Contemporary Malaysia-Singapore Writings

HERE IS A LIST OF BOOKS, a mixture of fiction and nonfiction, by Malaysian (and Singaporean) writers in no particular order. This is just a preliminary listing; I will be adding more books in the course of time. Have I missed out any?

1. The Flight of the Swans (Monsoon Books, 2005) / D. Devika Bai
2. I Am Muslim (Silverfish Books, 2007) / Dina Zaman
3. From Majapahit to Putrajaya: Writings on Religious Extremism (Silverfish Books, 2005) / Farish A. Noor
4. The Other Malaysia: Writings on Malaysia’s Subaltern History (Silverfish Books, 2002) / Farish A. Noor
5. Honk! If You’re Malaysian (MPH Publishing, 2007) / Lydia Teh
6. Life’s Like That (Pelanduk Publications, 2004) / Lydia Teh
7. Glimpses (MPH Publishing, 2008) / Adibah Amin
8. As I Was Passing (MPH Publishing, 2007) / Adibah Amin
9. As I Was Passing II (MPH Publishing, 2007) / Adibah Amin
10. This End of the Rainbow (Phoenix Press, 2006) / Adibah Amin
11. Gravedigger’s Kiss (MPH Publishing, 2008) / Tunku Halim
12. 44 Cemetery Road (MPH Publishing, 2007) / Tunku Halim
13. Vermillion Eye (Pelanduk Publications, 2000) / Tunku Halim
14. Dark Demon Rising (Pelanduk Publications, 1998) / Tunku Halim
15. The Sky is Crazy: Tales from a Trolley Dolly (Marshall Cavendish, 2005) / Yvonne Lee
16. Confessions of An Old Boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures (Marshall Cavendish, 2007) / Kam Raslan
17. Generation: A Collection of Contemporary Malaysian Ideas (Hikayat Press, 1998) / Amir Muhammad, Kam Raslan and Sheryll Stothard
18. London Does Not Belong to Me (Maya Press, 2003) / Lee Kok Liang
19. Death is a Ceremony and Other Short Stories (Federal Publications, 1992) / Lee Kok Liang
20. Flowers in the Sky (Heinemann Asia, 1981) / Lee Kok Liang
21. The Mutes in the Sun and Other Stories (Heinemann, 1964) / Lee Kok Liang
22. A Nyonya in Texas (Marshall Cavendish, 2007) / Lee Su Kim
23. Malaysian Flavours (Pelanduk Publications, 1996) / Lee Su Kim
24. A Backpack and A Bit of Luck (Marshall Cavendish, 2007) / Zhang Su Li
25. Journeys Through Southeast Asia: Ceritalah 2 (Marshall Cavendish, 2002) / Karim Raslan
26. Ceritalah: Malaysia in Transition (Marshall Cavendish, 1996) / Karim Raslan
27. Heroes and Other Stories (Marshall Cavendish, 1997) / Karim Raslan
28. Sister Swing (Times Books International, 2006) / Shirley Lim
29. Joss and Gold (Feminist Press, 2001) / Shirley Lim
30. What the Fortune Teller Didn’t Say (University of New Mexico/West End Press, 1998) / Shirley Lim
31. Two Dreams: New and Selected Stories (Feminist Press, 1997) / Shirley Lim
32. Among the White Moon Faces: An Asian-American Memoir of Homelands (Feminist Press, 1996) / Shirley Lim
33. Life’s Mysteries: The Best of Shirley Lim (Times Books International, 1995) / Shirley Lim
34. Writing South East Asia in English: Against the Grain (Skoob Books, 1994) / Shirley Lim
35. Monsoon History: Selected Poems (Skoob Books, 1994) / Shirley Lim
36. Modern Secrets: New and Selected Poems (Dangaroo Press, 1989) / Shirley Lim
37. No Man’s Grove and Other Poems (National University of Singapore Press, 1985) / Shirley Lim
38. Another Country and Other Stories (Times Books International, 1982) / Shirley Lim
39. Crossing the Peninsula and Other Poems (Heinemann Asia, 1980) / Shirley Lim
40. Dark City (Midnight Press, 2006) / Xeus
41. A Malaysian Journey (Rehman Rashid, 1993) / Rehman Rashid
42. Map of the Invinsible World (HarperCollins India, 2009) / Tash Aw
43. The Harmony Silk Factory (HarperCollins, 2005) / Tash Aw
44. Touching Earth (Hodder & Stoughton/Sceptre, 2004) / Rani Manicka
45. The Rice Mother (Hodder & Stoughton/Sceptre, 2002) / Rani Manicka
46. The Gift of Rain (Myrmidon Press, 2007) / Tan Twan Eng
47. The Crocodile Fury (Angus & Robertson/HarperCollins Australia, 1992) / Beth Yahp
48. Yuyu and the Banyan Tree (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2008) / Tinling Choong
49. FireWife (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2007) / Tinling Choong
50. Behind the Moon (Allen & Unwin, 2005) / Hsu-Ming Teo
51. Love and Vertigo (Allen & Unwin, 2000) / Hsu-Ming Teo
52. Never Been Better (MPH Publishing, 2009) / O Thiam Chin
52. Mindgame (Hodder & Stoughton, 2000) / Yang-May Ooi
53. The Flame Tree (Hodder & Stoughton, 1998) / Yang-May Ooi
54. Breaking the Tongue (W.W. Norton & Co., 2004) / Vyvyane Loh
55. The Old House and Other Stories (Hologram, 2008) / Chuah Guat Eng
56. Echoes of Silence (Holograms, 1994) / Chuah Guat Eng
57. Tanah Tujuh (Silverfish Books, 2007) / Antares
58. Two Catfish in the Same Hole (Times Books International, 2001) / Kit Leee
59. Moth Balls (Magick River, 1994) / Kit Leee
60. Adoi! (Times Books International, 1989) / Kit Leee
61. The Merlion and the Hibiscus: Contemporary Short Stories from Singapore and Malaysia (Penguin Books India, 2002) / Dipika Mukherjee, Kirpal Singh and M.A. Quayam (eds.)
