This is an introduction to some of the books and novels written about Southeast Asia.

• At war with Asia by Noam Chomsky. Describes the American-Vietnam War, and the bombing campaigns on neighboring countries.
• Democracy by Joan Didion. Set in Southeast Asia (and Hawaii) at the end of the Vietnam War.
• The Quiet American by Graham Greene
• The Ugly American by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer.
• Cœdès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
• Lokesh Chandra, & International Academy of Indian Culture. (2000). Society and culture of Southeast Asia: Continuities and changes. New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan.
• R. C. Majumdar, Study of Sanskrit in South-East Asia
• R. C. Majumdar, Suvarnadvipa, Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East, Vol.II, Calcutta,
• R. C. Majumdar, India and South-East Asia, I.S.P.Q.S. History and Archaeology Series Vol. 6, 1979, ISBN 81-7018-046-5.
• R. C. Majumdar, History of the Hindu Colonization and Hindu Culture in South-East Asia; Ancient Indian colonisation in South-East Asia; Hindu Colonies in the Far East, Calcutta, 1944, ISBN 99910-0-001-1
• Daigorō Chihara (1996). Hindu-Buddhist Architecture in Southeast Asia. BRILL. ISBN 90-04-10512-3.
• Panikkar, K. M. (1953). Asia and Western dominance, 1498-1945, by K.M. Panikkar. London: G. Allen and Unwin.

• Burmese Days by George Orwell. Orwell served as a police officer in the British Empire and this fueled his contempt for colonialism evident in the book
• Freedom from Fear by Aung San Suu Kyi
• The Heart Must Break by James Mawdsley
• The Land of Green Ghosts by Pascal Khoo Thwe

• Pol Pot
• The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens details the bombing campaigns against Cambodia (amongst others).
• R. C. Majumdar, Kambuja Desa Or An Ancient Hindu Colony In Cambodia, Madras, 1944

• Hidden Agendas by John Pilger
• Rogue State by Noam Chomsky. Both of these detail the attacks on East Timor.
• Hoadley, M. C. (1991). Sanskritic continuity in Southeast Asia: The ṣaḍātatāyī and aṣṭacora in Javanese law. Delhi: Aditya Prakashan.
• Hughes-Freeland, F. (1991). Javanese visual performance and the Indian mystique. Delhi: Aditya Prakashan.

• The Long Day Wanes by Anthony Burgess

• Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal. Sparked the independence struggle from Spanish colonialism.
• El Filibusterismo by Jose Rizal. Sequel to Noli Me Tangere.

• Heroes by John Pilger
• The Quiet American by Graham Greene
• The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh
• Understanding Vietnam by Neil L Jamiesson
• R. C. Majumdar, Champa, Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East, Vol.I, Lahore, 1927. ISBN 0-8364-2802-1