Thailand off the backpacker trail in search of a virgin landscape. "Garland...captures the secondhand yearnings of a generation actively seeking out genuine experience...The Beach sneaks up on you like the second tab of acid you took when you mistakenly thought the first one hadn't kicked in" (Douglas Ruskoff, author of Media Virus).
  • Smoking Poppy
    Author: Joyce, Graham
    Publisher: Pocket $ 23 ISBN: 0671039393 Date: 2002
    starKirkus
    From award-winning author Graham Joyce comes a gripping new work of literary suspense about a man on a dark and harrowing journey through Thailand's underworld in search of his estranged daughter.
    Updated 11/6/01
  • Sightseeing: Stories
    Author: Lapcharoensap, Rattawut
    Publisher: Grove $ 22 ISBN: 0802117880 Date: 2005
    starKirkusstarPWstarBooklist
    Set in contemporary Thailand and written with a grace and sophistication that belie the age of its young author, this masterful new collection contains generous, tender tales of family bonds, youthful romance, generational conflicts, and cultural shifts beneath the glossy surface of a warm setting.
    Suggested Reading: All Stars | Adult Books for Teens
    Updated 12.27.04
  • The Third Brother
    Author: McDonell, Nick
    Publisher: Grove $ 22 ISBN: 080211802x Date: 2005
    starKirkus
    A news magazine intern sorts through the chaos of his life and the world around him after his parents' murder-suicide, and his brother's confession and suicide.
    Updated 7.7.05
  • The Chronoliths
    Author: Wilson, Robert Charles
    Publisher: Tor $ 23.95 ISBN: 0312873840 Date: 2001
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    In the early 21st century, an American software developer living in Thailand witnesses an event that changes him forever. As he attempts to get his life back on track, he is caught in a strange loop that keeps drawing him back to do battle with the future.

    • Nonfiction

  • Borderlines: A Journey in Thailand and Burma
    Author: Nicholl, Charles
    Publisher: Penguin $ 8.95 ISBN: 0140009590x Date: 1990
    Updated 6.9.05