62. Nothing is Sacred (Maya Press, 2003) / Salleh Ben Joned
63. As I Please (Skoob Books, 1994) / Salleh Ben Joned
64. Live and Let Live (Kairos Research Centre, 2006) / Alex Tang
65. A Good Day to Die (Armour Publishing, 2005) / Alex Tang
66. Random Musings from a Doctor’s Chair (Armour Publishing, 2005) / Alex Tang
67. The Chinese Dilemma (East-West Publishing, 2004) / Ye Lin-Sheng
68. The Wedgwood Ladies Football Club and Other Stories (Silverfish Books, 2005) / T.R.R. Raman
69. Green is the Colour (Heinemann, 1983) / Lloyd Fernando
70. Scorpion Orchid (Heinemann, 1976) / Lloyd Fernando
71. Between Lives (Maya Press, 2003) / K.S. Maniam
72. Arriving and Other Stories (Times Books International, 1995) / K.S. Maniam
73. In a Far Country (Skoob Books, 1993) / K.S. Maniam
74. The Return (Skoob Books, 1981) / K.S. Maniam
75. Unhurried Thoughts at My Funeral (Horizon Books, 2005) / Catherine Lim
76. The Song of Silver Frond (Orion, 2003) / Catherine Lim
77. Following the Wrong God Home (Orion, 2001) / Catherine Lim
78. The Howling Silence: Tales of the Dead and Their Return (Horizon Books, 1999) / Catherine Lim
79. The Teardrop Story Woman (Orion, 1998) / Catherine Lim
80. The Bondmaid (Catherine Lim, 1995) / Catherine Lim
81. Or Else, the Lightning God and Other Stories (Heinemann Asia, 1980) / Catherine Lim
82. Little Ironies: Stories of Singapore (Heinemann Asia, 1978) / Catherine Lim
83. Prizewinning Asian Fiction (Times Books International, 1991) / Leon Comber (ed.)
84. Lovers and Strangers Revisited (Silverfish Books, 2005) / Robert Raymer
85. Lovers and Strangers (Heinemann Asia, 1993) / Robert Raymer
86. An Acre of Day’s Glass (Silverfish Books, 2006) / Wong Phui Nam
87. Against the Wilderness (Blackwater Books, 2000) / Wong Phui Nam
88. Ways of Exile (Skoob Books, 1993) / Wong Phui Nam
89. Remembering Grandma and Other Rumours (National University of Singapore, 1989) / Wong Phui Nam
90. How the Hills are Distant (University of Malaya, 1968) / Wong Phui Nam
91. A Bit of Earth (Times Books International, 2000) / Suchen Christine Lim
92. Fistful of Colours (SNP, 1993) / Suchen Christine Lim
93. Gift from the Gods (Graham Brash, 1990) / Suchen Christine Lim
94. Ricebowl (Times Editions, 1984) / Suchen Christine Lim
95. The Banana Leaf Men (Sensations Pro, 2003) / Aneeta Sundararaj
96. Nearing a Horizon (UniPress, 1994) / Ee Tiang Hong
97. Perfumed Memories (Graham Brash, 1982) / Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof
98. Mirror of a Hundred Hues: A Miscellany (The Asian Centre, Penang, 2001) / Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof
98. Time and Its People (Heinemann, 1978) / Muhammad Haji Salleh
99. The Red Cheong-sam and Other Old Tales of Malaya and Singapore (Horizon Books, 2006) / Ralph Modder
100. Friend (Landmark Books, 2003) / Edwin Thumboo
101. A Third Map: New and Selected Poems (UniPress, 1993) / Edwin Thumboo
102. Ulysses by the Merlion (Heinemann, 1979) / Edwin Thumboo
103. Gods Can Die (Heinemann, 1977) / Edwin Thumboo
104. Rib of Earth (1956) / Edwin Thumboo
105. The Angel of Changi and Other Short Stories (Angsana Press, 2005) / Goh Sin Tub
106. Tigers in Paradise (Times Editions, 2004) / Philip Jeyaretnam
107. Abraham’s Promise (Times Books International, 1994) / Philip Jeyaretnam
108. Raffles Place Ragtime (Times Books International, 1988) / Philip Jeyaretnam
109. First Loves (Times Books International, 1987) / Philip Jeyaretnam
110. A River of Roses (Times Books International, 1998) / Rex Shelley
111. Island in the Centre (Times Books International, 1995) / Rex Shelley
