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Books set in Cambodia:



First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung
The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
The Disappeared by Kim Echlin
Lucky Child by Loung Ung
Stay Alive, My Son by Pin Yathay
Survival in the Killing Fields by Haing Ngor
The Gate by François Bizot
The King's Last Song by Geoff Ryman
When the War Was Over by Elizabeth Becker
The Pol Pot Regime by Ben Kiernan
The Lost Executioner: A Story of the Khmer Rouge by Nic Dunlop
Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare by Philip Short
Dancing in Cambodia, at Large in Burma by Amitav Ghosh
Dancing in Shadows by Benny Widyono
Gates Of Ivory by Margaret Drabble
Golden Bones by Sichan Siv
Voices from S-21 - Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison
The Stones Cry Out: A Cambodian Childhood, 1975-1980 by Molyda Szymusiak
Crossing Three Wildernesses: A Memoir by U Sam Oeur by U Sam Oeur
To the End of Hell by Denise Affonço
Cambodia Now: Life In the Wake of War by Karen J. Coates
Hear Me Now: Tragedy in Cambodia, Library Edition by Sophal Leng Stagg
The Mekong: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future by Milton E. Osborne
A Short History of Cambodia: From Empire to Survival by John Tully
Children of the River by Linda Crew
The Stone Goddess by Minfong Ho
Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors by Dith Pran
Sacred Vows by U Sam Oeur
Daughter of the Killing Fields: Asrei's Story by Theary C. Seng
The Immortal Seeds: Life goes on for a Khmer family by Sambath Meas
On the Wings of a White Horse by Oni Vitandham
Golden Leaf, A Khmer Rouge Genocide Survivor by Kilong Ung
The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho
From Phnom Penh to Paradise: Escape from Cambodia by Var Hong Ashe
The Price We Paid by Vatey Seng
Music Through the Dark: A Tale of Survival in Cambodia by Bree Lafreniere
The Secret Sharer and other stories by Joseph Conrad
Lost Goddesses: Denial of Female Power in Cambodian History by Trudy Jacobsen
At the Edge of the Forest by Anne Ruth Hansen
The Way of the Kings by André Malraux
Cambodia: Year Zero by François Ponchaud
Killing Fields by Christopher Hudson
To Destroy You Is No Loss by Joan D. Criddle
Temples & Tuk Tuks: Travels in Cambodia by Lydia Laube

I just saw this one advertised - i have it reserved at the library - Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick

I just saw this one in my library's new arrivals mailer. It has good reviews here at Goodreads:

The Map of Lost Memories: A Novel by Kim Fay

In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner

River of Time by John Swain

A Deadly Cambodian Crime Spree by Shamini Flint

Responsible Travel Guide Cambodia if you want to read a travel guide.

A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia: Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia for a bird book.

Yeah, I visit Cambodia frequently.

Facing the Torturer by François Bizot

Crossing Three Wildernesses by U Sam Oeur

The Rent Collector by Camron Wright

Temple of a Thousand Faces by John Shors

The Years of Zero: Coming of Age Under the Khmer Rouge by Seng Ty

The Last One: An Orphaned Child Fights to Survive the Killing Fields of Cambodia by Marin R Yann

Black Diamond: A Cambodian Story by Karen Harlow

In a Rocket Made of Ice: Among the Children of Wat Opot by Gail Gutradt

Phnom Penh Noir by Bopha Phorn

More books set in Cambodia:


Agony in Cambodia: A War Story by Rod Keith
Alive in the Killing Fields by Nawuth Keat
Angkor: Cambodia's Wondrous Khmer Temples by Dawn F. Rooney
Angkor: Celestial Temples of the Khmer Empire by Jon Ortner
At Home on the Mekong: Columns from living in Cambodia by Will Koenig
Beyond the Horizon: Five Years with the Khmer Rouge by Laurence Picq
The Burning Of The Rice: A Cambodian Success Story by Don Puckeridge
Butterfly Stories by William T. Vollmann
Cambodia Calling: A Memoir from the Frontlines of Humanitarian Aid
Cambodia In My Dream: Short Stories and Poems by Sopheap Ly
Cambodia Noir by Nicholas Seeley
The Cambodian Book of the Dead by Tom Vater
Cambodian Folk Stories from the Gatiloke by Muriel Paskin Carrison
A Cambodian Prison Portrait. One Year in the Khmer Rouge's S-21 by Vann Nath
The Death and Life of Dith Pran Sydney Schanberg
Death in the Rainy Season by Anna Jaquiery
Derailed in Uncle Ho's Victory Garden: Return to Vietnam and Cambodia
Dogs at the Perimeter by Madeleine Thien
A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam by Norman Lewis
Dragon Chica by May-lee Chai
Edge of Light by Cynthia Justlin
The Elimination: A survivor confronts the chief of the Khmer Rouge Death Camps
Escaping the Khmer Rouge: A Cambodian Memoir by Chileng Pa
Ordeal in Cambodia : One Family's Miraculous Survival - Escape From the Khmer Rouge
The Smell of Water: A Twelve-Year-Old Soldier's Escape from the Khmer Rouge Army, and His Determination to Stay Alive
Stay Alive, My Son
Tomorrow I'm Dead: A Memoir by Bun Yom

