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Green is the Colour
Book by Lloyd Fernando
The central concern of this work is how people of different races face the challenges of living side by side. After the infamous May 13, an artificial togetherness has been created to prevent more such occurrence. Then, fresh violence breaks out and into this are thrown several characters of different races, religions and political affiliations, and different levels of tolerance. An uncompromising look at Malaysia's past, it articulates with keen insight some unexpressed truths about how we see each other in a multi-racial world. A Malaysian classic.



 preeta samarasan- evening is the whole day
Set in Malaysia, this novel introduces us to a prosperous Indian immigrant family, as it slowly peels away its closely guarded secrets. When the family's servant girl, Chellam, is dismissed from the big house for unnamed crimes, it is only the latest in a series of losses that have shaken six-year-old Aasha's life.


Shirley Geok-lin Lim
-Joss and Gold

Jit Murad Plays

Malachi Edwin Vethamani
-Complicated lives




Hi Faith! My favourite fiction books are 

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 

The entire HP series 

Blood for Blood trilogy by Catherine Doyle (I've reread this for like the 5th time already huehue) 

The Song of Archilles (it's so beautiful it makes me feel so empty after I finished it 😭) 

LotR and the Hobbits (ofc) 

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 

Neil Gaiman:
Neverwhere
Norse Mythology!!!!

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (it's very dark academic so I like :D and the writing really pulled me in) 

Cassandra Clare:
The Dark Artifices trilogy 
The infernal devices trilogy

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