112. People of the Pear Tree (Times Books International, 1993) / Rex Shelley
113. The Shrimp People (Times Books International, 1991) / Rex Shelley
114. The Collected Poems of Nalla Tan (Times Books International, 1998) / Nalla Tan
115. Hearts and Crosses (Heinemann Asia, 1989) / Nalla Tan
116. Tanjung Rhu and Other Stories (Federal Publications, 1986) / Minfong Ho
117. Rice Without Rain (Andre Deutsch, 1986) / Minfong Ho
118. Death Rites: Tales from a Wake (Times Books International, 1990) / K.K. Seet
119. The City of Forgetting: The Collected Stories of Gopal Baratham (edited by Ban Kah Choon) (Times Books International, 2000) / Gopal Baratham
120. Moonrise, Sunset (Serpent’s Tail, 1996) / Gopal Baratham
121. Sayang (Times Books International, 1991) / Gopal Baratham
122. A Candle or The Sun (Serpent’s Tail, 1991) / Gopal Baratham
123. Figments of Experience and Other Stories (Times Books International, 1981) / Gopal Baratham
124. Of Memory and Desire: The Stories of Gopal Baratham (Times Books International, 2000) / Ban Kah Choon
125. The Dispeller of Worries (Marshall Cavendish, 2009) / Lau Siew Mei
126. Playing Madame Mao (Brandl & Schlesinger, 2000) / Lau Siew Mei
127. Mammon Inc. (Michael Joseph/Penguin, 2001) / Hwee Hwee Tan
128. Foreign Bodies (Michael Joseph/Penguin, 1997) / Hwee Hwee Tan
129. The Travel Writer (Picador Australia, 2006) / Simone Lazaroo
130. The Australian Fiancé (Picador Australia, 2000) / Simone Lazaroo
131. The World Waiting to be Made (Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1994) / Simone Lazaroo
132. Dance with White Clouds: A Fable for Grown-ups (Asia 2000, 2001) / Goh Poh Seng
133. The Dance of Moths (Select Books, 1995) / Goh Poh Seng
134. The Immolation (Heinemann Asia, 1977) / Goh Poh Seng
135. If We Dream Too Long (Island Press, 1972) / Goh Poh Seng
136. As Though the Gods Love Us (Nightwood Editions, 2000) / Goh Poh Seng
137. The Girl from Ermita & Selected Poems 1961-1998 (Nightwood Editions, 1998) / Goh Poh Seng
138. Bird with One Wing: A Sequence of Poems (Island Press, 1982) / Goh Poh Seng
139. Lines from Batu Ferringhi (Island Press, 1978) / Goh Poh Seng
140. Eyewitness (Heinemann Asia, 1976) / Goh Poh Seng
141. Lambada by Galilee and Other Surprises (Times Books International, 1997) / Lee Tzu Peng
142. The Brink of an Amen (Times Books International, 1991) / Lee Tzu Peng
143. Against the Next Wave (Times Books International, 1988) / Lee Tzu Peng
144. Prospect of a Drowning (Heinemann Asia, 1980) / Lee Tzu Peng
145. The Space of City Trees: Selected Poems (Skoob Books, 1999) / Arthur Yap
146. Man Snake Apple and Other Poems (Heinemann Asia, 1986) / Arthur Yap
147. Down the Line (Heinemann Asia, 1980) / Arthur Yap
148. Commonplace (Heinemann Asia, 1977) / Arthur Yap
149. Only Lines (Federal Publications, 1971) / Arthur Yap
150. Can Asians Think? (Times Books International, 1998) / Kishore Mahbubani
151. Leaving Home, Mother: Selected Poems (Angsana Books, 1999) / Robert Yeo
152. A Part of Three: Poems 1966-1988 (Select Books, 1989) / Robert Yeo
153. The Adventures of Holden Heng (Heinemann Asia, 1986) / Robert Yeo
154. And Napalm Does Not Help (Heinemann Asia, 1977) / Robert Yeo
155. Coming Home, Baby (Federal Publications, 1971) / Robert Yeo
156. Cat Walking and the Games We Play (Ethos Books, 1998) / Kirpal Singh
157. Palm Readings: Poems (Graham Brash, 1986) / Kirpal Singh
158. Diver & Other Poems (Cricket Communications, 2007) / Alina Rastam
159. Lions in Winter: Stories (MPH Publishing, 2008) / Wena Poon