More books set in Cambodia:


Facing the Khmer Rouge: A Cambodian Journey by Ronnie Yimsut
Figurehead by Patrick Allington
Folk Tales from Cambodia by Raja Sharma
For the Sake of All Living Things: A Novel by John M. Del Vecchio
The Four Faces by Han Suyin
Fuchsia in Cambodia: Poems by Roy Jacobstein
A Girl Called Nothing: A Tale of Cambodia by Elizabeth Anne Biddle
Haing Ngor: A Cambodian Odyssey by Haing Ngor
Her Father's Daughter by Alice Pung
A History of Cambodia by David P. Chandler
Holiday in Cambodia by Laura Jean McKay
HURRICANE: the life of an independent filmmaker by J. Rozezze
I Survived the Killing Fields: The True Life Story of a Cambodian Refugee
Impact by Douglas Preston (3rd book in Wyman Ford series)
Jake Fonko M.I.A.: Vietnam/Cambodia 1975 by B. Hesse Pflingger (1st in series)
Jewels of Cambodia by Brenda Sloggett
Jungle Girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Just a Human Being and Other Tales from Contemporary Cambodia
The Khmers of Cambodia: The Story of a Mysterious People by I.G. Edmonds
Killing Fields, Living Fields by Don Cormack
The Land of Hidden Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Leaving Year Zero: Stories of Surviving Pol Pot's Cambodia by Richard Lunn
Let Angels Fly by Noelle Clark
Lightning on the Sun: A Novel by Robert Bingham

More books set in Cambodia:


Little Brother by Allan Baillie
The Lost Goddess by Tom Knox
Love Songs From A Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill (Dr. Siri Paiboun #7)
Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness by Loung Ung
The Monk, the Farmer, the Merchant, the Mother: Survival Stories of Rural Cambodia
Mother and the Tiger: A Memoir of the Killing Fields by Dana Hui Lim
My War with the CIA: The Memoirs of Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Nilo Ha Tien: A Novel of Naval Intelligence in Cambodia by HL Serra
Off the Rails in Phnom Penh: Into the Dark Heart of Guns, Girls, and Ganja
One Crowded Hour by Tim Bowden
Phnom Penh Express by Johan Smits
Pol Pot's Little Red Book: The Sayings of Angkar by Henri Locard
The Reckoning by Jeff Long
The Scent of Rumduol: A Cambodian Novel by Andy J. Hill
Serann and the Prince of Angkor: A Cambodian Cinderella Story
Sky Pirates by Liesel Schwarz (3rd book in Chronicles of Light & Shadow)
Soul of a Tiger: A Miraculous True Story of a Family Who Survived the Cambodian Genocide
Soul Survivors: Stories of Women and Children in Cambodia by Bhavia C. Wagner
Spare Them? No Profit. Remove Them? No Loss.: The True Story of a Young Teenager in Pol Pot's Cambodia
Straw Hats and Bicycles travels in Vietnam and Cambodia by Brian Lawrenson
Surviving Cambodia, The Khmer Rouge Regime by Bun T. Lim
Swimming to Cambodia by Spalding Gray
Tales of the Hare - 27 Classic Folktales of Cambodia by Kent C. Davis
The Tears of My Soul: The Story of a Boy Who Survived the Cambodian Killing Fields
The Terrible but Unfinished Story of Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia
Under the Banyan Tree by Raghbir Dhillon
Under the banyan tree: Overcoming fear and sorrow by Thich Nhat Hanh
We Are Here by Cat Thao Nguyen
Well Read and Dead (2nd High Society Mystery)
When Elephants Fight: A Memoir by Vannary Imam
White Crocodile by Kate Medina
Zero Hour in Phnom Penh by Christopher G. Moore

Hunters in the Dark by Lawrence Osborne

Music of the Ghosts: A Novel by Vaddey Ratner

More books set in Cambodia:


The Cambodian Version of the Ramayana by Kuoch Haksrea
Diary of a Cricket by Tô Hoài
Hold Fast by Nicole Donoho
Holiday in Cambodia by James Ross
The Last Gods of Indochine by Samuel Ferrer
Serendipity Road: between heaven and hell by Robert Schneider
Song for an Approaching Storm by Peter Fröberg Idling

Destination Cambodia: Adventures in the Kingdom by Walter Mason

The Chronicles of Cambodia

One can travel in different ways: observe the surroundings comfortably through a car window; or blend into the local people’s life, experiencing and going through their pain and joy, troubles and concern, just like the author of The Chronicles of Cambodia did. In this book Vlad Linder described in detail his journey to the land of The Khmer Rouge, which took place in April 2012…

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The Clay Marble by: Minfong Ho